Vera Voronova from Kazakhstan and Ysabel Agustina Calderón Carlos from Peru have been given the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversty 2024.
- The award ceremony will take place on October 29, 2024, in Cali, Colombia, during the high-level segment of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
- The award is instituted by AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- The MIDORI Prize is given every two years to people who make outstanding contributions to protecting biodiversity at all levels. Each winner receives a cash prize of $100,000 and a commemorative plaque.
- With this year’s winners, the total number of MIDORI Prize recipients has reached 19 individuals from 17 different countries.
