Question: Who among the following is/are recipient/s of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2019?
(1) Linda Garcia
(2) Bayarjargal Agvaantseren
(3) Alfred Brownell
(4) Jacqueline Evans
Choose the correct :
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- Six grassroots environmental activists were given the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29, 2019.
- Six people were honored this year for their contribution in saving the environment from degradation as well as for the activism and contribution in creating awareness.
Recipients:
- Environmental lawyer Alfred Brownell of Liberia stopped the clear-cutting of Liberia’s tropical forests by palm oil plantation developers and protected 513,500 acres of primary forest that constitute one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots.
- Bayarjargal Agvaantseren of Mongolia helped create the 1.8 million-acre Tost Tosonbumba Nature Reserve in the South Gobi Desert, a critical habitat for the vulnerable snow leopard and persuaded the Mongolian government to prohibit all mining within the reserve.
- Ana Colovic Lesoska of North Macedonia led a seven-year campaign to cut off international funding for two large hydropower plants planned inside of North Macedonia’s Mavrovo National Park, thereby protecting the habitat of the nearly-extinct Balkan lynx.
- Jacqueline Evans of Cook Islands led a five-year campaign to protect the Cook Islands’ stunning marine biodiversity. Because of her persistent organizing, the Cook Islands enacted new legislation—Marae Moana—to sustainably manage and conserve all 763,000 square miles of the country’s ocean territory, designating marine protected areas (MPAs) around all 15 islands.
- Linda Garcia of US organized her community to stop construction of the Tesoro Savage oil export terminal in Vancouver, Washington.
- Alberto Curamil of Chile organized his Mapuche community to stop the construction of two hydroelectric projects on the sacred Cautín River in Chile. In 2018, Curamil was arrested and remains in jail today.
The award:
- This year (2019) marks the 30th anniversary of the Prize.
- This award is also called as the Green Nobel Prize.
- It is awarded to the environmental activists from each of the six continental regions: Europe, Asia, North America, Central America and South America, Africa and islands and island nations.
- It was founded in 1989 by U.S. philanthropists Rhoda and Richard Goldman.
- A total of 194 winners from 89 different nations have received this award.
Links:
https://www.goldmanprize.org/blog/introducing-the-2019-goldman-environmental-prize-winners/
https://www.ecowatch.com/goldman-environmental-prize-2019-2635849071.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1