Honoring the late Byron Antipas, a founding member of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature and its General Secretary for 35 years, the HSPN established, in 1998, the homonymous award, which is given to a person or non-governmental organization that has contributed effectively, over time and selflessly, for the protection of Greek nature and the environment. The recipients from 1998 until today are:

1998 Michael Dekleris, President of the E’ Cahmeber of the Council of State
1999 Anastasios Aliferis, Mayor of Tilos island
2000 Helmut Baumann, botanist, researcher of Greek nature, author,
2001 Jointly to the: Hellenic Ornithological Society, Hellenic Society of Environment and Culture, WWF Greece
2002 Aegean Wildlife Hospital “Alkioni”
2003 Petros Brussalis, author, nature photographer, founding member of the HSPN
2005 Dr. Luc Hoffmann, naturalist, philanthropist, founding member and honorary Perisidentof the Society for the Protection of Prespa
2007 Philodassiki Society
2008 the late Yorgos Ntouros, former Director of the Parnitha Foerstry Service, former Secreatary for National Parks and Hunting of the Ministry for Agriculture
2011 His all-holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
2013 Myrsini Malakou, Director of the Society for the Protection of Prespa
2016 Arne Strid, Professor of Botany, researcher of Greek flora
2021 Yannis Boutaris, founder and President of ARCTUROS