Orri Vigfússon
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Orri Vigfússon is an Icelandic entrepreneur and environmentalist. His objective is to "restore the abundance of wild salmon that formerly existed on both sides of the North Atlantic".[1]
In 2004 Time Magazine named him a "European Hero".[2] He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts on saving endangered species.[1] [3] In 2008, he was elected as a Senior Global Fellow to the Ashoka Fellowship.[4]
Orri has in recent years led development of sustainable salmon angling in the rivers of Vopnafjörður, Iceland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: Orri Vigfússon (Retrieved on 2007-10-25)
- ↑ "Saving the Wild Salmon", Time Europe magazine, 11 October 2004
- ↑ "Salmon campaigner lands top award" – BBC News (Sunday, 22 April 2007) (Retrieved on March 26, 2008)
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