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UPSC 2007: Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya, is known for her contribution to which one of the following?
(a)Journalism
(b)International economics
(c)Sustainable development
(d)Child development
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace,” principally through her Green Belt Movement that promoted large-scale tree planting and ecological conservation. The prize was not for journalism, economics, or child development. ([nobelprize.org](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/facts/?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2007, GS Paper 1, as Question 6. It falls under Environment & Ecology > Environmental Governance & Legislation.
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