Jorge Varela ni mwanamazingira kutoka Honduras. Ni mwanzilishi mwenza wa Committee for the Defence and Development of Flora and Fauna of the Fonseca Gulf (CODEFFAGOLF), shirika la wakulima na wavuvi wadogo huko Honduras. Alipokea Tuzo ya Mazingira ya Goldman mnamo 1999, kwa mchango wake katika uhifadhi wa bahari katika Ghuba ya Fonseca. https://wrm.org.uy/articles-from-the-wrm-bulletin/section1/prize-to-honduran-activist/ South & Central America 1999. Jorge Varela. Goldman Environmental Prize. Jalada kutoka ya awali juu ya 16 October 2009. Iliwekwa mnamo 9 September 2009.