Pisit Charnsnoh

{{Short description|Thai environmentalist}}

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| known_for = Grassroots environmentalism

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Pisit Charnsnoh, from Trang Province, Thailand, cofounded the Yadfon Association in 1985. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002, for his efforts on protecting the coastal ecosystems of Thailand.Goldman Environmental Prize: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/91 Pisit Charnsnoh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905120445/http://www.goldmanprize.org/2002/asia |date=5 September 2012 }} (Retrieved on November 10, 2007)[http://ecotippingpoints.org/our-stories/indepth/thailand-mangrove-restoration-community-management.html Taking Back the Mangroves with Community Management] Charnsnoh is on the board of the international Seattle-based Mangrove Action Project, and is affiliated with the Industrial Shrimp Action Network.

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Pisit Charnsnoh

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