Wang, Canfa

China

2014

Responsible Consumption and Production

Climate Action

Life on Land

An environmental lawyer who has played an essential role in addressing China’s environmental problem

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Wang, Canfa

China

2014

An environmental lawyer who has played an essential role in addressing China’s environmental problem

Toyama, Seiei

Japan

2003

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Climate Action

Life on Land

Japan’s leading desert agriculturist who applied his knowledge to China and organized thousands of Japanese volunteers to plant trees, alongside Chinese volunteers, as part of his Project Green Hope

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Toyama, Seiei

Japan

2003

Tang Xiyang

An environmentalist whose passion is to "heal nature" and writes prolifically about the richness and variety of China's wildlife and animal habitats

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Tang Xiyang

China

2007

An environmentalist whose passion is to "heal nature" and writes prolifically about the richness and variety of China's wildlife and animal habitats

Pan Yue

China

2010

Responsible Consumption and Production

Climate Action

A key figure in the Chinese government's efforts in environmental protection

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Pan Yue

China

2010

A key figure in the Chinese government's efforts in environmental protection

Oposa, Antonio Jr.

Philippines

2009

Climate Action

Partnerships for the Goals

A lawyer and environmental activist who advocates for field enforcement of fishing and logging laws, environmental litigation, education on sustainable living, advising local governments on crafting environment-preserving legislation, establishing marine sanctuaries in the Philippines

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Oposa, Antonio Jr.

Philippines

2009

Mehta, Mahesh Chander

India

1997

Clean Water and Sanitation

Climate Action

Life on Land

A lawyer by profession and a committed environmentalist by choice who made the fight to protect India's environment his unending mission

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Mehta, Mahesh Chander

India

1997

A lawyer by profession and a committed environmentalist by choice who made the fight to protect India's environment his unending mission

Ma Jun

A Chinese journalist and author who wrote what has been hailed as China's "first great environmental call to arms"

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Ma Jun

China

2009

A Chinese journalist and author who wrote what has been hailed as China's "first great environmental call to arms"

Liang Congjie

Partnerships for the Goals

A Chinese historian best known for his work as an environmental activist who established the Friends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmental non-governmental organization

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Liang Congjie

China

2000

A Chinese historian best known for his work as an environmental activist who established the Friends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmental non-governmental organization

Ka Hsaw Wa

A Burmese activist during the anti-dictatorship demonstrations of 1988 who was arrested, tortured and fled to the jungle to seek refuge, recorded the horrible military atrocities committed against ordinary villagers and found a way to get these stories out into the world

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Ka Hsaw Wa

Myanmar

2009

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