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Africa, Gabon - Marc Ona Essangui
A disabled Gabonese activist, 45, fights the repressive, opportunistic government to defend a 'protected' national park - known for its rich biodiversity, endemic species and stunning waterfalls - from covert development contracts for resource extraction. |
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Asia, Bangladesh - Rizwana Hasan
A Bangladeshi lawyer, 40, advocates on behalf of 30,000 destitute workers to regulate the predatory and perilous ship breaking industry - where decommissioned ships are picked apart by hand - that pollutes seaside ecosystems and maims and kills worker. |
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Europe, Russia - Olga Speranskaya
A revered Russian physicist, 45, works to identify and safely dispose of toxic chemical stockpiles in the former Soviet republics, countries that have unmarked stores of outdated and highly poisonous agricultural chemicals. |
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Islands, Indonesia - Yuyun Ismawati
An Indonesian single mother and engineer, 44, designs community-based solid waste management solutions to protect the island's poor communities that suffer tremendous environmental and health risks associated with trash produced by locals and tourists. |
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North America, United States- Maria Gunnoe
A mom from West Virginia, 39, who - despite death threats - bravely organizes her community in a battle against big energy to stop the ecologically disastrous process of mountaintop removal coal mining and 'valley fill,' its destructive byproduct. |
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South America, Suriname - Wanze Eduards & Hugo Jabini
A Surinamese duo descended from slaves, 52 and 44, lead 25,000 tribal people in a landmark lawsuit, whose ruling applies across the hemisphere, to protect traditional indigenous peoples and rainforests from ruinous logging and mining practices. |
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Download b-roll of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony:
Al Gore, Robert Redford and Christiane Amanpour on the Green Carpet, and winners in their native dress accepting their award. |
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