Global Focus VII – The New Environmentalists: Swaziland
Will Parrinello, John Antonelli, Tom Dusenbery
(2010, 5 min)
Meet the 2010 Goldman Award winners. These are true environmental heroes who have placed themselves squarely in harm’s way to battle intimidating adversaries, while others are creating partnerships with unlikely allies.
Thuli Brilliance Makama, Swaziland’s only public interest environmental attorney, won a landmark case to include environmental NGO representation in conservation decisions and continues to challenge the forced evictions and violence perpetrated against poverty-stricken communities living on the edges of conservation areas.
