Yanomami Shaman Davi Kopenawa - Right Livelihood Award
December 9 , 2019 1714 days 837 0
Renowned Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” 2019’s Right Livelihood Award.
This award is known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”.
The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to “honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us.”
The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, and is presented annually in early December.
Davi led his people’s 20-year campaign to protect their Amazonian territory.