Juma is a former
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
and founding Executive Director of the African
Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi.

Juma, a Kenyan, is Director of the Science, Technology and Innovation
Program at the Center for International Development at Harvard University
and Senior Research Fellow of the
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
Juma is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Kenya National
Academy of Sciences and member of the US National Academy of Sciences' Board
on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

He is a previous recipient of the Pew Scholars Award in Conservation and the
Environment (1991), the Justinian Rweyemamu Prize (1992) and the United
Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor(1993).

The Henry Shaw Medal—Missouri Botanical Garden's
highest award—honors those who have made a significant contribution to
botanical research, horticulture, conservation or the museum community. The
medal is named in honor of the Garden's founder, the 19th century St. Louis
philanthropist. It was first presented in 1893 and previous medalists
include William Ruckelshaus, Jose Sarukhan, Edward O. Wilson, Peter H.
Raven, William McKibben and M.S. Swaminathan.

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