Myint Zaw
| Myint Zaw | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Occupation |
Journalist Environmental activist |
| Awards | Goldman Environment Prize |
Myint Zaw is a Burmese journalist and activist.
He was awarded the 2015 Goldman Environment Prize for Asia,[1][2] for bringing forward environmental and social impacts from the planned Myitsone Dam, a large Irrawaddy River dam project that is estimated to have impacts on millions of people, and displacing about 18,000 inhabitants.[3] In 2010, he and others issued the picture album The Sketch of a River: The Ayeyarwady, and organized several exhibitions of photographs from the Irrawaddy.[4]
References
- ↑ Baum, Davina (19 April 2015). "The Changing Face of Myanmar: Myint Zaw's Goldman Prize–Winning Photos of a Country in Transition". Afar. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Myint Zaw wins the 2015 Goldman Environment Prize". Partners Asia. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Earth Day Special: Goldman Prize Awarded to Burmese Photographer Who Fought Dam Project". Democracy Now!. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Internews Partner Myint Zaw Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize". www.internews.org. Internews. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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