GOTEBORG, Sweden, July 3, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- The 2002 Volvo Environment Prize is awarded to Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta and Professor Karl-Goran Maler, two economists of international distinction, for their outstanding and pioneering contributions to several fields of environmental and resource economics. Together they have made contributions of enormous consequence for understanding the relationship between development, environment and poverty
Sir Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Goran Maler are two of the world's leading economists in the fields of environment and resources. They began their careers in the 1960s when environment was emerging as a global concern and, working both separately and together, they have made outstanding contributions to the frontiers of environmental economics.
Professor Karl-Goran Maler was born in Solleftea, Sweden. He is Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and Director of the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics. Professor Maler is considered as one of the founding fathers of environmental economics. His current research interests are Measurement of well-being and Economic analysis of complex dynamic ecological systems.
Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, originally from India, is a professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, England. He has been a lecturer and visiting professor at several well-known international universities, including the London School of Economics and Harvard University. Dasgupta is recognized for the ethical voice he has given to economics through his focus on social well-being and the effects of economic policies on the poor.
This is the thirteenth year that the Volvo Environment Prize has been awarded to internationally well-known scientists. It was originally established in 1989 to support and acknowledge environmental research, and has since earned its reputation as one of the most highly recognised environmental prizes in the world.
Worth SEK 1.5 M, this year's prize, will be awarded to the winners at a ceremony in Goteborg, Sweden, on 9 October 2002.
2002 marks the 30th anniversary of the first UN conference on environment in Stockholm 1972, where Volvo as the first company ever addressed environmental issues in conjunction with social development. The Volvo Environment Prize is a consequence of this commitment.
More detailed information on the prize and the winners, including photos, is available on the Volvo Environment Prize website:
July 3, 2002
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