Esmond B. Martin RGS Prize
Our Prize honours excellence in geographical research, with a focus on wildlife conservation and environmental studies.
About the Prize
Esmond B. Martin was a renowned American geographer and conservationist who passed away in 2018 in tragic circumstances. Esmond generously left an endowment for the Society to award an annual prize in his name – the Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize.
The Prize consists of one or two annual prizes that recognise outstanding achievement by individuals (not organisations) in the pursuit and/or application of geographical research across the breadth of the discipline, typically in the field of wildlife conservation and environmental research studies.
We hold a special Monday night lecture each year to celebrate the Prize and award it.
Joint recipients 2026 Prize announced
The 2026 Esmond B. Martin RGS Prize has been awarded to Dr Krithi Karanth, Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) in Bengaluru, India, and Professor Alexandre Antonelli, Executive Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
