Evaristo Nugkuag

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Evaristo Nugkuag Ikanan (born 1950) is a Peruvian activist for environmental and indigenous people causes. He is a member of the Aguaruna people. He organized the Alliance of the Indian Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP) and Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica "COICA" to serve indigenous people.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/148 |title=Goldman Environmental Prize Profile |access-date=20 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821102958/http://goldmanprize.org/node/148 |archive-date=21 August 2008 |url-status=dead }} In 1986, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "organising to protect the rights of the Indians of the Amazon basin."

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Category:Indigenous activists of South America

Category:Indigenous people of the Amazon

Category:Peruvian environmentalists

Category:1950 births

Category:Living people

Category:Goldman Environmental Prize awardees

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