Name Olya Melen | Role Activist | |
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2006 Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony: acceptance speech Olya Melen
Olya Melen is a Ukrainian attorney and environmental activist. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006 for her use of legal channels to halt the construction of the Danube-Black Sea Canal. The Danube Delta at the coast of the Black Sea was designated as a "Wetland of International Importance" under the Ramsar Convention and as a "UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve".
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