The Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots environmental heroes from each of the world's six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.

RECIPIENT	COUNTRY	YEAR
Rudolf Amenga-Etego	Ghana	2004
Ndyakira Amooti	Uganda	1996
Nick Carter	Zambia	1997
Wadja Egnankou	Ivory Coast	1992
Corneille E.N. Ewango	Democratic Republic of Congo	2005
Laila Iskandar Kamel	Egypt	1994
Margaret Jacobsohn	Namibia	1993
Fatima Jibrell	Somalia	2002
Wangari Maathai	Kenya	1991
Samuel Nguiffo	Cameroon	1999
Odigha Odigha	Nigeria	2003
Marc Ona Essangui	Gabon	2009
Garth Owen-Smith	Namibia	1993
Alexander Peal	Liberia	2000
Sven Peek	South Africa	1998
Eugène Rutagarama	Rwanda	2001
Feliciano dos Santos	Mozambique	2008
Ken Saro-Wiwa	Nigeria	1995
Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor	Liberia	2006
Hammerskjoeld Simwinga	Zambia	2007