Myint Zaw Explained

Myint Zaw
Nationality:	Burmese
Occupation:	Journalist Environmental activist
Awards:	Goldman Environment Prize

Myint Zaw is a Burmese journalist and activist. He was awarded the 2015 Goldman Environment Prize for Asia,^{[1] [2]} for bringing forward environmental and social impacts from the planned Myitsone Dam, a large Irrawaddy River dam project that is estimated to have impacts on millions of people, and displacing about 18,000 inhabitants.^[3] In 2010, he and others issued the picture album The Sketch of a River: The Ayeyarwady, and organized several exhibitions of photographs from the Irrawaddy.^[4]

External links

• Myint Zaw: 2015 Goldman Prize Recipient, Asia

Notes and References

1. The Changing Face of Myanmar: Myint Zaw’s Goldman Prize–Winning Photos of a Country in Transition . Davina . Baum . . 19 April 2015. 23 October 2016 .
2. Web site: Myint Zaw wins the 2015 Goldman Environment Prize . Partners Asia . 29 April 2015 . 23 October 2016 .
3. Web site: Earth Day Special: Goldman Prize Awarded to Burmese Photographer Who Fought Dam Project . Democracy Now! . 22 April 2015 . 23 October 2016 .
4. Web site: Internews Partner Myint Zaw Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize . www.internews.org . Internews. 23 October 2016 .