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Anniversary of Maathai's death

NAIROBI, Kenya - A memorial service is held in Nairobi on Sept. 25, 2013, to mark the second anniversary of the death of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai.

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1 year after Maathai's death

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (C) shows the design of a new postal stamp featuring Nobel Peace Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai, during a ceremony in Nairobi on Sept. 25, 2012, marking one year after Maathai's death.

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Wanjira Maathai in Durban

DURBAN, South Africa - Wanjira Maathai, the daughter of the late Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, is pictured in an interview with Kyodo News at the venue of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Funeral for Maathai

NAIROBI, Kenya - A relative of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai waters a tree during a state funeral for Maathai held Oct. 8, 2011, in a Nairobi park. Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, died Sept. 25 at age 71.

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Funeral for Maathai

NAIROBI, Kenya - A car carrying the coffin of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai is parked in a Nairobi park on Oct. 8, 2011, as a state funeral for Maathai was held there. Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, died Sept. 25 at age 71.

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Funeral for Maathai

NAIROBI, Kenya - Relatives of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai plant a tree during a state funeral for Maathai held Oct. 8, 2011, in a Nairobi park. Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, died Sept. 25 at age 71.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

NAIROBI, Kenya - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai in the garden of her Nairobi office. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in the Kenyan capital while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization, the Green Belt Movement.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. She died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front R) planting a young tree at a beach in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, in April 2007. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Japan prince visits Kenyan game reserve

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (C) plants a tree together with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai (R) in Sweetwaters game reserve in Kenya on March 12, 2010. The prince took a tour of the reserve at the foot of Mt. Kenya photographing animals such as giraffes and zebras.

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Japanese crown prince arrives in Nairobi

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) is welcomed by Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai (R) after arriving in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 10, 2010. The crown prince, who also made an official visit to Ghana, is scheduled to visit a wildlife sanctuary and a paddy field where Japan has helped renovate irrigation facilities.

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Nobel laureate Maathai receives honorary doctorate

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai (R), the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, receives an honorary doctorate from Katsuhiko Shirai, president of Tokyo's Waseda University, for her contributions in the fields of democracy, human rights and environmental protection at the university on Feb. 13.

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Nobel laureate Maathai interacts with NGOs at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Kenya's deputy environment minister, visits the NGO Global Village at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 26 and tries her hand at calligraphy for the first time, writing the Chinese character for ''tree.''

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Maathai meets press ahead of leaving Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan deputy environment minister and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21 ahead of leaving Japan for home. Maathai, in Japan on a nine-day visit since Feb. 14, gave a keynote speech in Kyoto to mark the Kyoto Protocol on global warming taking effect on Feb. 16.

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Maathai meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai (L), winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office Feb. 18 in Tokyo prior to their talks.

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Kenyan deputy environment minister visits EXPO site

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, plants a tree in memory of her visit to the site of the 2005 Aichi Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 17.

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(1)Kenya's Maathai calls makes keynote speech in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, delivers a keynote speech at a symposium held in Kyoto on Feb. 16 to mark the enforcement of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. She urged the international community to take joint actions to protect the environment.

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(2)Kenya's Maathai calls makes keynote speech in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai delivers a keynote speech at a symposium held in Kyoto on Feb. 16 to mark the enforcement of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai meets environment minister

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai (R), winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, meets Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike in Tokyo on Feb. 16. Maathai is in Japan for a weeklong visit.

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(2)Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Wangari Maathai, winner of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, speaks during a news conference at Narita airport after arriving in Japan on an 8-day visit.

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(1)Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Wangari Maathai, winner of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, arrives at Narita airport Feb. 14 on an 8-day visit.

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(2)Kenyan Nobel peace laureate criticizes U.S. war against Iraq

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the winning of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, plants a tree following her press conference in Kenya on Oct. 9. She criticized the United States launching the war against Iraq and for pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to prevent global warming.

