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Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River

Inside Climate News · By Katie Surma · last updated
“We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings.” For Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari of Peru, a winner of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, everything in nature has a role and must be protected. She’s risked her own safety to do so.

By Katie Surma

Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, an Indigenous Kukama leader from the Peruvian Amazon, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her decades-long fight to protect the Marañón River, home to her peoples’ ancestors and a lifesource for rainforest ecosystems that keep the world livable. 

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