# National Environmental Award (Spain)

The National Environmental Award (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Medio Ambiente) was an annual honor given by Spain's Ministry of Environment from 1986 to 2009. Several prizes were awarded, some of them bearing the names of distinguished naturalists such as Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente and Lucas Mallada [es]. In 2009, its last year, each of the two awardees was endowed with 22,000 euros.

## List of awardees

| Year | Title | Awardee |
| 1986 | Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | Javier Francisco Blasco Zumeta |
| 1991 | National Environmental Award | Eduardo Martínez de Pisón [es] (Special Mention to Joaquín Araújo [es]) |
| 1992 | National Environmental Award | Nature Protection Service |
| 1997 | National Environmental Award | Joaquín Araújo [es] |
| 1998 | National Award for Individual | Pedro Costa Morata [es] |
| 1998 | National Award for NGO | AEMS-Ríos con Vida |
| 1998 | National Award for Communications Media | Julen Rekondo Bravo (Honorable Mention to Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid) |
| 2000 | Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award | José Manuel Naredo Pérez (Honorable Mention to the City Council of Orihuela) |
| 2000 | National Environmental Water Award | Centro de Estudios Hidrográfico Cedex |
| 2000 | Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | Francisco Díaz Pineda |
| 2001 | National Environmental Water Award | Generalitat Valenciana Council for Public Works and Urbanisms |
| 2001 | Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award | Diego Azqueta Oyarzun and Carlos Romero López |
| 2001 | Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | Miguel Delibes de Castro [es] (Special Mention to Juan Varela) |
| 2001 | National Environmental and Business Award | Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo |
| 2001 | National Parks Award | Borja Cardelús [es] |
| 2002 | National Environmental Water Award | University of Cantabria Group of Submarine Emissaries and Environmental Hydraulics |
| 2002 | Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award | Pablo Campos Palacín [es] |
| 2002 | Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | Shared between WWF/Adena [es] and Xavier Pastor |
| 2002 | National Environmental and Business Award | Sociedad Cooperativa de Comercialización Agraria (COATO) |
| 2002 | National Environmental Journalism Award | Gustavo Catalán (El Mundo) |
| 2003 | Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award | Ramón Tamames |
| 2003 | Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | Mónica Fernández-Aceytuno |
| 2003 | National Environmental Water Award | Narigota [es] |
| 2003 | National Environmental Award | José Antonio Valverde [es] and Javier de Sebastián |
| 2003 | National Environmental Journalism Award | Ex aequo: Silvia García (Antena 3) and Javier Grégori (Cadena SER) |
| 2004 | Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | Ecologists in Action and Martí Boada [es] |
| 2004 | Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award | Federico Aguilera Klink [es] |
| 2004 | National Environmental Journalism Award | Ex aequo: Antonio Cerillo and D. José María Montero Sandoval |
| 2005 | Lucas Mallada National Economics and Environment Award | María Carmen Gallastegui Zulaica |
| 2005 | National Natural Conservation Award | Mario Gaviria Labarta |
| 2005 | National Environmental Journalism Award | Ex aequo: Maria Josep Picó Garcés and Arturo Larena Larena |
| 2007 | National Environmental Award | Empresa de Aceros Inoxidables de Las Tunas (ACINOX-Tunas) |
| 2008 | National Environmental Award | Council of Caso, Asturias |
| 2009 | National Environmental Award | Santiago José Rubio Jorge and Fondo Asturiano para la Protección de los Animales Salvajes (FAPAS) |
| 2009 | Honorable Mention: Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente Award for Natural Conservation | José Fernández Blanco, Oceana, "Resembrando e intercambiando" Seed Network |