Chen Jing’an, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China, for his PAGES-related paper "Recent Climate Changes Recorded by Sediment Grain Sizes and Isotopes in Erhai Lake." Progress in Natural Science_2000 Vol. 10, No. 1.

Steven Chown, Center for Environmental Studies; University of Pretoria, South Africa, for his IHDP-related paper "Ecological Biogeography of Southern Ocean Islands: Species-Area Relationships, Human Impacts, and Conservation." The American Naturalist, Vol. 152, No. 4 October, 1998

Tariq Masood Ali Khan, SAARC Meteorological Research Centre, Pakistan, for his WCRP-related paper "Recent Sea Level and Sea Surface Temperature Trends along Bangladesh Coast in Relation to the Frequency of Intense Cyclones." Marine Geodesy, 23:1-4, 2000

UC Kulshrestha, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India, for his JGOFS-related paper "Measurement of acid rain over Indian Ocean and Surface Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosols at New Delhi during INDOEX pre-campaigns." Current Science, Vol. 76 (No. 7), pp. 968-972, 1999.

Hsing-Juh Lin, Department of Botany, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, for his LOICZ-related paper "A Trophic Model of a Sandy Barrier Lagoon at Chiku Southwestern Taiwan." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (1999) 48: 575-588.

Mary Magdalene Opondo, University of Nairobi, Kenya, for her IHDP-related paper, "The Socio-Economic and Ecological Impacts of the Agro-industrial Food Chain on the Rural Economy in Kenya." AMBIO, vol. XXIX No. 1, February 2000 - IGBP SAC-V Special Issue.

V.V.S.S Sarma, CEREGE, India, for his JGOFS-related paper, "The Central and Eastern Arabian Sea as a Perennial Source of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide." Tellus, (1998), 50B, 179-184.

Arona Soumare, Department of Geography, L’Universite Cheikh Anta Diop for the LOICZ-related paper "A Perspective on Integrated Management of a Tropical Coastal Area: The Case of the Saloum Biosphere Reserve (Senegal, West Africa.)" Coastal Management, 27:317-328, 1999.

WMW Weerakoon, Rice Research Institute, Sri Lanka, for his GCTE-related paper "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Fertilizer Nitrogen Effects on Radiation Interception by Rice". Plant and Soil, 00: 1-8, 2000.

Xu Hua, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, for his IGAC-related paper, "Nitrous oxide emissions from three rice paddy fields in China." Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 49: 3-28, 1997