The German Environmental Prize () is a government-sponsored award for protecting the environment. Worth â¬500,000, it is one of the most valuable environmental awards in Europe.
The sponsor German Federal Environmental Foundation (, DBU) is based in Osnabrück; the prize has been awarded by the President of Germany since 1993. The prize is awarded for "commitment and achievements that make a decisive and exemplary contribution to the protection and preservation of our environment now and in the future".
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