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
Yosepha Alomang	Indonesia	2001
Kaisha Atakhanova	Kazakhstan	2005
Oral Ataniyazova	Uzbekistan	2000
Rashida Bee	India	2004
Pisit Charnsnoh	Thailand	2002
Yul Choi	South Korea	1995
Tuenjai Deetes	Thailand	1994
Loir Botor Dingit	Indonesia	1997
Syeda Rizwana Hasan	Bangladesh	2009
Von Hernandez	Philippines	2003
Ka Hsaw Wa	Burma	1999
Yoichi Kuroda	Japan	1991
M.C. Mehta	India	1996
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar	Mongolia	2007
Harrison Ngau Laing	Malaysia	1990
Medha Patkar	India	1992
Dai Qing	China	1993
Marina Rikhvanova	Russia	2008
Champa Devi Shukla	India	2004
Yu Xiaogang	China	2006