Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon

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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.agreed to withdraw 27 approved research applications to mine on Indigenous lands, according to the foundation, including Alessandra Munduruku's Sawré Muybu territory on 400,000 acres of rainforest on the Tapajos River.

The British miner said it has engaged with the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Association and environmental NGO Amazon Watch in recent years to address their concerns. Following Anglo American's decision, other major mining companies announced they were also dropping prospecting permits on Indigenous lands in Brazil, the foundation said, a fact corroborated by the Brazilian mining lobby Ibram.

"Alessandra's successful campaign represents a significant shift in private sector accountability around destructive mining in Brazil amid an intense government push for extraction in the Amazon," the Goldman Foundation said in a statement.

 

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