Awarded Photo 1999-2000

1. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Photographic Competition on the Environment 2004-2005 “Focus on Your World” Guidelines http://www.unep-photo.com

2. ■2004-2005Focus on Your World “Celebrating Diversity” With the sponsorship of Canon Inc., the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is holding its fourth International Photographic Competition on the Environment called “Focus on Your World” and centred on the theme “Celebrating Diversity”. UNEP, whose mission is to spread awareness of environmental issues worldwide and focus international efforts on creating solutions, is using this competition to create a ‘visual journal’ depicting the critical situation our Earth now faces. This competition, which is the largest of its kind in the world, invites entries from people of all nationalities and ages and is open to both amateur and professional photographers. The awards ceremony will be held in Japan in March 2005. The winning photographs will then be featured in a traveling exhibition to increase awareness of the environment worldwide. The global environment is worsening and threatening the future of our Earth. You are invited to enter ‘Focus on Your World’ and photographically express your interest, hope, anger, sorrow, worry and other feelings and thoughts about pertinent issues. Send us your photographs. Show us your world. Awarded Photo 1999-2000

3. ■Organization ORGANIZER: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) SPONSOR: Canon Inc. PARTNERS: United Nations Communications Group (UNCG) Junior Chamber International (JCI) SUPPORTERS: Japan Airlines (JAL) TIME Magazine National Geographic Society Earth Report Television Trust for the Environment

4. ■UNEP United Nations Environment Programme • Mission Statement • To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring • for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling • nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without • compromising that of the future generations. • UNEP Secretary General Klaus Topfer(Germany) Headquarter Nairobi（Kenya）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 • Asia Pacific AreaBangkok • West Asia AreaBahrain • Latin America & the CaribbeanMexico City • Europe AreaGeneva • Africa AreaNairobi • North America AreaNew York

5. ■ENTRY CATEGORIES • General • Persons 25 or older on October 24, 2004. • Youth • Persons 15 to 24 on October 24, 2004. • Children • Persons 14 or younger on October 24, 2004. • 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　他

6. ■Prize General Category Gold Prize(one):US$ 20,000 and plaque Silver Prize (one) :US$ 10,000 and plaque Bronze Prize (one) :US$ 5,000 and plaque Honorary Mention (forty):plaque Youth Category Gold Prize(one):US$ 5,000 and plaque Silver Prize (one) :US$ 2,000 and plaque Bronze Prize (three) :US$ 1,000 and plaque Honorary Mention (forty) :plaque Children’s Category Gold Prize(one):US$ 2,000 and plaque Silver Prize (one) :US$ 1,000 and plaque Bronze Prize (three) :US$ 500 and plaque Honorary Mention (forty) :plaque The UNEP Executive Director’s Special Prize (one) The Canon Special Prize (one)

7. ■AWARDS CEREMONY AND EXHIBITIONS 211. 1. Prize winning and honorary mentions photographs will be announced at • the awards ceremony to be held in March 2005 in Japan. The following winners will be invited to attend the award ceremony : Gold Prize winner from the General Category Gold Prize winner from the Youth Category Gold Prize winner from the Children’s Category Winner of the UNEP Executive Director’s Special Prize Winner of the Canon Special Prize 2.Other winners will receive their respective prizes by mail or courier subsequent to the awards ceremony itself. • Prize winning photographs will be displayed at the awards ceremony and may be displayed globally through traveling exhibitions and the Internet.

