Myint Zaw

{{Short description|Burmese journalist and activist}} {{Infobox person | name = Myint Zaw | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | parents = | children = | relatives = | occupation = Writer<br>Environmental Peace activist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = Goldman Environment Prize<br /> Niwano Peace Prize Visionary Award<ref name="npf_visionary-award-list-e"/> }}

'''Myint Zaw''' is a Burmese environmental campaigner, civil society activist and writer. He was awarded the 2015 Goldman Environment Prize for Asia,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Changing Face of Myanmar: Myint Zaw's Goldman Prize–Winning Photos of a Country in Transition |url=http://www.afar.com/magazine/the-changing-face-of-myanmar-myint-zaws-goldman-prize-winning-photos-of-a-country |first=Davina |last=Baum |magazine=Afar |date=19 April 2015|accessdate=23 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Myint Zaw wins the 2015 Goldman Environment Prize |url=http://partnersasia.org/myint-zaw-wins-the-2015-goldman-environment-prize/ |website= |publisher=Partners Asia |date=29 April 2015 |accessdate=23 October 2016 }}</ref> for bringing forward environmental and social impacts from the planned Myitsone Dam, a large Irrawaddy River dam project that is estimated to have impacts on millions of people, and displacing about 18,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|title=Earth Day Special: Goldman Prize Awarded to Burmese Photographer Who Fought Dam Project |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/22/earth_day_special_goldman_prize_awarded |website= |publisher=Democracy Now! |date=22 April 2015 |accessdate=23 October 2016 }}</ref> In 2010, he and others issued the picture album and books on 'A River: The Ayeyarwady', and organized several exhibitions of photographs from the Irrawaddy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internews Partner Myint Zaw Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize |url=http://www.internews.org/our-stories/project-updates/internews-partner-myint-zaw-wins-prestigious-goldman-environmental-prize |website=www.internews.org |publisher=Internews|date= |accessdate=23 October 2016 }}</ref> He earned his PhD in resources, environment and development from Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University (ANU),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/items/4909bb0a-53db-4045-8398-a2ae3e2a60e5 |title=Re-visiting Cyclone Nargis of Myanmar |website=openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au |date=2017 |access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref> and an MA degree in International Development from Chulalongkorn University of Thailand.

He was 2024 recipient of the Niwano Peace Visionary Award.<ref name="npf_visionary-award-list-e">{{cite web |url=https://www.npf.or.jp/english/visionary-award-list-e |title=Recipients of the 2nd Niwano Peace Prize Visionary Award |website=npf.or.jp |access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/myint-zaw/ Myint Zaw: 2015 Goldman Prize Recipient, Asia]

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