'Work Together' or 'Destroy it': Goldman Prize Winner on World's Second Deadliest Country For Environmental Activists

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By EarthjusticeAug 21, 2019, 3:27 pm370 pts
By Robert Valencia In April 2018, Afro-Colombian activist Francia Márquez won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, thanks to her work to retake her community's ancestral territories from illegal gold mining. However, her international recognition comes at a very risky price. Francia was born in…

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'Work Together' or 'Destroy it': Goldman Prize Winner on World's Second Deadliest Country For Environmental Activists

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