Heffa Schücking

German environmentalist

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Heffa Schücking
Nationality	German
Known for	Grassroots environmentalism
Awards	Goldman Environmental Prize (1994)

Heffa Schücking is a German environmentalist. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1994,^[1] for her works to protect the rainforests.

Today, she mainly works for the NGO urgewald on campaigns to prevent banks and the financial industry from making harmful investments such as cluster ammunition, coal mining or the nuclear industry.