Indigenous Woman Receives Prestigious Environmental Award For Protecting Amazon Territory

Alessandra Korap, a Munduruku woman, received the Goldman Environmental Prize for defending her ancestral territory in the Amazon rainforest from environmental destruction.
Korap and other Munduruku women organized protests, reported illegal activity, and opposed corrupt deals that sought to gain access to their land.
The Munduruku people are fighting to have their land officially recognized to protect it from illegal mining and deforestation.
Korap received the Goldman Environmental Prize along with activists from Finland, Indonesia, Zambia, Turkey and the United States.
Indigenous groups are responsible for protecting much of the remaining untouched areas of the Amazon rainforest.