Alexis Massol-González
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Alexis Massol-González is a civil engineer and environmentalist from Puerto Rico
. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 2002, for his efforts on the protection of mountain forests, due to threats from mining interests. The forest reserve Bosque del Pueblo was established in 1996.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
in 2002, for his efforts on the protection of mountain forests, due to threats from mining interests. The forest reserve Bosque del Pueblo was established in 1996.