Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River - Inside Climate News

Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River - Inside Climate News

“We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings.” For Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari of Peru, a winner of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, everything in nature has a role and must be protected. She’s risked her own safety to do so.

The 81-year-old Batmunkh of Luvsandashi has been named the winner of the Goldman Prize, known as the “Nobel Prize for the Environment.” Since retiring, he has led efforts to protect his homeland, using his engineering skills to work with local people, and has placed 500,000 hectares of land in Khuvsgul soum, Dornogovi aimag, under local and national special protection, which has become a wall of protection against mining expansion. Although he s…

Indigenous Activists Fight Corporate Exploitation in 'Water For Life' Documentary - Broke-Ass Stuart's Website

Even if the rhetorical buzzwords “capitalist exploitation” and “blue gold” are not uttered throughout Will Parrinello’s award-winning documentary Water For Life, the wrongs embodied by those buzzwords are shown so straightforwardly in this film that using the actual terms would be superfluous. Perhaps that’s why PBS (the Public Broadcasting System) might be the best venue for the initial national television broadcast of this film, which takes pl…

Run for Water: A Race That Goes Beyond the Finish Line | Traveling and Living in Peru

Access to clean water shouldn’t be a privilege; it’s a fundamental right. Yet, millions of Peruvians, especially in rural areas, face the harsh reality of walking for hours daily to gather water for their families. This burden primarily falls on women and girls, who dedicate a significant part of their day to this task, sacrificing their health and opportunities for growth. Water for People has been working in Peru since 2008, making sure that n…

Editorial Medioambiente, 21 Apr (EFE).- The Peruvian Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, who chairs an association of indigenous women who achieved a historic sentence to protect the Marañón River, and six other activists from Spain, Albania, Mongolia, Tunisia and the United States have been recognized with the Goldman Prize, considered the environmental Nobel Prize. The winners have been announced on Monday by the Goldman Environmental Foundation, whi…

Indigenous river campaigner from Peru wins prestigious Goldman prize

Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari led a successful legal battle to protect the Marañon River in the Peruvian Amazon Prize recognises seven activists fighting corporate power An Indigenous campaigner and women’s leader from the Peruvian Amazon has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for…