A 1992 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient, Christine Jean is a protector of local ecological wealth in France. Jean fights harmful development projects and was key to blocking the 1980 Serre de la Fare dam along the Loire, Europe’s last wild river. She organized countrywide opposition into a robust campaign, S.O.S. Loire Vivante, which pressured the government to cancel the project and implement a river management program. Photo credit: Goldman Environmental Prize