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(1)Kenyan Nobel peace laureate criticizes U.S. war against Iraq

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News for launching the war against Iraq and for pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to prevent global warming.

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(2)Kenyan Nobel peace laureate criticizes U.S. war against Iraq

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the winning of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, plants a tree following her press conference in Kenya on Oct. 9. She criticized the United States launching the war against Iraq and for pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to prevent global warming. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kenyan Nobel peace laureate criticizes U.S. war against Iraq

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News for launching the war against Iraq and for pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to prevent global warming. (Kyodo)

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(2)Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Wangari Maathai, winner of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, speaks during a news conference at Narita airport after arriving in Japan on an 8-day visit. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kenya's Maathai calls makes keynote speech in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, delivers a keynote speech at a symposium held in Kyoto on Feb. 16 to mark the enforcement of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. She urged the international community to take joint actions to protect the environment. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maathai meets environment minister

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai (R), winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, meets Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike in Tokyo on Feb. 16. Maathai is in Japan for a weeklong visit. (Kyodo)

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Maathai meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai (L), winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and Kenya's deputy environment minister, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's office Feb. 18 in Tokyo prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Maathai meets press ahead of leaving Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan deputy environment minister and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21 ahead of leaving Japan for home. Maathai, in Japan on a nine-day visit since Feb. 14, gave a keynote speech in Kyoto to mark the Kyoto Protocol on global warming taking effect on Feb. 16. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kenya's Maathai calls makes keynote speech in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai delivers a keynote speech at a symposium held in Kyoto on Feb. 16 to mark the enforcement of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. (Kyodo)

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front R) planting a young tree at a beach in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, in April 2007. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. She died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

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Maathai urges G-8 to focus on African security

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Nairobi. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Maathai interacts with NGOs at Aichi Expo

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Kenya's deputy environment minister, visits the NGO Global Village at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 26 and tries her hand at calligraphy for the first time, writing the Chinese character for ''tree.'' (Kyodo)

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Kenyan deputy environment minister visits EXPO site

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, plants a tree in memory of her visit to the site of the 2005 Aichi Exposition in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 17. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Maathai receives honorary doctorate

TOKYO, Japan - Wangari Maathai (R), the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, receives an honorary doctorate from Katsuhiko Shirai, president of Tokyo's Waseda University, for her contributions in the fields of democracy, human rights and environmental protection at the university on Feb. 13. (Kyodo)

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Wanjira Maathai in Durban

DURBAN, South Africa - Wanjira Maathai, the daughter of the late Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, is pictured in an interview with Kyodo News at the venue of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

NAIROBI, Kenya - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai in the garden of her Nairobi office. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in the Kenyan capital while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization, the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

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Japan prince visits Kenyan game reserve

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (C) plants a tree together with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai (R) in Sweetwaters game reserve in Kenya on March 12, 2010. The prince took a tour of the reserve at the foot of Mt. Kenya photographing animals such as giraffes and zebras. (Kyodo)

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Japanese crown prince arrives in Nairobi

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) is welcomed by Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai (R) after arriving in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 10, 2010. The crown prince, who also made an official visit to Ghana, is scheduled to visit a wildlife sanctuary and a paddy field where Japan has helped renovate irrigation facilities. (Kyodo)

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Funeral for Maathai

NAIROBI, Kenya - A relative of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai waters a tree during a state funeral for Maathai held Oct. 8, 2011, in a Nairobi park. Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, died Sept. 25 at age 71. (Kyodo)

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Funeral for Maathai

NAIROBI, Kenya - A car carrying the coffin of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai is parked in a Nairobi park on Oct. 8, 2011, as a state funeral for Maathai was held there. Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, died Sept. 25 at age 71. (Kyodo)

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Funeral for Maathai

NAIROBI, Kenya - Relatives of the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai plant a tree during a state funeral for Maathai held Oct. 8, 2011, in a Nairobi park. Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, died Sept. 25 at age 71. (Kyodo)