Indigenous Environmentalists Win Goldman Prize

Alessandra Korap, an Indigenous woman from the Amazon, has won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work defending her Munduruku people's ancestral territory from illegal mining, hydroelectric dams, and logging. Korap and other Munduruku women organized demonstrations, presented evidence of environmental crime, and opposed illicit agreements and incentives offered to their people. The award highlights the need for the demarcation of the Sawre Muybu territory and the expulsion of illegal miners. Indigenous-controlled forests are the best preserved in the Brazilian Amazon, which is crucial for mitigating climate change.