Jadwiga Lopata
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Jadwiga Lopata, is an organic farmer living near Cracow, Poland
. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 2002, for her works on rural protection. She is co-founder and co-director of the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC).
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. She 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 her works on rural protection. She is co-founder and co-director of the International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside (ICPPC).