Jean La Rose

Jean La Rose (born 6 May 1962) is an Lokono environmentalist and Indigenous rights activist from Georgetown, Guyana. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002 for her work to halt mining in their territories, to secure local's full rights to their traditional homelands, and to save Guyana's forests.

She is the Executive Director of Amerindian Peoples Association, which was founded in 1991, La Rose joining in 1994. She worked with Oxfam charities for funding.

According to La Rose, bringing indigenous issues to the national stage is to "preserve the environment in a wholesome way. We want to do our farming yes, We want to preserve our cultural sites. We want to preserve our languages. We can still preserve many of these things if legislation and policy protects us."

In Guyana, she coordinated a signature campaign to put a moratorium on timber concessions at a 1994 World Bank Meeting, as well as other efforts in campaigning for "reducing the effect and impact of mining on indigenous communities, reviewing the Amerindian Act, reforming the Constitution of Guyana to include indigenous and environmental rights, renouncing the Beal Aerospace Project in the Waini area, amending the Kaieteur National Park Act to encompass right of occupation and use for Patamona people, and ensuring Amerindian rights in the establishment of protected areas." In 1998, she worked with Amerindian communities to put forth a lawsuit for land titles. Amerindians were granted land under the Constitution of Guyana, however, destructive mining activities adjacent to Amerindian owned lands impact their water supply. resulting in creation of the Indigenous Peoples Commission and Article 149 G.