Tero Mustonen

{{Short description|Finnish environmental leader (born 1976 or 1977)}} {{Infobox person | name = Tero Mustonen | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|46|2023|4|24}} | birth_place = Finland | alma_mater = University of Eastern Finland | occupation = Environmental leader, scholar, scientist, fisherman | years_active = 1999–present | awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2023) }} '''Tero Mustonen''' (born 1976 or 1977) is a Finnish environmental leader, scholar, scientist, and fisherman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He's Helping Bring Them Back |url=https://e360.yale.edu/features/tero-mustonen-interview |access-date=10 August 2023 |date=2 May 2023 |website=YaleEnvironment360}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tero Mustonen: Disrupting the Status Quo |url=https://eos.org/features/tero-mustonen-disrupting-the-status-quo |access-date=10 August 2023 |date=25 July 2022 |first1=Jane |last1=Palmer |website=Eos}}</ref> He is the head of the village of Selkie, Finland,<ref>{{Cite web |title=For Tero Mustonen, Restoring Finland's Peatlands is About Saving Our Planet's 'Second Lung' |url=https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/tero-mustonen-goldman-prize-green-oscar-2023/ |first1=Maureen |last1=Nandini Mitra |date=24 April 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=Earth Island Journal}}</ref> and the founder and president of the Snowchange Cooperative, an organization made of Indigenous and local communities that is focused on conserving local culture, biodiversity, and ecosystems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate Hero: Tero Mustonen |url=https://www.oneearth.org/conservation-hero-tero-mustonen/ |date=25 April 2023 |access-date=3 August 2023 |website=One Earth |first1=Lindsey Jean |last1=Schueman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tero Mustonen |url=https://www.iccaconsortium.org/people/tero-mustonen/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=ICCA Consortium}}</ref>

For his efforts to restore damaged peatlands with the Snowchange Cooperative, Mustonen was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tero Mustonen |url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/tero-mustonen/ |access-date=3 August 2023 |website=Goldman Environmental Prize}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the scientist restoring Finland's peatlands |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/07/1174631543/meet-the-scientist-restoring-finlands-peatlands |date=7 May 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023 |first1=Ayesha |last1=Rascoe |website=NPR}}</ref>

Mustonen completed a doctoral degree with the University of Eastern Finland in 2009. He remained at the university for several years, working as a part-time researcher and teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uef.fi/en/article/climate-researcher-and-professional-fisherman-tero-mustonen-selected-as-uefs-alumnus-of-the-year |title=Climate researcher and professional fisherman Tero Mustonen selected as UEF's Alumnus of the Year |date=2023-11-28 |access-date=2024-01-22 |publisher=University of Eastern Finland}}</ref>

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