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Article: U.S. FOUNDATION AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE TO IMPRISONED CAMPESINO LEADER WHO OPPOSED LOGGING IN GUERRERO STATE.
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- April 12, 2000
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The California-based Goldman Foundation has awarded its prestigious Environmental Award to imprisoned campesino leader Rodolfo Montiel Flores, who has defied efforts by multinational paper company Boise Cascade to cut down several tracts of forest in the western state of Guerrero. The award, one of six presented annually, is intended to give environmental activists the "recognition, visibility, and credibility their efforts deserve," the foundation said.
In 1998, Montiel formed the Organizacion de Campesinos Ecologistas de la Sierra de Petatlan y Coyuca de Catalan (OCESPCC) to prevent Costa Grande Forest Products, the Mexican subsidiary of Boise Cascade, from ...