This year marks the 32nd Annual Blue Planet Awards, the international environmental awards sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, chaired by Takuya Shimamura. Each year, the Foundation selects two recipients. These are people or organizations that have made significant contributions to solving global environmental problems. The Board of Directors has selected the following 2023 Blue Planet Award winners.
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Number of recipients in 2023: (1) Prof. Penelope Lindyk, a. Richard Thompson, Professor. Tamara Galloway (2) Prof.Dr. Debarati Guha Sapir (Photo: Business Wire)
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-0-*T 1. Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS (United Kingdom), born in the United Kingdom at: July 15, 1963, University of Plymouth Director of the Maritime Institute, University of Plymouth Professor Tamara Galloway OBE (United Kingdom), born in the United Kingdom at : 6 February 1963, University of Exeter, Chair of the Environmental Toxicology Research Group, University of Exeter Professor Penelope Lindick (UK), born in the United Kingdom on: 7 September 1971 Chair of Marine Ecology and Biodiversity, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Show Professor Richard Thompson , and Professor Tamara Galloway and Professor Penelope Lindyk, discovered the presence of microplastics in the ocean, and have since mapped their presence from the depths of the ocean to the highest mountains. They revealed that microplastics feed on zooplankton and other marine species, and made great strides in understanding the effects of microplastics on these marine organisms and ecological processes. The team has influenced legislation and actions around the world, calling on the international community to develop solutions that help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. 2. Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir (Belgium), born in India on: 11 November 1953, Founding Director, Center for Research in Disaster Epidemiology (CRED), Catholic University of Louvain, Senior Fellow, Center for Human Health, School of Public Health Established Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir led the development of the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), the first global data infrastructure for disasters caused by climate change (such as storms), geophysical hazards (such as earthquakes), and biological agents (such as earthquakes). for example). epidemics) and humanitarian disasters (such as conflicts). EM-DAT and its research team have served for 30 years as a scientific basis for evidence-based policy-making, which is used by many international organizations, national governments, and research institutes working on climate change mitigation and adaptation measures; Disaster prevention and mitigation. . Each person awarded receives a certificate of appreciation, a trophy, and $500,000 in cash. * T
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