The Charles Rothschild and Miriam Rothschild Medal

Fundraiser, entrepreneur, board member and activist for girls education and climate justice, Annemiek Hoogenboom was awarded this medal in honour of her outstanding fundraising for humanitarian and environmental causes, in particular for nature conservation and giving children the opportunity to experience wildlife.

Annemiek has been designing and launching innovative charity lotteries with a social mission for the past 28 years. In 2005 she launched the People’s Postcode Lottery UK which has seen a significant amount of funds going to support wildlife and environmental charities, thanks to Annemiek’s firmly held belief in the vital importance of nature to society. In 2015 she went on to launch the Deutsche Postcode Lotterie in Germany.

By building an enterprise that works to create a better world, Annemiek has been a powerful driving force, over many years, in raising billions of pounds for thousands of charities and social initiatives worldwide. She has always understood that the environment underpins a healthy society, and that it is not separate from the key challenges we face globally, but is in fact intrinsic to human life.

Simon has tirelessly championed the benefits of our natural environment and consistently raised the profile of nature conservation at a local, national and international level, for more than three decades. He was a writer for The Times, earning a number of journalistic awards, between 1982 and 2014, writing on sport and wildlife.

Simon is an active council member of the World Land Trust and has visited international projects such as the mountains of the Caucasus in Armenia (travelling with The Wildlife Trust Vice President Bill Oddie) to save the Euro-leopard, as well as visiting and writing about numerous other conservation projects in Borneo, Zambia, India and Australia. He is also a patron of Save the Rhino and honorary vice-president of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

Simon has inspired a generation about the wonders of wildlife through his books, he’s written more than 20, many of which encourage the reader to discover nature for themselves. He has appeared in programmes on BBC Radio 2, including a reading of his book, How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher.

He now lives in Norfolk and is creating his own wild place in 4-5 acres of marshland with more than 60 species on his list within weeks of moving in.

Peter De Haan was awarded The Rothschild Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to nature conservation in the UK.

Peter set up The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust using £20million of his own money to support charities in the arts, environment and social welfare fields, and has made a huge difference for nature conservation across the UK.

Peter uses his business knowledge to help the nature conservation movement become more effective and has been a significant supporter of The Wildlife Trusts, in particular supporting the Kent, Leicestershire & Rutland, London, and Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts over years.

Peter was a key player in the IUCN UK National Committee Peatlands Programme hosted by The Wildlife Trust, which began in 2009. Peter identified that the main barrier to peatland restoration in the UK was a co-ordinated advocacy across the science, policy and practitioner communities.

In 2010 and 2011 The De Haan Trust ran two Environment Challenge Funds linked to performances to raise environmental awareness by the National Youth Theatre.

Tony was awarded this medal in recognition of his work as a campaigner, writer, adviser and commentator and one of the UK's best-known environmentalists. His accomplishments include:

• Working as a special adviser to The Prince of Wales' Rainforest Project
• Being a member of advisory panels with the British Council, the Ecologist and BBC Wildlife magazines.
• As director of Friends of the Earth in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth International, he contributed to many of Friends of the Earth's most important achievements including legislation to protect the UK's finest wildlife habitats, new laws to require more recycling and policy changes in the transport and farming sectors.
• Published a number of books including: the companion volume to the BBC series Saving Planet Earth (2007), How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take To Change A Planet? (2007), Spix's Macaw: The Race To Save The World's Rarest Bird (2002), and co-published Parrots: A Guide To The Parrots Of The World, which was judged 'reference book of the year' by the UK Library Association in 1999.
• Regularly contributes to The Guardian and Resurgence magazine, blogs on Comment is Free at the Guardian website, and is a regular contributor on radio and TV.

During his career, Tony has actively passed his knowledge and understanding with many sectors of the community from providing ecology and conservation experiences for primary school children to making frequent speaking appearances and advising companies that genuinely wish to make a positive difference in the world.