Ricardo Navarro
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Ricardo Navarro is an engineer from El Salvador
. He was founder and president of the environmental organization CESTA (Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technology). He received the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 1995, for his contributions to sustainable development.
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. He was founder and president of the environmental organization CESTA (Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technology). He received 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 1995, for his contributions to sustainable development.