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| May 2008 issue

And the winners are...

more photos	Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, 35, and Luis Yanza, 46, Ecuador In the Ecuadorian Amazon, Fajardo and Yanza lead one of the largest environmental legal battles in history against oil giant Chevron, demanding justice for the massive petroleum pollution in the region.
more photos	Feliciano dos Santos, 43, Mozambique Using traditional music, grassroots outreach and innovative technology to bring sanitation to the most remote corners of Mozambique, Feliciano dos Santos empowers villagers to participate in sustainable development and rise up from poverty.
more photos	Rosa Hilda Ramos, 63, Puerto Rico In the shadow of polluting factories in Cataño, a city across the bay from San Juan, Ramos leads her community to permanently protect the Las Cucharillas Marsh, one of the last open spaces in the area and one of the largest wetlands ecosystems in the region.
more photos	Jesus Leon Santos, 42, Mexico In Oaxaca, where unsustainable land-use practices have made it one of the world's most highlyeroded areas, Leon leads a land renewal program that employs ancient indigenous practices to transform depleted soil into arable land.
more photos	Marina Rikhvanova, 46, Russia As Russia expands its petroleum and nuclear interests, Rikhvanova works to protect Siberia's Lake Baikal, one of the world's most important sources of fresh water, from environmental devastation brought on by these polluting industries.
more photos	Ignace Schops, 43, Belgium Raising more than $90 million by bringing together private industry, regional governments, and local stakeholders, Schops led the effort to establish Belgium's first and only national park, protecting one of the largest open green spaces in the country.

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