Juan Pablo Orrego

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Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean environmentalist, president of the activist group Grupo de Acción por el Biobío, which represents the indigenous Pehuenche people in the Biobío Region. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997, for his organizing of protests against the ecological damages from a series of dam building projects involving the Biobío River, including the Pangue and Ralco Hydroelectric Plants.[1]

Awards/Honours

  • THE RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARDS 1998.[2]

References

  1. ^ "South & Central America 1997. Juan Pablo Orrego. Chile. Rivers and Dams". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  2. ^ "THE RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARDS 1998. Juan Pablo Orrego". THE RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARDS. Retrieved 18 November 2010.


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