flickr.com/photos/harunire/207058735/Other winners include an Icelandic entrepreneur, an African community organiser and tribal leaders from Canada and Peru.
“This year’s prize recipients have succeeded in combating some of the most important environmental challenges we face today,” said prize-founder Richard Goldman.
“This year’s prize recipients have succeeded in combating some of the most important environmental challenges we face today,” said prize-founder Richard Goldman.
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar, 40, united herdsmen in Mongolia in a battle against rampant gold mining devastating the Onggi River. The effort is credited with getting the Mongolian Parliament to pass a law in 2006 regulating mining and protecting waterways.
Each prize comes with US$125,000 for winners to use as they wish.
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