| 2021 | Gloria Majiga-Kamoto | Africa | Malawi | Pollution & Waste |
| 2021 | Liz Chicaje Churay | South and Central America | Peru | Forests |
| 2021 | Thai Van Nguyen | Asia | Vietnam | Wildlife Protection |
| 2021 | Kimiko Hirata | Islands and Island Nations | Japan | Climate & Energy |
| 2021 | Maida Bilal | Europe | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Freshwater |
| 2021 | Sharon Lavigne | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 2020 | Nemonte Nenquimo | South and Central America | Ecuador | Forests |
| 2020 | Chibeze Ezekiel | Africa | Ghana | Climate & Energy |
| 2020 | Lucie Pinson | Europe | France | Climate & Energy |
| 2020 | Paul Sein Twa | Asia | Myanmar | Land Conservation |
| 2020 | Kristal Ambrose | Islands and Island Nations | The Bahamas | Pollution & Waste |
| 2020 | Leydy Pech | North America | Mexico | Food & Agriculture |
| 2019 | Jacqueline Evans | Islands and Island Nations | Cook Islands | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2019 | Alberto Curamil | South and Central America | Chile | Freshwater |
| 2019 | Linda Garcia | North America | United States | Climate & Energy |
| 2019 | Ana Colovic Lesoska | Europe | North Macedonia | Wildlife Protection |
| 2019 | Bayarjargal Agvaantseren | Asia | Mongolia | Wildlife Protection |
| 2019 | Alfred Brownell | Africa | Liberia | Forests |
| 2018 | Khanh Nguy Thi | Asia | Vietnam | Climate & Energy |
| 2018 | Francia Márquez | South and Central America | Colombia | Drilling & Mining |
| 2018 | Makoma Lekalakala & Liz McDaid | Africa | South Africa | Climate & Energy |
| 2018 | Manny Calonzo | Islands and Island Nations | The Philippines | Pollution & Waste |
| 2018 | LeeAnne Walters | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 2018 | Claire Nouvian | Europe | France | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2017 | Wendy Bowman | Islands and Island Nations | Australia | Drilling & Mining |
| 2017 | Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo | Africa | Democratic Republic of Congo | Wildlife Protection |
| 2017 | Rodrigo Tot | South and Central America | Guatemala | Drilling & Mining |
| 2017 | mark! Lopez | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 2017 | Prafulla Samantara | Asia | India | Drilling & Mining |
| 2017 | Uroš Macerl | Europe | Slovenia | Pollution & Waste |
| 2016 | Leng Ouch | Asia | Cambodia | Forests |
| 2016 | Zuzana Čaputová | Europe | Slovakia | Pollution & Waste |
| 2016 | Edward Loure | Africa | Tanzania | Land Conservation |
| 2016 | Máxima Acuña | South and Central America | Peru | Drilling & Mining |
| 2016 | Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera | Islands and Island Nations | Puerto Rico | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2016 | Destiny Watford | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 2015 | Berta Cáceres | South and Central America | Honduras | Freshwater |
| 2015 | Howard Wood | Europe | Scotland | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2015 | Phyllis Omido | Africa | Kenya | Environmental Justice |
| 2015 | Jean Wiener | Islands and Island Nations | Haiti | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2015 | Marilyn Baptiste | North America | Canada | Drilling & Mining |
| 2015 | Myint Zaw | Asia | Myanmar | Freshwater |
| 2014 | Helen Slottje | North America | United States | Drilling & Mining |
| 2014 | Suren Gazaryan | Europe | Russia | Forests |
| 2014 | Rudi Putra | Islands and Island Nations | Indonesia | Forests |
| 2014 | Ruth Buendía | South and Central America | Peru | Freshwater |
