Prizes & Celebrations
The aims of the Natural Sciences Sector are advanced through a selection of awards, prizes, international days, weeks and years.
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Awards and Prizes
Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science
MoreSultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
More- UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal for an outstanding contribution to the development of scientific knowledge that has a beneficial impact on human health More
L'Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science
MoreERAIFT regional postgraduate school Prize
MoreMAB Young Scientists Awards
MoreMichel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management
MoreMercosur Award in Science and Technology
More Mondialogo Engineering Award
MoreResearch Grants for Young Scientists specialising in Great Apes of Africa
MoreUNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the life sciences
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UN International Days and Weeks
22 March: World Day for Water
More 7 April: World Health Day
More22 April: International Mother Earth Day
More25 April: World Malaria Day
More22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity
More 5 June: World Environment Day
More 8 June: World Oceans Day
More17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
More 9 August: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
More 16 September: International day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
More Last week of September: World Maritime Day
More 4-10 October : World Space Week
More Second Wednesday of October: International Day for Disaster Reduction
More 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
More 6 November: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
More 10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development
More 11 December: International Mountain Day
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UN International Years
2007-2009: International Polar Year
More2009: International Year of Astronomy
More2009: Year of the Gorilla (
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2008: International Year of Planet Earth
More 2008: International Year of Sanitation
More 2010: International Year of Biological Diversity (General Assembly of the United Nations Resolution A/RES/61/203 [
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2011: International Year of Chemistry
More2005-2014: International Decade for Action "Water for Life"
More 2005-2014: Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
More 2005-2014: United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
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