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((Short description|Order of merit in the Netherlands))
((more citations needed|date=October 2012))
((Infobox order
|title=Order of the Golden Ark
|image=Medal, order (AM 2014.7.62-15).jpg
|caption=Kingdom of the Netherlands Commander of the Order of the Golden Ark badge of order
|image2=[[File:Order of the Golden Ark.png|85px]]
|caption2=Ribbon of the order
|type=Order of Merit
|for=Significant contributions to nature conservation
|date=1971
|country=the ((NLD))
|house=
|religion=
|ribbon=
|head_title=Grand Master
|head= [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|King Willem-Alexander]]
|head2_title=
|head2=
|grades=Commander (Dutch ''Commandeur'')<br>Officer (Dutch ''Officier'')<br>Knight (Dutch ''Ridder'')
|notes=
|higher=[[Bailiwick of Utrecht|Teutonic Order, Bailiwick of Utrecht]]
|lower= [[Cross for the Four Day Marches]]<br>Awards of Dutch [[NGO]]'s
))

The Most Excellent '''Order of the Golden Ark''' (((lang-nl|Orde van de Gouden Ark))) is a Dutch [[order of merit]] established in 1971 by [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld|Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]].  It is awarded to people for major contributions to [[nature conservation]].<ref name=royalcol>((cite web|url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/princephilip/MicroObject.asp?item=6&themeid=1934&object=8890472&row=6&detail=about |title=Prince Philip: Celebrating Ninety Years |publisher=Royal Collection |access-date=15 October 2012))</ref> Although not awarded by the government of the [[Netherlands]], it is considered by the government as a recognized chivalrous order.<ref>((cite web|title=The Dutch Honours System|url=http://lintjes.nl/files/brochure%20het%20nederlandse%20decoratiestel%20in%20vijf%20talen.pdf|work=lintjes.nl/|publisher=Chancellor of the Dutch Orders|access-date=15 October 2012))</ref>  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.

==Notable recipients==
<!-- * [[Russell Betts]]<ref>Awarded October 1995</ref> -->
* [[Ranjit Bhargava]]<ref name="India Today">((cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ranjit-bhargava-awarded-the-order-of-the-golden-ark-by-prince-bernhard-of-the-netherlands/1/265757.html |title=India Today |publisher=India Today |date=December 14, 1998 |access-date=November 14, 2014))</ref>
* [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl Gustav of Sweden]]
* [[Gerald Durrell]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.durrell.org/about/gerald-durrell/gerald-durrell/ |title=Gerald Durrell O.B.E. |publisher=Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust |access-date=2015-05-03))</ref>
* [[Sylvia Earle]]<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/sylvia-earle/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213222243/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/sylvia-earle/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2011|title=Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer Information, Facts, News, Photos -- National Geographic|last=Society|first=National Geographic|website=[[National Geographic Society]]|access-date=2016-07-25))</ref>
*[[Valerie Taylor (diver)|Valerie Taylor]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/ron-and-valerie-taylor/ | title=Ron and Valerie Taylor | website=Australian Museum | date=12 May 2021))</ref>
* [[Tony Fitzjohn]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.georgeadamson.org/bornwild |title=GAWPT: Born Wild |publisher=Georgeadamson.org |access-date=15 October 2012))</ref>
* [[Zafar Futehally]]<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.kolkatabirds.com/zafarinterview.htm#sthash.r6yzcHwe.FVBEbB7v.dpbs |title=Birds of India: Bird-watching in India ~ Zafar Futehally interview with Bikram Grewal; March 2011 |access-date=2017-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417124901/http://www.kolkatabirds.com/zafarinterview.htm#sthash.r6yzcHwe.FVBEbB7v.dpbs |archive-date=2016-04-17 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* [[Jane Goodall]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.janegoodall.ca/goodall-awards.php |title=Awards & Distinctions |publisher=Jane Goodall Institute of Canada |access-date=15 October 2012))</ref>
* [[Gyanendra of Nepal]]((citation needed|date=August 2020))
* [[Roger Tory Peterson]]<ref>((cite book|title=Who was who in America : with world notables : Volume XII, 1996-1998.|year=1998|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=New Providence, NJ|isbn=9780837902296|page=193))</ref>
* [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]<ref name=royalcol/> (awarded 1971)
* [[Ian Player]]
* [[Suman Sahai]]<ref name="intoday1">((cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/How+I+made+it:+Suman+Sahai/1/95201.html |title=How I made it: Suman Sahai : Aspire |work=[[India Today]] |date=2010-04-29 |access-date=2013-03-29))</ref>
* [[Ravindra Kumar Sinha (biologist)|Ravindra Kumar Sinha]]<ref name="'Dolphin Man' from Bihar gets Padma Shri">((cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Dolphin-Man-from-Bihar-gets-Padma-Shri/articleshow/50727382.cms | title='Dolphin Man' from Bihar gets Padma Shri | publisher=Times of India | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=August 8, 2016))</ref>
* [[Marc van Roosmalen]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/posts/fall-featured-scholar-201025.php?act=print |title=Featured Scholar |publisher=Scholar Rescue Fund |access-date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202753/http://www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/posts/fall-featured-scholar-201025.php?act=print |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* [[Lyall Watson]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/Lyall_Watson.htm |title=Lyall Watson |publisher=Davidhigham.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123042921/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/Lyall_Watson.htm |archive-date=23 November 2012 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* [[Delia Owens]]<ref name=Encyclopedia>((cite encyclopedia |title=Owens, Delia 1949(?)- |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |date=27 August 2019|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/owens-delia-1949|access-date=5 September 2019))</ref>
* [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] (awarded 1973)
* [[Emil Salim]] (awarded 1982)<ref>((cite book |title=Sejarah Pemikiran Indonesia Tahun 1967-1998|url=https://repositori.kemdikbud.go.id/10917/1/sejarah%20pemikiran%20indonesia%20iii%201967-1998.pdf |access-date=13 May 2023))</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of environmental awards]]

==References==
((reflist))

((Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands))

[[Category:Awards established in 1971]]
[[Category:Dutch awards|Golden Ark, Order of the]]
[[Category:Environmental awards|Golden Ark, Order of the]]
[[Category:Orders of chivalry of the Netherlands|Golden Ark, Order of the]]

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