Nnimmo Bassey was born on 11 June 1958 and is a Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 through 2012 and was executive director of Environmental Rights Action for two decades.
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Nnimmo Bassey was one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment in 2009.
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In 2010, Nnimmo Bassey was named a Laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, and in 2012, he was awarded the Rafto Prize.
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Nnimmo Bassey received an honorary doctorate from the University of York, England, in 2019.
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Nnimmo Bassey serves on the advisory board and is Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, an environmental think tank and advocacy organization.
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Nnimmo Bassey studied architecture, practiced in the public sector for 10 years and thereafter continued in private practice.
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Nnimmo Bassey was active on human rights issues in the 1980s when he served on the Board of Directors of Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organization.
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Nnimmo Bassey has served in the committees of both Oil watch International and the regional arm, Oil watch Africa since inception.
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In 2011, Nnimmo Bassey founded the Ecological think tank, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation promoting environmental climate justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa.
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At the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Nnimmo Bassey - despite being accredited - was "physically kept out" of a meeting.
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Nnimmo Bassey led Friends of the Earth International from 2008 to 2012 and for two decades, was the executive director of Environmental Rights Action.
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Nnimmo Bassey is the director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation and have served on the.