This year, there were 120 proposals from 51 countries, whereof 69 candidates
from "developing" countries. The 2010 Right Livelihood Awards go to four recipients who will share the
€ 200.000 cash award:
NNIMMO BASSEY (Nigeria) receives an Award “for revealing the full
ecological and human horrors of oil production and for his inspired work to
strengthen the environmental movement in Nigeria and globally”. more >>
Bishop ERWIN KRÄUTLER (Brazil) is honoured “for a lifetime of work for
the human and environmental rights of indigenous peoples and for his tireless
efforts to save the Amazon forest from destruction”. more >>
SHRIKRISHNA UPADHYAY and the organisation SAPPROS (Nepal) are
recognised “for demonstrating over many years the power of community
mobilisation to address the multiple causes of poverty even when threatened
by political violence and instability”. more >>
The organisation PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-ISRAEL (Israel) is
awarded “for their indomitable spirit in working for the right to health for all
people in Israel and Palestine”. more >>
Jakob von Uexkull, Founder and Co-Chair of the Right Livelihood
Awards, noted after the jury decision:
“True change starts at the grassroots level: physicians who did not wait for
politicians before acting to end unnecessary suffering in the Middle East;
villagers who work themselves out of poverty; and environmental movements
which unite the victims of ecological devastation. Combine this work on the
ground with targeted advocacy, for example for the constitutional rights of
indigenous people, and you understand why this year’s Right Livelihood Award
Laureates yet again offer role models, whose work and commitment can be
replicated throughout the world.”
