Monday, April 23, 2007
Yak Herder To Receive Prestigious Environmental Prize.
”I spent my childhoodby the banks of the Onggi River and I think of myself as one with the river.“
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar, a self-educated yak herder from Mongolia, is to receive the $125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for founding the Onggi River Movement and protecting the water from polluting mining companies.
The Onggi River is crucial to the existence of the yak and other rare species.
Ignored at first by the government, Munkhbayar organised protest marches and rapidly gained support from Mongolians shocked by growing pollution. He appealed to ministers during the 2004 national election and created a parliamentary lobby group, gradually gaining international recognition for his work.
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