# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olya-melen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:46:48.907Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olya-melen"
name: "Olya Melen"
slug: "olya-melen"
description: "Olya Melen is a Ukrainian attorney and environmental activist. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2006 for her use of legal channels to halt the construction of the Danube-Black Sea Canal. The Danube Delta at the coast of the Black Sea was designated as a \"Wetland of International Importance\" under the Ramsar Convention and as a \"UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve\"."
tagline: "Ukrainian activist and lawyer"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1980-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.37
  momentum:             17.72727272727273
  historical:           5.267674666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olya_Melen"
    title: "Olya Melen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "أولغا ميلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اوليا ميلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C-%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80'%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Мелень-Забрамна Ольга Мар'янівна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olya_Melen"
    title: "Olya Melen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஒல்யா மெலன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16732446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump