Marina Silva
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Marina Silva (born in Acre on February 8, 1958) is a Brazilian environmentalist and politician. She was a colleague of Chico Mendes.[1] She is a member of the Partido dos Trabalhadores and served as a senator before becoming environmental minister in 2003. In 1996 she shared a Goldman Environmental Prize and in 2007 the United Nations Environment Programme named her a "Champion of the Earth."[2]
[edit] Resignation
She had become increasingly isolated in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government, her views on hydroelectric dams, biofuels, and genetically modified crops being at variance with his. She resigned in mid-May, 2008 and was replaced by Carlos Minc. She stated she planned to return to the Senate.[3]
