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WOMAN: That is how Wangari Maathai
founded the Green Belt Movement, a non-
governmental organization, which encourages
women to plant trees to combat deforestation
and environmental degradation. To date, the
great Belt Movement has planted over 50 issue
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million trees. Wangari Maathai was aware that Glossary on
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the environment was directly linked to issues
of governance, peace and human rights, thus
she used her organization to struggle against
abuses of power, such as land-grabbing or the
illegal detention of political opponents. In 2004,
she was the first African woman to be awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize.

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