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Daily becomes only the seventh woman to ever receive this prestigious international award.

Gretchen C. Daily wins Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2020

The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement today announced the selection of Gretchen C. Daily, PhD, as the 2020 Tyler Prize co-winner.

 

The 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement – often described as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’ – has been awarded to conservation biologist Gretchen C. Daily, and environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev, both pioneers in illuminating and quantifying the economic value of our natural environment.

“The Tyler Prize Executive Committee is honored to recognize two outstanding individuals who have pioneered the valuing of natural capital – in rigorous scientific and economic terms – recognising nature’s vital role in supporting human wellbeing,” said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Tyler Prize Chair.

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Date: 24 January 2020