Prafulla Samantara
{{Short description|Indian environmental activist}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age |1952}}
| birth_place = Odisha, India
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| nationality = Indian
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| education = Law and economics
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| known_for = Grassroots environmentalism
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| awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2017)
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Prafulla Samantara (born 1952) is an Indian environmental activist from Odisha.{{cite web|url=http://geographical.co.uk/people/i-m-a-geographer/item/2452-prafulla-samantra
|title=Prafulla Samantra: Indian environmental activist
|website=geographical.co.uk |access-date=10 October 2019 }}
Biography
Samantara has been a spokesperson for the Dangaria Kandha indigenous people, in their protest against plans for bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hill range.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/Goldman_prize_winning_is_a_matter_of_time_and_persistence/ |title=When You Unite to Defend Your Home, Winning is Just a Matter of Time and Persistence
|first=Erin Banks |last=Rusby
|magazine=Earth Island Journal
|date=25 April 2017
|access-date=10 October 2019 }} A 2013 Supreme Court ruling stopped the mining plans. Samantara was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/prafulla-samantara/
|title=Prafulla Samantara. 2017 Goldman Prize Recipient Asia
|website=goldmanprize.org |access-date=10 October 2019 }}
Bibliography
- {{Cite Q|Q107562430}}
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Category:Indian environmentalists
Category:Goldman Environmental Prize awardees
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