The first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai won for what initiative?

Wangari Maathai won her Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her efforts toward sustainable development in Kenya. Building a grass-roots movement called the Green Belt Movement, her aim was to combat deforestation. Due to this movement, more than thirty million trees were planted by women across Africa. Being the first African woman to win this prize wasn't her only "first"; she was also the first female professor in Kenya and the first woman to earn a doctorate from East and Central Africa.

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