In Country Recipient Photos
Recipients Name
In Country Photos

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Leydy Pech with “Las damas de la miel” (women of honey), Mayan women known for conservation of the Xunan Kab bees (Melipona beecheii) (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Deforestation in Hopelchén, México (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

Deforestation in Hopelchén, México (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

Deforestation in Hopelchén, México (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

Deforestation in Hopelchén, México (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

Glyphosate contaminates the water supply in Hopelchén, México. (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

Large-scale soy plantations in Hopelchén, México (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

Large-scale soy plantations in Hopelchén, México (Photo: Áurea Audiovisual)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Leydy Pech and members of Mayas de los Chenes Collective (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Leydy Pech and members of Mayas de los Chenes Collective (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Leydy Pech and members of Muuch Kambal making soap from honey and milk (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Leydy Pech and members of Muuch Kambal making soap from honey and milk (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Xunan Kab bees (Melipona beecheii) (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose at a beach cleanup in the Bahamas (Photo: Dorlan Curtis Jr. and Jawanza Small)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose at a beach cleanup in the Bahamas (Photo: Dorlan Curtis Jr. and Jawanza Small)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose at a beach cleanup in the Bahamas (Photo: Dorlan Curtis Jr. and Jawanza Small)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose at a beach cleanup in the Bahamas (Photo: Dorlan Curtis Jr. and Jawanza Small)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose with Ocean Ambassadors, student eco-activists from the Bahamas Plastic Movement (Photo: Bahamas Plastic Movement)

Youth participate in a plastic workshop with the Bahamas Plastic Movement (Photo: Bahamas Plastic Movement)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose teaching students at the Harbour Island Green School (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose leading Ocean Ambassadors club meeting at Harbour Island Green School (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose teaching students at the Harbour Island Green School (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

To inspire passion for their oceans, 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose takes Bahamian youth swimming, often for the first time. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose with students from the Harbour Island Green School (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Beach in the Bahamas (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa and community members in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa and community members in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa in KESAN's Indigenous Eco-Learning Center in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa and community members in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa and community members in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa and community members (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa and community members in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Paul Sein Twa joins a religious ceremony during Karen New Year in Tha Thwee Der village, located in the Salween Peace Park. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Paul Sein Twa meets with villagers in the Salween Peace Park. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Paul Sein Twa tries a traditional musical instrument during Karen New Year in Tha Thwee Der village, located in the Salween Peace Park. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Paul Sein Twa chats with villagers of the Karen village Tha Thwee Der located in the Salween Peace Park (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Europe, Lucie Pinson (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Europe, Lucie Pinson (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Lucie Pinson meets with Greenpeace in Paris. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Lucie Pinson outside of French multinational insurance firm Axa (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Africa, Chibeze Ezekiel (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel addresses a town meeting in Aboano, Ghana. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel walks past a mural in downtown Accra, Ghana. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel meets with 350 GROC members at Smoothy’s Café, an incubator for young activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists in Ghana. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Fishing vessels in Jamestown, Ghana (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Makola Market in downtown Accra, Ghana (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel gives a climate change presentation to schoolchildren in Ekumfi, part of his youth education program, “Children for Climate Action” (C4C). (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel gives a climate change presentation to schoolchildren in Ekumfi, part of his youth education program “Children for Climate Action” (C4C). (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel walks through Aboano, Ghana, with 350 GROC members. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Chibeze Ezekiel walks through Aboano, Ghana, with 350 GROC members. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

Children in the village of Aboano, Ghana (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo and Waorani community at protest march (Photo: Mateo Barriga, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo with members of the Waorani community (Photo: Sophie Pinchetti, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo and members of the Waorani community (Photo: Sophie Pinchetti, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo with members of the Waorani community (Photo: Sophie Pinchetti, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo and members of the Waorani community march in protest (Photo: Mitch Anderson, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo looks over a piece of forest devastated by an oil spill. (Photo: Mitch Anderson, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo with members of the Waorani community at a protest (Photo: Mitch Anderson, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo displays evidence of an oil spill. (Photo: Mitch Anderson, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo with members of the Waorani community (Photo: Mitch Anderson, Amazon Frontlines)

2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo with members of the Waorani community (Photo: Jeronimo Zuñiga, Amazon Frontlines)