Prafulla Samantara

{{Short description|Indian environmental activist}} {{Infobox person | name = Prafulla Samantara | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age |1952}} | birth_place = Odisha, India | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = Law and economics | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = Grassroots environmentalism | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | father = | relatives = | awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2017) }}

'''Prafulla Samantara''' (born 1952) is an Indian environmental activist from Odisha.<ref name=geographical>{{cite web|url=http://geographical.co.uk/people/i-m-a-geographer/item/2452-prafulla-samantra |title=Prafulla Samantra: Indian environmental activist |website=geographical.co.uk |access-date=10 October 2019 }}</ref>

==Biography== Samantara has been a spokesperson for the Dangaria Kandha indigenous people, in their protest against plans for bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hill range.<ref name=earthisland>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/Goldman_prize_winning_is_a_matter_of_time_and_persistence/ |title=When You Unite to Defend Your Home, Winning is Just a Matter of Time and Persistence |first=Erin Banks |last=Rusby |magazine=Earth Island Journal |date=25 April 2017 |access-date=10 October 2019 }}</ref> A 2013 Supreme Court ruling stopped the mining plans.<ref name=geographical/> Samantara was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2017.<ref name=goldman>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/prafulla-samantara/ |title=Prafulla Samantara. 2017 Goldman Prize Recipient Asia |website=goldmanprize.org |access-date=10 October 2019 }}</ref>

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