Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize

Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize

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Category : Awards Published on: April 27 2023

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  • Alessandra Korap, a Munduruku Indigenous woman from the Brazilian Amazon, has been awarded a 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize.
  • The respected award honors six activists from six continents who work on grassroots efforts to help the environment. 
  • The prize was established in 1989. 
  • The Goldman Prize defines grassroots leaders as those involved in local efforts, where positive change is created through community or citizen involvement.
  • Korap is a member of the Munduruku people of the Amazon rain forest.
  • This award is an opportunity to draw attention to the demarcation of the Sawre Muybu territory.
  • Sawre Muybu is an area of virgin rainforest along the Tapajos River spanning 440,000 acres. 
  • Official recognition for the land, or demarcation, began in 2007 but was frozen during the far-right presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, which ended in January.
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