| 2014 | Ramesh Agrawal | Asia | India | Drilling & Mining |
| 2014 | Desmond D’Sa | Africa | South Africa | Environmental Justice |
| 2013 | Azzam Alwash | Asia | Iraq | Freshwater |
| 2013 | Kimberly Wasserman | North America | United States | |
| 2013 | Nohra Padilla | South and Central America | Colombia | Pollution & Waste |
| 2013 | Rossano Ercolini | Europe | Italy | Pollution & Waste |
| 2013 | Jonathan Deal | Africa | South Africa | Drilling & Mining |
| 2013 | Aleta Baun | Islands and Island Nations | Indonesia | Forests |
| 2012 | Ma Jun | Asia | China | Pollution & Waste |
| 2012 | Sofia Gatica | South and Central America | Argentina | Food & Agriculture |
| 2012 | Edwin Gariguez | Islands and Island Nations | The Philippines | Drilling & Mining |
| 2012 | Evgenia Chirikova | Europe | Russia | Forests |
| 2012 | Caroline Cannon | North America | United States | Drilling & Mining |
| 2012 | Ikal Angelei | Africa | Kenya | Freshwater |
| 2011 | Raoul du Toit | Africa | Zimbabwe | Wildlife Protection |
| 2011 | Hilton Kelley | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 2011 | Ursula Sladek | Europe | Germany | Climate & Energy |
| 2011 | Prigi Arisandi | Islands and Island Nations | Indonesia | Freshwater |
| 2011 | Dmitry Lisitsyn | Asia | Russia | Drilling & Mining |
| 2011 | Francisco Pineda | South and Central America | El Salvador | Drilling & Mining |
| 2010 | Sereivathana Tuy | Asia | Cambodia | Wildlife Protection |
| 2010 | Randall Arauz | South and Central America | Costa Rica | Wildlife Protection |
| 2010 | Malgorzata Gorska | Europe | Poland | Land Conservation |
| 2010 | Lynn Henning | North America | United States | Food & Agriculture |
| 2010 | Thuli Makama | Africa | Swaziland | Environmental Justice |
| 2010 | Humberto Ríos Labrada | Islands and Island Nations | Cuba | Food & Agriculture |
| 2009 | Wanze Eduards & Hugo Jabini | South and Central America | Suriname | Forests |
| 2009 | Maria Gunnoe | North America | United States | Drilling & Mining |
| 2009 | Rizwana Hasan | Asia | Bangladesh | Pollution & Waste |
| 2009 | Marc Ona | Africa | Gabon | Forests |
| 2009 | Yuyun Ismawati | Islands and Island Nations | Indonesia | Pollution & Waste |
| 2009 | Olga Speranskaya | Europe | Russia | Pollution & Waste |
| 2008 | Feliciano dos Santos | Africa | Mozambique | Pollution & Waste |
| 2008 | Ignace Schops | Europe | Belgium | Land Conservation |
| 2008 | Jesús León Santos | North America | Mexico | Food & Agriculture |
| 2008 | Marina Rikhvanova | Asia | Russia | Freshwater |
| 2008 | Pablo Fajardo Mendoza & Luis Yanza | South and Central America | Ecuador | Drilling & Mining |
| 2008 | Rosa Hilda Ramos | Islands and Island Nations | Puerto Rico | Freshwater |
| 2007 | Sophia Rabliauskas | North America | Canada | Forests |
| 2007 | Hammerskjoeld Simwinga | Africa | Zambia | Wildlife Protection |
| 2007 | Orri Vigfússon | Islands and Island Nations | Iceland | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2007 | Tsetsegee Munkhbayar | Asia | Mongolia | Drilling & Mining |
| 2007 | Julio Cusurichi | South and Central America | Peru | Forests |
| 2007 | Willie Corduff | Europe | Ireland | Drilling & Mining |
| 2006 | Tarcisio Feitosa | South and Central America | Brazil | Forests |
| 2006 | Anne Kajir | Islands and Island Nations | Papua New Guinea | Forests |
| 2006 | Olya Melen | Europe | Ukraine | Freshwater |
| 2006 | Silas Siakor | Africa | Liberia | Forests |
| 2006 | Craig Williams | North America | United States | Pollution & Waste |
| 2006 | Yu Xiaogang | Asia | China | Freshwater |
| 2005 | Stephanie Roth | Europe | Romania | Drilling & Mining |
