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Reuters
Reuters
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By Anthony Boadle

Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon

FILE PHOTO: Alessandra Korap Munduruku, 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Brazil, paddles in a canoe in an undisclosed area in the Amazon, Brazil January 15, 2023. Goldman Environmental Prize/Handout via REUTERS

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, who headed a campaign that led mining corporations to respect her people's Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize.

She is among six 2023 winners from different parts of the globe to win the prize for achievements and leadership of grassroots environmental activists awarded by the San Francisco-based Goldman Foundation.

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