The Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes from each of the world's six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.

RECIPIENT	COUNTRY	YEAR
Julio Cusurichi Palacios	Peru	2007
Elias Diaz Peña	Paraguay	2000
Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva	Brazil	2006
Maria Elena Foronda Farro	Peru	2003
Janet Gibson	Belize	1990
Libia Grueso	Colombia	2004
Berito Kuwaru'wa	Colombia	1998
Jean La Rose	Guyana	2002
Luis Macas	Ecuador	1994
Juan Mayr	Colombia	1993
Pablo Fajardo Mendoza	Ecuador	2008
Ricardo Navarro	El Salvador	1995
Evaristo Nugkuag	Peru	1991
Oscar Olivera	Bolivia	2001
Juan Pablo Orrego	Chile	1997
Carlos Alberto Ricardo	Brazil	1992
Oscar Rivas	Paraguay	2000
Marina Silva	Brazil	1996
Father José Andrés Tamayo	Honduras	2005
Jorge Varela	Honduras	1999