John Sinclair AO (13 July 1939 – 3 February 2019) was an Australian environmentalist who received the

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award in 1990, Global 500 Forum

(archived webpage) and was awarded the

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in 1993. Goldman Environmental Prize
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Early life

Born in

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, Australia, Sinclair fought for thirty years to protect

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, and succeeded in stopping logging of the island's rainforest, and sand mining by multinational corporations. Sinclair was made an

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(AO) in the

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for "distinguished service to conservation and the environment, through advocacy and leadership roles with a range of organisations, and to natural resource management and protection". Sinclair died on 3 February 2019 in the Wesley Hospital in Auchenflower, Brisbane from prostate cancer. He is survived by his partner, four sons and nine grandchildren.

References

1939 births 2019 deaths Australian environmentalists People from Maryborough, Queensland Officers of the Order of Australia Goldman Environmental Prize awardees {{environmentalist-stub