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Fighting For Sustainable Development

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
8 October 2004 - 2:00pm

Profile of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai who was recognized for her "holistic" approach to sustainable development.

"The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was praised by the awarding committee as "a source of inspiration for everyone in Africa fighting for sustainable development, democracy and peace"...

Her campaign to mobilise poor women to plant some 30 million trees has been copied by other countries."

Full Story: Profile: Wangari Maathai
Source: BBC News, October 8, 2004
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