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Kristal Ambrose led a movement that resulted in the Bahamas banning single use plastic. Paul Sein Twa spearheaded the creation of the 1.3 million acre, community managed Salween Peace Park in Myanmar. Leydy Pech, a Mayan beekeeper, took on Monsanto and got its permit to plant genetically modified soybeans in Mexico revoked. Nemonte Nenquimo fought against oil extraction in the Amazon, leading to 500,000 acres of Ecuadorian rainforest being protected. And Lucie Pinson pressured French banks to stop investing in coal mines in South Africa. Bravo to these winners of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize, the Green Nobels.
— Wayne Visser
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