Randall Arauz is an environmentalist working in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. He was awarded the
Goldman Environmental Prize in 2010 for his efforts on the protection of the sharks and banning of the
shark finning industry.
Arauz was awarded The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development for 2010, shared with
Ken Sherman.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rican environmentalists
Shark conservation
Goldman Environmental Prize awardees
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