Nick Carter (Zambia)
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Nick Carter was a Zambian environmentalist
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He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 1997, for his efforts on documenting pirate whaling and global wildlife crime, and his contributions to organizing activities leading to the Lusaka Agreement between six African countries in September 1994, aiming to enforce regulations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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"...
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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 1997, for his efforts on documenting pirate whaling and global wildlife crime, and his contributions to organizing activities leading to the Lusaka Agreement between six African countries in September 1994, aiming to enforce regulations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.