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Jose Pablo Orrego
Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean environmentalist, president of the activist group
Grupo de Acción por el Biobío, which represents the indigenous
Pehuenche people in the
Biobío Region. He was awarded the
Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997, for his organizing of protests against the ecological damages from a series of dam building projects involving the
Biobío River, including the
Pangue and
Ralco Hydroelectric Plants.