Kew International Medal
# Kew International Medal

The Kew International Medal is an award given to individuals who have made a significant contribution to science and conservation. The award was first established in 1992 by the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

## Laureates

Previous award winners include:

* 2023: Suzanne Simard
* 2022: Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
* 2021: Partha Dasgupta
* 2020: Sandra Diaz
* 2018: Mary Robinson
* 2017: Juan Manuel Santos
* 2016: Sebsebe Demissew
* 2015: Kiat Wee Tan
* 2014: E. O. Wilson
* 2012: Jared Diamond
* 2009: Peter H. Raven
* 2003: Mary Grierson
* 2000: Margaret Stones
* 1999: Stella Ross-Craig
* 1996: David Attenborough
* 1994: Robert Sainsbury and Lady Lisa Sainsbury

## Award criteria and nominations

The winner is ratified by the Executive Board and Board of Trustees. Nominations are received from across the organisation and a selection panel made up of Kew Trustees and Executive Board Members decides the winner. Criteria the panel benchmark against are:

* Building a world where plants and fungi are understood, valued and conserved – because our lives depend on them
* Providing knowledge, inspiration and understanding of why plants and fungi matter to everyone;
* Helping to solve some of the critical challenges facing humanity including (but not limited to): biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, plant pathogens, fighting disease;
* Increasing public awareness of the threat to plant and fungal diversity.
