7 March 2014: The Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has announced that nominations for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014 are now open. Established in 2012, the MIDORI Prize is an international prize honoring individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Nominations may be submitted from 1 March to 31 May 2014 through the MIDORI Prize website. The prize is co-organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the CBD Secretariat. It seeks to inspire positive action for biodiversity as well as public awareness on biodiversity and the objectives of the UN Decade on Biodiversity.

The MIDORI Prize is awarded every two years to three individuals at an award ceremony held on the sidelines of the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD. Each winner receives a monetary prize of US$100,000. [CBD Notification] [MIDORI Prize website]