| 2005 | Jose Andres Tamayo | South and Central America | Honduras | Forests |
| 2005 | Kaisha Atakhanova | Asia | Kazakhstan | Pollution & Waste |
| 2005 | Isidro Baldenegro | North America | Mexico | Forests |
| 2005 | Chavannes Jean-Baptiste | Islands and Island Nations | Haiti | Food & Agriculture |
| 2005 | Corneille Ewango | Africa | Democratic Republic of Congo | Wildlife Protection |
| 2004 | Rudolf Amenga-Etego | Africa | Ghana | Environmental Justice |
| 2004 | Rashida Bee & Champa Devi Shukla | Asia | India | Environmental Justice |
| 2004 | Demetrio do Amaral de Carvalho | Islands and Island Nations | East Timor | Environmental Justice |
| 2004 | Margie Richard | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 2004 | Libia Grueso | South and Central America | Colombia | Land Conservation |
| 2004 | Manana Kochladze | Europe | Georgia | Drilling & Mining |
| 2003 | Odigha Odigha | Africa | Nigeria | Forests |
| 2003 | Von Hernandez | Asia | The Philippines | Pollution & Waste |
| 2003 | Maria Elena Foronda Farro | South and Central America | Peru | Pollution & Waste |
| 2003 | Eileen Kampakuta Brown & Eileen Wani Wingfield | Islands and Island Nations | Australia | Pollution & Waste |
| 2003 | Julia Bonds | North America | United States | Drilling & Mining |
| 2003 | Pedro Arrojo Agudo | Europe | Spain | Freshwater |
| 2002 | Pisit Charnsnoh | Asia | Thailand | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2002 | Sarah James & Norma Kassi & Jonathon Solomon | North America | United States | Drilling & Mining |
| 2002 | Fatima Jibrell | Africa | Somalia | Forests |
| 2002 | Jean La Rose | South and Central America | Guyana | Drilling & Mining |
| 2002 | Jadwiga Lopata | Europe | Poland | Food & Agriculture |
| 2002 | Alexis Massol Gonzalez | Islands and Island Nations | Puerto Rico | Forests |
| 2001 | Bruno Van Peteghem | Islands and Island Nations | New Caledonia | Oceans & Coasts |
| 2001 | Eugène Rutagarama | Africa | Rwanda | Wildlife Protection |
| 2001 | Oscar Olivera | South and Central America | Bolivia | Environmental Justice |
| 2001 | Jane Akre & Steve Wilson | North America | United States | Food & Agriculture |
| 2001 | Giorgos Catsadorakis & Myrsini Malakou | Europe | Greece | Freshwater |
| 2001 | Yosepha Alomang | Asia | Indonesia | Drilling & Mining |
| 2000 | Oral Ataniyazova | Asia | Uzbekistan | Pollution & Waste |
| 2000 | Elias Diaz Pena & Oscar Rivas | South and Central America | Paraguay | Freshwater |
| 2000 | Vera Mischenko | Europe | Russia | Environmental Justice |
| 2000 | Rodolfo Montiel Flores | North America | Mexico | Forests |
| 2000 | Alexander Peal | Africa | Liberia | Forests |
| 2000 | Nat Quansah | Islands and Island Nations | Madagascar | Forests |
| 1999 | Jorge Varela | South and Central America | Honduras | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1999 | Samuel Nguiffo | Africa | Cameroon | Forests |
| 1999 | Michal Kravcik | Europe | Slovakia | Freshwater |
| 1999 | Bernard Martin | North America | Canada | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1999 | Jacqui Katona & Yvonne Margarula | Islands and Island Nations | Australia | Drilling & Mining |
| 1999 | Ka Hsaw Wa | Asia | Myanmar | Drilling & Mining |
| 1998 | Anna Giordano | Europe | Italy | Wildlife Protection |
| 1998 | Kory Johnson | North America | United States | Pollution & Waste |
| 1998 | Berito Kuwaru’wa | South and Central America | Colombia | Drilling & Mining |
| 1998 | Atherton Martin | Islands and Island Nations | Dominica | Forests |
| 1998 | Sven Peek | Africa | South Africa | Environmental Justice |
