Brownell, an environmental lawyer and activist, blamed the devastation on the palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia. In this Monday, April 22, 2019 photo Goldman Environmental Prize winner Alfred Brownell, a Liberian environmental lawyer and human rights activist, stands for a photograph, in Boston. ( Steven Senne / AP Photo ) In this Monday, April 22, 2019 photo Goldman Environmental Prize winner Alfred Brownell, a Liberian environmental lawyer and human rights activist, speaks with a reporter on the campus of Northeastern University, in Boston. Supporters say Brownell deserves much of the credit for forcing palm oil companies to change the way they do business in Liberia. “He has compelled the oil palm companies to undertake robust diligence.

Source: thestar April 29, 2019 09:00 UTC