Gusti Anshari, Tanjungpura University, Indonesia, for his paper, "A late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen and charcoal record from peat swamp forest, Lake Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, West Kalimantan, Indonesia." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2001)

Hazel Arceo, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Philippines, for her paper "Coral bleaching in Philippine reefs: coincident evidences with meso-scale anomalies." Bulletin of Marine Science (2001)

Ben Arimah, Center for Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, for his paper "Energy transition and its implications for environmentally sustainable development in Africa." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology (2000) 7: 201-206.

Hye-Yeong Chun, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Korea, for her paper "Effects of gravity wave drag induced by cumulus convection on the atmospheric general circulation." Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (2001) 58(3):302-319.

Brahim Damnati, Department of Earth Sciences and Oceanology, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco, for his paper, "Halocene lake records in the Northern Hemisphere of Africa." Journal of African Earth Sciences (2000) 31(2):253-262.

Zewdu Eshetu, Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, South Africa, for his paper, "Reconstruction of forest site history in Ethiopian highlands based on 13C natural abundance of soils." Ambio (2000) 29(2):83-117.

Haripriya Gundimeda, Visiting Scientist, The Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden, for her paper, "Carbon sequestration in Indian forests: Potential and incremental costs." In: "Climate Change Economics and Policy: Indian Perspectives", Resources for the Future volume, in press

Monika Jain Kulshrestha, National Center for Mass Spectrometry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India, for her paper, "Influence of crustal aerosols on wet deposition at urban and rural sites in India." Atmospheric Environment (2000) 34:5129-5137.

K.S. Kavi Kumar, Madras School of Economics, India, for his paper, "Indian agriculture and climate sensitivity." Global Environmental Change (2001) 11(2):147-154.

Evans Kituyi, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya, for his paper, "Biofuel consumption rates and patterns in Kenya." Biomass and Bioenergy (2001) 20:83-99.

Thamban Meloth, Department of Geology, Government College Kasargod, India, for his paper, "Glacial to Holocene fluctuations in hydrography and productivity along the southwestern continental margin of India." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2001) 165:113-127.

S.K. Satheesh, Center for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, India, for his paper, "Large differences in tropical aerosol forcing at the top of the atmosphere and Earth’s surface." Nature (2000) 405:60-63.

Fulu Tao, National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, for his paper, "Critical loads of SO2 dry deposition and their exceedance in South China." Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (2000) 124:429-438.

Kuo-Ying Wang, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan, for his paper, "Modelling terrestrial biogenic isoprene fluxes and their potential impact on global chemical species using a coupled LSM-CTM model." Atmospheric Environment (2000) 34:2909-2925.

Shaoqiang Wang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China, for his paper, "Estimation of soil organic carbon reservoir in China." Journal of Geographical Sciences (2001) 11(1):3-13.

Xiaodong Yan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China, for his paper, "Simulating the effects of climate changes on Xiaoxing’an mountain forests." Acta Phyeoecologia Sinica (2000) 24(3):312-319.