The National Environmental Award named after Vernadsky to be held in Moscow

The XVI ceremony of the V.Vernadsky National Environmental Award will be held in Moscow today, December 23, 2019. 

The award is the main and oldest honorable environmental award in Russia.

This year’s competition was held in nine categories: “Science for ecology”, “Innovative eco-efficient technologies in industry and energy”, “Ecology in agriculture. Ecoproduction”, “Ecological Education for Sustainable Development ”, “Ecology of the City”, “Ecology of Water ”, “Environment in the Mirror of Mass Media”, “Socio-Environmental Initiatives” and “Children and Youth National Ecological Award”.

In total, about 300 applications from 50 regions of the country were submitted.

The event will bring together representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Hydrometeorological Society, public environmental organizations, leading research organizations and higher educational institutions of the country, official figures, representatives of large companies, among which are PJSC Gazprom, State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, Norilsk Nickel and RUSAL.

The National Environmental Award was established in 2003. In 2013, it was named after the outstanding thinker and academician V.I. Vernadsky to honor the 150th anniversary of the scientist.

The purpose of the award is to popularize the projects in the field of environmental protection and environmental safety, energy and resource conservation, the development of new technologies in industry and energy, the introduction of the best available technologies, the formation of environmental culture and the development of environmental education based on the ideas of Academician V.I. Vernadsky.