Jonathon Solomon

Jonathon Solomon

Jonathon Solomon is a native Gwich'in from Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA, and a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Porcupine Caribou Agreement between Canada and U.S. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002,Goldman Environmental Prize: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/110 Jonathon Solomon] (Retrieved on November 29, 2007)] together with Norma Kassi and Sarah James. They received the prize for their struggles for protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) from plans of oil exploration and drilling. Oil and gas exploration would disturb the life cycle of the Porcupine caribou, which has been a foundation for the Gwich'in culture for 20000 years.

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