Ramesh Agrawal honored with Goldman Prize 2014

April 30, 2014

The Goldman Environmental Foundation awarded six environmental activists from India, Peru, Russia and three other countries Goldman Prize for year 2014. India’s Ramesh Agrawal has been given the prize for helping villagers to battle coal mining in Chhattisgarh.
Other Awardees:

Awardees	Country	Significant Roles
Ruth Buendia	Peru	Helped to prevent two dams in the Peruvian Amazon
Suren Gazaryan	Russia	Defended protected areas from Olympic development in Sochi.
Helen Slottje	US	Helped to shut down fracking in New York State
Desmond D’Sa	South Africa	Helped to shut down a toxic dump site in Durban
Rudi Putra	Indonesia	Helped to shut down illegal palm oil plantations in Sumatra