Rodolfo Montiel Flores
Encyclopedia
Rodolfo Montiel Flores is a campesino, a subsistence farmer, from the Guerrero
village El Mameyal, Mexico
.
He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 2000 for organizing campesinos to protest against rampant logging in their district.
Guerrero
Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....
village El Mameyal, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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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 2000 for organizing campesinos to protest against rampant logging in their district.