Maasai winner of environment prize protects land from grabbers

April 18, 2016
By Kizito Makoye
Reuters

DAR ES SALAAM, April 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dressed in his traditional red shawl, Edward Loure was watching over a herd of cattle grazing on dew-laden grass when he heard that his efforts to protect land rights had earned him one of the world’s most prestigious environmental prizes.