IAIA Awards are given annually in the following categories. Nominations for the 2022 Awards were invited through September 2021. View those award winners below.
IAIA is pleased to recognize its 2022 award winners. Thank you to those who submitted nominations for the Awards Committee to consider.
See past IAIA award recipients
Global Award
IUCN has been selected for this honor because their diversity and vast expertise makes them the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it and for their sustained support of environmental impact assessment.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alistair Clark receives this honor in recognition of his significant contribution to environmental and social impact assessment, driving good international practice and better assurance processes through leadership.
Corporate Initiative Award
IDB was selected for their significant update of sustainability policies and for promoting awareness among members regarding adaptation to climate change and other environmental and sustainability challenges.
Individual Award
C. Kelly receives this award for meticulously coordinating the IAIA Pandemic Task Force to bring out a set of workable recommendations. In demanding times when members around the world were facing pandemic challenges, he organized and completed the reports that will lay foundation for further works.
Insitutional Award (tie)
EAPASA was chosen for this award for formalizing the internal structures and processes to include continuing professional development processes for environmental assessment practitioners in South Africa.
Insitutional Award (tie)
Tanzania National Parks receives this award for consistently implementing impact assessment in the development and implementation of all general management plans, taking care to ensure that the conservation strategies developed for addressing threats are subject to a rigorous process of assessing environmental consequences.
Youth Award
Juliana Siqueira-Gay receives this award for her innovative research and modelling skills, including the impacts of policy on forest landscapes, mining and infrastructure development, and mining inside Indigenous Lands.
Regional Award
IAAC has been selected for leading impact assessment legislation world-wide, featuring important innovations, such as contributions to sustainability focus and how indigenous peoples are engaged and empowered.
Outstanding Service to IAIA
Akiko Urago is recognized for her extensive work and dedication with translating IAIA publications since 2015.
Outstanding Service to IAIA
Thomas Fischer is recognized for his years of service to IAIA as the IAPA Journal editor.
Outstanding Service to IAIA
Wes Fisher is recognized for his dedication to the drafting and implementation of the IAIA Climate Action Plan.
Best Paper of 2021
"Using Sustainable Development Goals to develop EIA scoping practices: The case of Denmark" (IAPA 39(6) 463-477) by Emilia Ravn Boess, Ivar Lyhne, Juanita Gallego Davila, Emilie Jantzen Ulf Kjellerup, and Lone Kørnøv wins Best Paper of 2021 in the IAPA Journal.
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