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The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The award is given by the Goldman Environmental Foundation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is also called the Green Nobel.
Yu Xiaogang is a Chinese environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006 for his efforts in "creating groundbreaking watershed management programs while researching and documenting the socioeconomic impact dams had on local Chinese communities". He is among the six winners of the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, considered by many to be the Asian equivalent of the Nobel prize. He completed his Master's from the Asian Institute of Technology(AIT) in Thailand and his award citation says:
His interest in the environment was cultivated during a stint in the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, and was further deepened when he attended the Asian Institute of Technology, where he earned a master's degree in watershed management.
Noah Idechong is an environmental activist from Palau, and former chief of Palau's Governmental Division of Marine Resources, where he helped draft the Island's first marine conservation legislation in 1997. Having linked marine science, fisheries, and political reform in Palau, he was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for his efforts in marine conservation. Idechong helped found the Palau Conservation Society, which spearheaded revivals in traditional conservation, now proven as effective management measures in the Micronesia region.
Emma Must is an English environmental activist, teacher, and poet who previously worked as a librarian.
Tuy Sereivathana is a Cambodian environmentalist who has worked to resolve conflicts between elephants and people in Cambodia. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2010.
Thuli Brilliance Makama is a Swazi environmental attorney. She is a Lawyer and the Executive Director of the green group Yonge Nawe/ Friends of the Earth Swaziland, an environmental organization that focuses on environmental justice. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2010. Being the Attorney of public interest for the environment in Swaziland, Thuli has strived to guarantee that the opinions of the local community are taken into account while making decisions concerning the environment.Thuli is Oil Change International's senior advisor for Africa, providing strategic direction and campaign support for the organization's work in the continent.
Humberto Ríos Labrada is a Cuban folk musician, agricultural scientist and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2010, for his work for biodiversity and sustainable development of Cuban agriculture.
Samuel Nguiffo is a Cameroonian lawyer. He is manager of the Center for Environment and Development in Yaoundé. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1999, for his efforts on protection of the tropical rainforests of Central Africa.
Ndyakira Ntamuhiira Amooti was a Ugandan children's writer, journalist and environmentalist, awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour and winner of the Goldman Environment Prize.
Fuiono Senio was a chief and environmentalist from Falealupo village on the island of Savai'i in Western Samoa.
Myrsini Malakou is a Greek biologist. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2001, for her contributions to the protection of the wetlands of Préspa, jointly with fellow biologist Giorgos Catsadorakis.
Giorgos Catsadorakis is a Greek biologist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2001, for his contributions to the protection of the wetlands of Préspa, jointly with fellow biologist Myrsini Malakou. Their efforts resulted in an agreement between Greece, the Republic of Macedonia and Albania on establishing the Préspa Park as a protected area of the region.
Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean ecologist, musician and environmentalist. He is the current president of the Ecosistemas (NGO). He is one of the most influential environmental voices in Chile, and Latin America as consequence of his important participation in campaigns against damming projects in Chile that threatened local communities and valuable ecosystems. In 1998, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for his personal courage, self-sacrifice and perseverance in working for sustainable development in Chile."
Atherton Martin is a Dominican agronomist and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1998, for his efforts on protecting tropical forests from environments threats due to planned large copper mining operations.
Richard N. Goldman was an American billionaire philanthropist who was the co-founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Haas Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune. He founded the insurance company Goldman Insurance and Risk Management, and with his wife he established the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951.
Carlos Alberto Ricardo is a Brazilian environment pioneer. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1992, for his contribution to environment policy in Brazil.
Nick Carter was a Zambian environmentalist.
Dmitry Lisitsyn is a Russian environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2011, for his efforts on protection of the ecosystems of the island of Sakhalin.
Hilton Kelley is a former American actor and environmentalist from Port Arthur, Texas. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2011, for his fight against pollution of the Port Arthur district from petrochemical industry and waste facilities.
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- ↑ "2010 Recipient for South & Central America". goldmanprize.org. Goldman Environmental Prize. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ↑ "Ocean scientists share one million Swedish crowns". goteborgaward.com. The Götheborg Award. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ↑ "Biólogo Randall Arauz gana el premio Gotemburgo". pretoma.org (in Spanish). November 18, 2010. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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