Luanne Otter, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Ms. Otter for her paper: "Nitric oxide emissions from a southern African savanna," in the Journal of Geophysical Research (in press).

Lackson Marufu, Soil Productivity Research Laboratory, Zimbabwe - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Marufu for his paper: "Spatial and temporal variation in domestic biofuel consumption rates and patterns in Zimbabwe: implications for atmospheric trace gas emissions," in Biomass and Bioenergy (in press).

Bekele Shiferaw, International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Shiferaw for his paper: "Soil erosion and smallholders' conservation decisions in the highlands of Ethiopia," in World Development 1999, 27(4): 739-752.

T.K. Mandal, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Mandal for his paper: "Stratosphere-troposphere ozone exchange observed with the Indian MSF radar and simultaneous balloon-borne ozone sonde," in Radio Science 1998, 33(4): 861-893.

Sanjeev Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Singh for his paper: "Indian summer monsoon variability as simulated by regional model nested in a global climate model," in the Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science 1998, 22(1): 93-102.

Kanthi Yapa, University of Ruhana, Sri Lanka - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Yapa for her paper: "Seasonal variability of sea surface chlorophyll-a of waters around Sri Lanka," in the Indian Journal of Marine Science (in press).

Anond Sndivongs, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Anond for his paper: "Sedimentary calcium carbonate dissolution in the Gulf of Thailand and its rold as a carbon dioxide sink," in Chemosphere 1993, 27(6): 1083-1095.

Gang Wen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Mr. Wen for his paper: "Seasonal phenological characteristics in East China monsoon regiona with AVHRR normalized difference vegetation index data set," in the Chinese Journal of Remote Sensing 1998, 2(4): 270-275.

Konstantin Lutaenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia - The START Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Lutaenko for his paper: "The halocene molluscan fauna from shell middens on the coast of Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan): Paleoenvironmental and biogeographical significance," in Western Society of Malacologists Annual Report 1997, 29: 18-20.