"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine. Theonila Roka Matbob was born in what should have been a lush rainforest. Her family's home is near the center of the largest island in Papua New Guinea's Autonomous Region of Bougainville in the Pacific Ocean. Instead, she says, the mountains around... [6668 chars]
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