History
The prize was first instituted by philanthropist and businessman J. Paul Getty in 1974 as the J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize. Initially, the prize had the broad aim to recognize "outstanding contributions to international conservation" but was renamed in 2004 to reflect a restructuring of the award to "give it greater focus and strengthen its impact on conservation." The newly established J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership was awarded for the first time in 2006.
In 1983 the Wildlife Conservation Prize was presented to the awardees by President Ronald Reagan at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. According to then-president of WWF in the United States, Russell E. Train, Reagan referred to the Getty Award as the "Nobel Prize for conservation."
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