One of the activists who came to the Earth Summit 2 conference was Wangari Maathai, the founder of Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement. She has both received awards and prizes for her work, as well as being jailed and beaten in her own country. In New York, she addressed the general assembly, chaired special sessions, and led a daily round of singing and dancing.
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