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during a research trip to India
Paul Ekins, board member of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation, and Ole von Uexkull, Executive Director, have just completed the research on this year's candidates.
There are 91 individuals and organisations from 42 countries on our 2008 candidate list. Over the last months, Ole von Uexkull has visited several projects in different countries, among them Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica, Brasil, the USA, and Switzerland.
"Though not all proposed projects are potential recipients, we always have a lot of very good candidates to choose from. Each year, it is a tough decision for our Jury to make.
We invest about 25,000 EUR (about 38,900 USD) into the thorough research of candidates every year, and I go personally and visit the most interesting ones. This is important, so that we can guarantee the credibility of the projects we select."
Ole von Uexkull
In September, the Right Livelihood Award Jury will convene in Salzburg, Austria. The 2008 Laureates will be announced on October 1 in Stockholm.
of SAM
Forest Plunder in Malaysia
Sahabat Alam Malaysia-Sarawak (RLA 1988) is worried by the widespread plundering of Sarawak's forest reserves.
Even protected forests and forest reserves are not spared from land clearing and have to give way to oil palm plantations and pulpwood estates.
SAM says that the Sarawak Forests Department licensed out some 2.8 million hectares of forested land to 40 plantation concessions.
