Orri Vigfússon
Orri Vigfússon | |
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Orri in conversation with Silver Donald Cameron about his work | |
| Born | 10 July 1942 |
| Died | 1 July 2017 (aged 74) Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and environmentalist |
| Awards | Goldman Environmental Prize |
Orri Vigfússon (10 July 1942[1] – 1 July 2017)[2] was an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His stated objective was to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic".[3]
In 2004 Time magazine named Orri a "European Hero".[4] He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species.[3][5] In 2008, he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship.[6]
Orri died on 1 July 2017 in Reykjavík of lung cancer at the age of 74.[7][2]
Mark Kurlansky dedicated his 2020 book, Salmon, to the memory of Orri Vigfússon.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Iceland Review". 1995.
- ^ a b "Orri Vigfússon - The world loses the great salmon champion". Fish and Fly. July 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: Orri Vigfússon Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 2007-10-25)
- ^ ""Saving the Wild Salmon", Time Europe magazine, 11 October 2004". Archived from the original on October 11, 2004.
- ^ "Salmon campaigner lands top award" – BBC News (Sunday, 22 April 2007) (Retrieved on March 26, 2008)
- ^ "Orri Vigfusson, Ashoka Fellow". Retrieved 2014-10-21.
- ^ "Orri Vigfússon er látinn - Vísir". visir.is.
- ^ Kurlansky, Mark (2020). Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate. Patagonia. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-938340-86-4.
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