Yin Yuzhen – The Woman who Totally Restored China’s Mu Us Desert
Surrounded by a desolate desert living in a mud cave, Yin Yuzhen took it herself to singlehandedly plant trees rehabilitating
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Asia
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Datu Sangcoan
Datu Lanelio Sangcoan is a self-described eco warrior helping protect indigenous tribes living deep in the forests of the Philippines.
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Rohit Mehra
Green Man of Ludhiana – Punjab, India “In the next five years, I want to create 1000 jungles across India”
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Scientist for Chemical Safety Program at the Eco Accord Center – Russia Olga Speranskaya is a Russian scientist and environmentalist.
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Afroz Shah Foundation – Mumbai, India Afroz Shah is an Indian environmental activist and lawyer from Mumbai. He is best
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Indigenous Peoples Rights International – Cordillera, Philippines Joan Carling is an indigenous Filipino human rights activist and environmentalist who has
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The Cacao Project – San Fernando, Philippines Louise Emmanuelle de Guzman Mabulo is a Filipino environmentalist, farmer, social entrepreneur and
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Nizar Hani
Shouf Biosphere Reserve – Chouf Region, Lebanon Nizar Hani works with holistic ecosystem management, which includes civic engagement and local
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Sunderlal Bahuguna
Chipco Movement Environmental Activist – Uttarakhand, India (Deceased) Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927-2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The
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MoveGreen – Kyrgystan Maria Kolesnikova is the director of MoveGreen, a youth environmental movement in the Kyrgyz Republic. Together with
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Maria Wilvenna Añora
AtoANI – Bohol, Philippines Maria Wilvenna Añora is the co-founder and the strategy lead of AtoANI, a startup social enterprise,
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Dr. Ranil Senanayake
Father of Analog Forestry – Sri Lanka Dr. Ranil Senanayake, popularly known as the “Snake Man,” is the nephew of
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Dr. Willie Smits
The Orangatans’ Best Friend – Borneo In 1989, while working as a forest researcher in Indonesia, microbiologist Willie Smits first
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Mazin Qumsiyeh
PIBS Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability – Palestine Mazin Qumsiyeh is a scientist, author and activist, and is the founder and
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Jadav Payeng
The “Forest Man” – India Jadav Payeng is an environmental activist and forestry worker popularly known as the Forest Man
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Anand Dhawaj Negi
Cold Desert Afforestation – India Anand Dhawaj Negi, 1947-2021, popularly known as AD, was a retired bureaucrat turned “Forest man
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Vladimir Megre
Author of “The Ringing Cedars of Russia” – Russia Vladimir Megre is a Russian entrepreneur and writer best known as
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Eugenio “Ego” Lemos
Permaculturalist and Singer-Songwriter – East Timor, Indonesia Eugenio Lemos is an environmental activist and musician. He is the founder (2001)
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John Kaisner
The Natural Farmer – India John Kaisner is a much-loved international teacher, designer and practitioner of Permaculture. But it wasn’t
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Park Chung-Hee
Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979) led the reforestation of South Korea after the Korean war. Normally politicians aren’t mentioned in honors lists
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Delphine Robbe
Gili Eco Trust – Indonesia Delphine Robbe is a marine and land Conservationist actively involved in the protection of reefs
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Anil K. Gupta
Honey Bee magazine – India Anil K. Gupta is an Indian scholar and pioneer in the area of grassroots innovations.
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Peter Proctor
Biodynamic Agriculture – New Zealand, India Peter Proctor (1928-2018) was one of the most respected and influential figures in contemporary
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Rajendra Singh
Tarun Bharat Sangh & The Flow Partnership – India/UK Rajendra Singh is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar
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Manavendra Singh Shekhawat
Manavendra Singh Shekhawat, changed the fortune of a 500 acre barren, degraded landscape (only 30 trees on it) using traditional
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Michael Evenari
Michael Evenari (1904-1989) was an Israeli botanist originally from Germany. Evanari figured out the secrets of the ancient Nabatean runoff
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Choitresh Kumar Ganguly “Bablu”
Choitresh Kumar Ganguly (“Bablu”) is an organic farmer in India who has been involved in the field of rural development
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Dr. Masaru Emoto
Dr. Masaru Emoto (1943 – 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and scientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect
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Youngsang Cho
Youngsang Cho was born in Korea and is bringing farming back to the farmers; to restore the farmers’ sovereignty in
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Dr. (Master) Cho
Dr. (Master) Cho of South Korea is a farmer that founded Natural Farming in the 1960s. His systematic and scientific
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Masanobu Fukuoka
Masonobu Fukuoka (1913 – 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified
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Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. She is often referred to
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Akira Miyawaki
Akira Miyawaki (1928) is a Japanese botanist and expert in plant ecology specializing in seeds and the study of natural
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