8. ■How to Entry (Hard Copy Entries) Entry Schedule : June 5, 2004 - October 24, 2004. No entries will be accepted before or after these dates. • 1. A maximum of three photographs may be submitted by each entrant. These may illustrate separate subjects or be combined as a set of three photographs. • *Printno larger than 21 x 30 cm • *Transparencies any format • Entries must be accompanied by a completed, signed entry form and a name tag attached to the back of prints or transparency mount which can be downloaded from the UNEP International Photographic Competition website, or by the form on the back of entry leaflet. • All photographs must be carefully captioned stating country; city or region; in the case of flora and fauna add the species name. Also, provide a brief caption with particular reference to environmental issues your photograph illustrates. • No entries, whether prints or slides, will be returned to entrants. No receipt of entry will be issued. • Entries to be sent to a designated collection centre. • Entry Forms may also be obtained from the UNEP Photographic Competition’s website at: • http://www.unep-photo.com

9. ■How to Entry (Web Entries) Entry Schedule : June 5, 2004 - October 24, 2004. No entries will be accepted before or after these dates. • A maximum of three digital images may be submitted by each entrant. These may illustrate separate subjects or combined as a set of three images. • Submit entries in JPEG format of a maximum file size of 2.5 MB. • All photographs must be carefully captioned stating country; city or region; in the case of flora and fauna add the species name. Also, provide a brief caption with particular reference to environmental issues your photograph illustrates. • No receipt of entry will be issued. • Submission in the form of memory medium (CD-ROM, floppy disk, smart media, etc.) are not acceptable. • Final selection of digital images will be judged as prints made on a Canon Bubble Jet printer • Web entries to be submitted to: http://www.unep-photo.com

10. Entry Category □General 　 □Youth　 □Children (check one) Your Name Sex □Male □Female Age Date of Birth d/m/y Address City Country Nationality Telephone # Fax# E-Mail address photograph CAPTION □Single photograph Entry □photograph Set (two or three photographs) photograph caption reference to environmental issues Location photograph taken Country photograph taken Species of flora/fauna in photograph(s): Date photograph taken ■Application Form ・

11. ■Collection Centres for Receiving Entries South / North America ・New York / USA UNEP Photographic Competition United Nations Information Centre 2 UN Plaza, Room DC2-803, NEW YORK, NY 10017, USA ・Washington DC / USA UNEP Photographic Competition Regional Office for North America (RONA) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 1707 H Street, N.W. Suite 300, Washington DC 20006, U.S.A. ・Toronto / Canada UNEP Photographic Competition TIME Canada Ltd. 175 Bloor Street East Suite 602,North Tower, Toronto, Ontario M4W 3R8, Canada ・Kingston / Jamaica UNEP Photographic Competition Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Environment Programme UNEP CAR/RCU 14-20 Port Royal Street Kingston, Jamaica ・Mexico city / Mexico UNEP Photographic Competition Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROLAC) United Nations Environment Programme Boulevard de los Virreyes No. 155 Col. Lomas Virreyes 11000 Apartado Postal 10793 Mexico, D.F. Mexico Boulevard de los Virreyes No. 155, Palacio Itamaraty, Av. Marechal Floriano 196, Col. Lomas Virreyes AP 10793, 11000 Mexico, D.F Mexico ・ ・Rio de Janeiro / Brazil UNEP Photographic Competition Centro de Informacao das Nacoes Unidas Palacio Itamaraty Av. Marechal Floriano 196 20080-002 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ・Buenos Aires / Argentina UNEP Photographic Competition Centro de Informacion de las Naciones Unidas Junin 1940 1er piso 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina ・Santiago / Chile UNEP Photographic Competition Servicios de Informacion de las Naciones Unidas Comision Economica para America Latina el Caribe (CEPAL) Avda. Dag Hammarskjolk s/n, Vitacura Casilla 179-D Santiago, Chile

12. ■Promotion Tools 1 • Posters • PR Leaflets • Entry Leaflets English Spanish Portuguese French (To be delivered to each NOM Secretariat in the middle of May.)

13. ■Promotion Tools 2 • Website http://www.unep-photo.com LINK on your NOM or LOM website Banner Data is available in COC • Publicity on TIME, National Geographic, etc. Advertisement on your NOM or LOM Magazine Draft Data is available in COC • Photo Exhibition Past Awarded Photo Panels are available in COC