Seacology Prize 2011

The 2011 Seacology Prize Winner is Irman Meilandi of Mandalamekar, Village on Java, Indonesia. Irman is a courageous environmentalist from the highlands of West Java. Having grown up in this remote community nicknamed "the village at the end of the world," Irman returned to Mandalamekar after finishing college to protect the native rainforests from threats of clear-cutting. He has convinced the Mandalamekar community to protect substantial areas of their forests, and has spearheaded tree replanting efforts and other conservation programs.

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