Małgorzata Górska

Who is Małgorzata Górska?

Małgorzata Górska is a Polish activist and conservationist, who played an integral role in the movement to protect the Rospuda Valley in north-eastern Poland, one of Europe’s last true wilderness areas.

Małgorzata Górska galvanized a coalition of activists and organizations, including WWF Poland, the Polish Green Network and the Polish Society for Protection of Birds in the fight to stop a construction of Via Baltica Expressway directly through the Rospuda Valley and other environmentally significant areas. The Rospuda Valley, in the north eastern Poland, is one of Europe’s last undisturbed wilderness recognized widely for its beauty and environmental significance. It is home to endangered eagles and other bird species, orchids, lynxes, wolves, elk, wild boars, otters and beavers.

Her campaign has succeeded in protection of the critical natural areas from destruction when the Polish government agreed in October 2009 to reroute the whole controversial section of the expressway.

In 2010 Górska was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize.