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Detailed explanation-1: -His campaign protected 513,500 acres of primary forest that constitute one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots.

Detailed explanation-2: -The winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2019 are: Linda Garcia of US. Ana Colovic Lesoska of North Macedonia. Bayarjargal Agvaantseren of Mongolia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Prafulla Samantra. The Goldman Environmental Prize, also called Green Nobel was created in 1989, to dedicated environmental activists, one from each of the world’s six geographic regions i.e. Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South and Central America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narvaez, Ecuador Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narvaez led an Indigenous movement to safeguard the ancestral territory of their people from gold mining. Alex Lucitante, 29, and Alexandra Narvaez, 30, led an Indigenous movement to protect their ancestral territory from gold mining.

Detailed explanation-5: -An iconic leader of social justice movements in India, Prafulla Samantara led a historic 12-year legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh’s land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine.