Order of the Golden Ark

The Most Excellent Order of the Golden Ark (Dutch: Orde van de Gouden Ark) is a Dutch order of merit established in 1971 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. It is awarded to people for major contributions to nature conservation.^[1] Although not awarded by the government of the Netherlands, it is considered by the government as a recognized chivalrous order.^[2] Since its inception, over 300 people have been recognised by the award. Now that Prince Bernhard has died, the future of the order is uncertain.

Order of the Golden Ark
Kingdom of the Netherlands Commander of the Order of the Golden Ark badge of order
Type	Order of Merit
Country	the  Netherlands
Awarded for	Significant contributions to nature conservation
Grand Master	King Willem-Alexander
Grades	Commander (Dutch Commandeur) Officer (Dutch Officier) Knight (Dutch Ridder)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Teutonic Order, Bailiwick of Utrecht
Next (lower)	Cross for the Four Day Marches Awards of Dutch NGO's
Ribbon of the order

Notable recipients

• Ranjit Bhargava^[3]
• Carl Gustav of Sweden
• Gerald Durrell^[4]
• Sylvia Earle^[5]
• Valerie Taylor^[6]
• Tony Fitzjohn^[7]
• Zafar Futehally^[8]
• Jane Goodall^[9]
• Gyanendra of Nepal^{[citation needed]}
• Roger Tory Peterson^[10]
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[1] (awarded 1971)
• Ian Player
• Suman Sahai^[11]
• Ravindra Kumar Sinha^[12]
• Marc van Roosmalen^[13]
• Lyall Watson^[14]
• Delia Owens^[15]
• Mobutu Sese Seko (awarded 1973)

See also

• List of environmental awards

References

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