2009 Press Room
Welcome to the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize online pressroom. Here you will find press releases, background information on our 2009 recipients, the downloadable presskit, print-ready photographs, and links to broadcast-quality video highlighting our recipients' work. Information about the history of the Goldman Prize is also available. Please use the links on the right to navigate.
Thank you for your interest in the Goldman Environmental Prize.
- AFRICA, Gabon
- Marc Ona Essangui Congo rainforest protection
- ASIA, Bangladesh
- Rizwana Hasan Ship breaking
- EUROPE, Russia
- Olga Speranskaya Toxics in former Soviet republics
- ISLANDS, Indonesia
- Yuyun Ismawati Sustainable waste management
- NORTH AMERICA, USA
- Maria Gunnoe Mountaintop removal coal mining
- SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA, Suriname
- Hugo Jabini & Wanze Eduards Tribal and indigenous peoples land rights
