Garth Owen-Smith
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Garth Owen-Smith is a Namibian environmentalist
. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 1993, jointly with Margaret Jacobsohn
, for their efforts on conservation of wildlife in Namibia, where illegal hunting was threatening species such as elephant
s and black rhinos.
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
in 1993, jointly with Margaret Jacobsohn
Margaret Jacobsohn
Margaret Jacobsohn is a Namibian environmentalist. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993, jointly with Garth Owen-Smith, for their efforts on conservation of wildlife in rural Namibia.She was awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1994....
, for their efforts on conservation of wildlife in Namibia, where illegal hunting was threatening species such as elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
s and black rhinos.