Kaisha Atakhanova

Kaisha Atakhanova (born 18 July 1957 ^[1]) is a biologist from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, specializing in the genetic effects of nuclear radiation. Due to her civil society activism, she was awarded the international Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005^[2] for leading a campaign to prevent nuclear waste from being commercially imported into Kazakhstan.

Atakhanova is founder and former leader of the Karaganda Ecological Center (known as EcoCenter).^[3]

References

^ http://www.gefngo.org/view_file.cfm?fileid=148
^ Goldman Environmental Prize (Asia 2005): Kaisha Atakhanova (Retrieved on November 8, 2007)
^ Michelle Nijhuis: "Kaisha Atakhanova fought to keep nuclear waste out of Kazakhstan" – Grist (18 Apr 2005) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)

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[1] ttp://www.gefngo.org/view_file.cfm?fileid=148

[goldman-2] Goldman Environmental Prize (Asia 2005): Kaisha Atakhanova (Retrieved on November 8, 2007)

[grist-3] Michelle Nijhuis: "Kaisha Atakhanova fought to keep nuclear waste out of Kazakhstan" – Grist (18 Apr 2005) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)

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