Myint Zaw, a journalist from Myanmar and a long-time local partner of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN), is one of six environmental practitioners from around the world, who has won this year's Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015.

Myint Zaw won the award for a national movement he launched that stopped construction of the Myitsone Dam on Myanmar’s treasured Irrawaddy River. He was successful despite facing heavy government scrutiny and restricted use of tools like email or social media.Facing heavy government scrutiny and restricted use of tools like email or social media, Myint Zaw launched a national movement that successfully stopped construction of the Myitsone Dam on Myanmar’s treasured Irrawaddy River.