An environmental organisation from India, a couple of green activists from Canada and Russia and a gender and peace activist from Cameroon were on Wednesday (29) awarded a top Swedish honour called the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'.
The Right Livelihood Award, which recognises environmental and international development achievements that are not included by the traditional Nobel Prize, said “this year’s change-makers show that lasting image is built on communities banding together”, AFP reported.
India’s Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment was awarded for “innovative legal work empowering communities to protect their resources in the pursuit of environmental democracy in India”.
From Canada, indigenous rights campaigner Freda Huson was conferred the award “for her fearless dedication to reclaiming her people's culture and defending their land against disastrous pipeline projects”.
Her actions are credited for setting the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia “back by years”.
Vladimir Slivyak, who is the co-chair of Russian environmental group Ecodefense, was recognised for “for his defence of the environment and for helping to ignite grassroots opposition to the coal and nuclear industries in Russia”.
Marthe Wandou became the first person from Cameroon to win the prize and she got it “for building a model of community-based child protection in the face of terrorist insurgency and gender-based violence in the Lake Chad region of Cameroon”.
The Right Livelihood Award, which was created in 1980 by Swedish-German philatelist Jakob von Uexkull after the Nobel Foundation that gives the Nobel Prizes refused to create awards honouring feats in area like environment and international development, consists a cash prize of one million Swedish kronor ($114,000) for each laureate.
US whistleblower Edward Snowden and teen climate activist Greta Thunberg were among the recipients of the Right Livelihood Award in previous years.
Curator Emma Slocombe with ikat robes and arabachi coats in the Peter the Great Room in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
View of the entrance to Blickling Hall on a rainy autumn dayAmit Roy 
Kente cloth from Ghana in the Long Gallery in Blickling Hall 
Decoration in the Great Hall at Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Palampore fragment made in coastal south-east India in the Brown Room in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Bed valance dating from early 1700s in the Italian Print Room at Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Indian inspired fabric draped on sofas in the South Drawing Room in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Indian inspired fabric draped on sofas in the South Drawing Room with Indian carpet in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Karun Thakar has picked out the geometric patterns in the bookcase and the Kente cloth in the Long Gallery in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Large tapestry depicting Peter the Great defeating the Swedish army at the Battle of Poltava in 1709 Amit Roy 
ikat robes and arabachi coats in the Peter the Great Room in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Baghs and kanthas made by women provide contrast to the men only portraits in the Great Hall at Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Baghs and kanthas in the entrance Great Hall at Blickling Hall Amit Roy
Baghs and Kanthas in the Great Hall in harmony with stained glass window at Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Kimonos reflect Japanese influence in Upper Ante Room in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Kimono in Upper Ante Room in Blickling Hall 
A view of the Palace and fort at Agra shows romantic side of India Amit Roy 
Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Table carpet, European 1670-1680 Amit Roy 
Unfinished 17th century Italian embroidery in the Print Room at Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Picture of Kashmir shows a romantic view of India Amit Roy 
A panel of Ashburnham bed hangings made in Gujarat for sale in Europe in the Brown Room in Blickling Hall Amit Roy 
Colcha made in the 1600s by women in Bengal for the Portuguese market in the Long Gallery at Blickling Hall Amit Roy
