Juan Pablo Orrego
Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean ecologist, musician and environmentalist. He is the current president of the Ecosistemas (NGO). He is one of the most influential environmental voices in Chile, and Latin America as consequence of his important participation in campaigns against damming projects in Chile that threatened local communities and valuable ecosystems.
Juan Pablo Orrego
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- Name
- Juan Pablo Orrego
- Born
- 1949
- Occupation
- ecologist and musician
- Awards
- * Goldman Environmental Prize (1997)
- Nationality
- Chile
- Honours
- Goldman Environmental Prize · Right Livelihood Award
- Languages
- Spanish
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Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean ecologist, musician and environmentalist. He is the current president of the Ecosistemas (NGO). He is one of the most influential environmental voices in Chile, and Latin America as consequence of his important participation in campaigns against damming projects in Chile that threatened local communities and valuable ecosystems.
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Juan Pablo Orrego (born 1949) is an activist, environmentalist and musician, among other activities, of Chilean nationality. The activist was born in Santiago.
Languages used include Spanish. Honours include Goldman Environmental Prize and Right Livelihood Award.
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In 1998, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for his personal courage, self-sacrifice and perseverance in working for sustainable development in Chile."
Juan Pablo Orrego, Träger des alternativen Nobelpreises, trägt sich in der Goldene Buch der Stadt Köln ein.
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Juan Pablo Orrego, Träger des alternativen Nobelpreises, auf einer Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema „Klimaschutz und Armutsbekämpfung sind die globalen Herausforderungen. Welchen Beitrag kann das Engagement für Umweltschutz, Menschenrechte und Fairen Handel für eine gerechtere Zukunft leisten?“ in der Piazzetta des Historischen Rathauses zu Köln.
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• Name — Juan Pablo Orrego • Born — 1949 • Occupation — ecologist and musician • Awards — * Goldman Environmental Prize (1997) • Right Livelihood Award (1998)
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During the 1990s, he was president of the activist group Grupo de Acción por el Biobío, which represents the indigenous Pehuenche people in the Biobío Region. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997, for his organizing of protests against the ecological damages from a series of dam building projects involving the Biobío River, including the Pangue and Ralco Hydroelectric Plants.
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Juan Pablo Orrego was born on 1 January 1949.
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• THE RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARDS 1998.
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Juan Pablo Orrego is recorded with the occupation politician. Recorded as musician, activist, environmentalist and politician.
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