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Alessandra Korap, a Munduruku Indigenous woman from Brazil, has won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her leadership in defending her community’s lands against illegal mining, hydroelectric dams, and other environmental crimes.
Korap is part of a group of Munduruku women who have taken up the responsibility of defending their people and have overturned the traditionally all-male leadership. Munduruku is an indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon River basin.
About the Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize (est. 1989; by the Goldman Environmental Foundation) 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 also called the Green Nobel.
Usage: The example highlights what has been proven in previous research that Indigenous-controlled forests are the best preserved in the Brazilian Amazon. You can use this example in Environment/ Indian Society/ Sociology/ Anthropology paper
