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Nnimmo Bassey is the director of the ecological think-tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF). He is in the leadership committees of Oilwatch International and the Global Alliance for Rights of Nature among others. He was chair of Friends of the Earth International (2008-2012) and was named Time magazine’s Hero of the Environment in 2009. He is a co-recipient of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award also known as the “Alternative Noble Prize.” In 2012, he received the Rafto Human Rights Award and in 2014, Nigeria’s national honour as Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) in recognition of his environmental activism. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of York, United Kingdom in July 2019. As credence to his indefatigable environmental advocacy and activism, he received a honourary doctorate as doctor of Laws from York University, Canada in October 2023. In September 2024 Bassey received the prestigious Wallenberg Medal Award in honour of Raul Wallenberg from the University of Michigan. Bassey is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects and of the Association of Nigerian Authors. He has authored books on the environment, architecture and poetry. He is fondly called The Living Ancestor by young activists.
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