Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor

Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor
NationalityLiberian
OccupationEnvironmentalist
Known forGrassroots environmentalism
Notable workSilas Siakor was featured in the 2017 film Silas, directed by Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman.
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (2006)

Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor is a Liberian environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006, for his revealing of illegal logging in Liberia and its connection to the civil war, leading to export sanctions from the United Nations Security Council.

Silas Siakor was featured in the 2017 film Silas, directed by Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman.

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