Lawyer forced to flee Liberia hopes to return after Goldman prize win
by Jonathan Watts from Environment | The Guardian on (#4E3FK)
Like other recipients, Alfred Brownell has faced threats and worse defending the environment
Two years ago Alfred Brownell was forced to flee Liberia after a successful campaign against a foreign palm oil plantation led to death threats and intimidation. Today, he hopes to return after being named one of this year's winners of the Goldman environmental prize.
Like several other recipients of the 2019 award, which will be presented at a ceremony on Monday in San Francisco, the Liberian lawyer risked life and liberty to defend people and wildlife in a region of the world that was until recently remote, but is now encroached upon by powerful business interests.
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