Goldman Environmental Prize Blog

1995 Goldman Prize winner Noah Idechong, hailing from the island nation of Palau, recently stopped by the Goldman Prize office in San Francisco, where he gave us a great update on his work and what he has been up to since winning the Prize almost 20 years ago. Palau is an archipelago of 340 islands…

On behalf of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF), representing Icelandic and Faroese fisherman, 2007 Goldman Prize winner Orri Vigfusson wrote a strongly worded letter to all Members of Scottish Parliament accusing the country of contributing to a catastrophic decline in north Atlantic wild salmon populations. The letter came as the strongest international criticism yet…

Madagascar native Nat Quansah was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2000 for his work to educate his community about the need for forest conservation by reintroducing the use of native plants as medicine to thousands of Malagasy people in an Ambodisakoana clinic he opened. We caught up with Quansah to see what he’s been doing since…

As part of the Goldman Prize’s 25th anniversary celebration, we invite you to join us for “The Goldman Prize at 25,” an event featuring Goldman Prize winners Maria Gunnoe (USA, 2009) and Kimberly Wasserman (USA, 2013) and Goldman Prize President, John Goldman and Vice President, Doug Goldman. John and Doug Goldman, whose parents Richard and…

Since winning the Goldman Prize in 2010 for her work to expose the egregious polluting practices of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in rural Michigan, Lynn Henning has been busy expanding her campaign and reaching new audiences. She appeared on HBO’s hit show Real Time with Bill Maher and has been featured in O Magazine,…

2013 Goldman Prize winner Azzam Alwash and his team at Nature Iraq celebrated a victory as the government of Iraq and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) signed a historic agreement last month that seeks to bolster environmental recovery and peace-building in the beleaguered country. According to a press release from UNEP, the agreement will…

Tuy Sereivathana won the Goldman Prize in 2010 for creating innovative low-cost solutions to mitigate human-elephant conflict in Cambodia, empowering local communities to cooperatively participate in endangered Asian elephant conservation. In the years since winning the Prize, Sereivathana has been a leading advocate for wildlife conservation in Southeast Asia. In 2011, he was recognized as…

2007 Goldman Prize winner Tsetsegee Munkhbayar has been sentenced to 21 years in prison following his involvement in a September 2013 demonstration in front of a Mongolian parliament building, during which a rifle was accidentally discharged. Although no one was hurt, Munkhbayar and several of his colleges were charged with “acts of terrorism,” because they…

Margaret Jacobsohn and Garth Owen-Smith were awarded the Prize in 1993 for their work to assist rural communities to link social and economic development to the conservation of the region’s spectacular wildlife and other natural resources. Twenty years after winning the Prize, Namibians Garth Owen-Smith and Margaret Jacobsohn are still working in community-based conservation. But…

Michal Kravcik was awarded the Goldman Prize in 1999 for his work to halt the construction of destructive dam projects in post-communist Slovakia by proposing democratic alternatives, including smaller dams, decentralized water management and restored farmlands. Fifteen years later, Kravcik is still working diligently to design sustainable water management models for Slovakia and the world.…