Alfred Brownell, head of environment law campaigners Green Advocates, has just won the Goldman Environmental Award. What has he achieved – and how did he get his start?
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Twenty-two years ago Alfred Brownell could see a problem. The government of his country, Liberia, was awarding contracts for the exploitation of natural resources without consulting local communities; forest and mineral resources were being taken away with no questions asked.
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