Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Park ranger, activist, Goldman Environmental Prize winner
Is Park ranger
From Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gender male
Birth

1976, Katana

Age 45 years

Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo (born 1976 in Katana, South Kivu, DR Congo) is a park ranger from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of the winners of the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize for his work protecting Virunga National Park. Katembo risked his life to uncover corruption in the attempts by SOCO International to drill for oil in the park. The video footage he secretly recorded of SOCO contractors was included in the Netflix documentary Virunga.

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