| 1998 | Hirofumi Yamashita | Asia | Japan | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1997 | Terri Swearingen | North America | United States | Pollution & Waste |
| 1997 | Juan Pablo Orrego | South and Central America | Chile | Freshwater |
| 1997 | Paul Cox & Fuiono Senio | Islands and Island Nations | Western Samoa | Forests |
| 1997 | Alexander Nikitin | Europe | Russia | Pollution & Waste |
| 1997 | Loir Botor Dingit | Asia | Indonesia | Forests |
| 1997 | Nick Carter | Africa | Zambia | Wildlife Protection |
| 1996 | Edwin Bustillos | North America | Mexico | Land Conservation |
| 1996 | Bill Ballantine | Islands and Island Nations | New Zealand | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1996 | Ndyakira Amooti | Africa | Uganda | Wildlife Protection |
| 1996 | MC Mehta | Asia | India | Pollution & Waste |
| 1996 | Marina Silva | South and Central America | Brazil | Forests |
| 1996 | Albena Simeonova | Europe | Bulgaria | Environmental Justice |
| 1995 | Ken Saro-Wiwa | Africa | Nigeria | Drilling & Mining |
| 1995 | Ricardo Navarro | South and Central America | El Salvador | Environmental Justice |
| 1995 | Emma Must | Europe | England | Land Conservation |
| 1995 | Yul Choi | Asia | South Korea | Pollution & Waste |
| 1995 | Aurora Castillo | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 1995 | Noah Idechong | Islands and Island Nations | Palau | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1994 | Tuenjai Deetes | Asia | Thailand | Forests |
| 1994 | Matthew Coon Come | North America | Canada | Freshwater |
| 1994 | Laila Iskandar | Africa | Egypt | Pollution & Waste |
| 1994 | Luis Macas | South and Central America | Ecuador | Land Conservation |
| 1994 | Heffa Schucking | Europe | Germany | Climate & Energy |
| 1994 | Andrew Simmons | Islands and Island Nations | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1993 | JoAnn Tall | North America | United States | Pollution & Waste |
| 1993 | Sviatoslav Zabelin | Europe | Russia | Environmental Justice |
| 1993 | Juan Mayr | South and Central America | Colombia | Land Conservation |
| 1993 | John Sinclair | Islands and Island Nations | Australia | Drilling & Mining |
| 1993 | Margaret Jacobsohn & Garth Owen-Smith | Africa | Namibia | Wildlife Protection |
| 1993 | Dai Qing | Asia | China | Freshwater |
| 1992 | Jeton Anjain | Islands and Island Nations | Marshall Islands | Pollution & Waste |
| 1992 | Wadja Egnankou | Africa | Ivory Coast | Forests |
| 1992 | Christine Jean | Europe | France | Freshwater |
| 1992 | Colleen McCrory | North America | Canada | Forests |
| 1992 | Medha Patkar | Asia | India | Freshwater |
| 1992 | Carlos Alberto Ricardo | South and Central America | Brazil | Land Conservation |
| 1991 | Evaristo Nugkuag | South and Central America | Peru | Forests |
| 1991 | Cath Wallace | Islands and Island Nations | New Zealand | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1991 | Yoichi Kuroda | Asia | Japan | Forests |
| 1991 | Wangari Maathai | Africa | Kenya | Forests |
| 1991 | Samuel LaBudde | North America | United States | Wildlife Protection |
| 1991 | Eha Kern & Roland Tiensuu | Europe | Sweden | Forests |
| 1990 | Robert Brown | Islands and Island Nations | Australia | Freshwater |
| 1990 | Lois Gibbs | North America | United States | Environmental Justice |
| 1990 | Janet Gibson | South and Central America | Belize | Oceans & Coasts |
| 1990 | Harrison Ngau Laing | Asia | Malaysia | Forests |
| 1990 | Janos Vargha | Europe | Hungary | Freshwater |
| 1990 | Michael Werikhe | Africa | Kenya | Wildlife Protection |
