Making a difference

SIMSON Uri-Khob of the Save the Rhino Trust, conservationist Peter Bridgeford and The Namibian’s Lindsay Dentlinger were honoured in Windhoek on Thursday for achievements in the environmental field.

Uri-Khob and Bridgeford were jointly awarded the Namibia Nature Foundation’s Environmental Award 2005 for environmental management and sustainable development. The NNF’s Journalism Award went to The Namibian’s Lindsay Dentlinger.The purpose of the awards is to demonstrate that individuals can make a positive and significant impact in the environmental field.Dentlinger received the award for her sustained reporting on the environment and garnering national attention on key issues.The award was sponsored by Nedbank’s Go Green Fund.Uri-Khob has dedicated 13 years of his life to protecting and monitoring black rhinos in the Kunene.Bridgeford has monitored vultures in Namibia for 15 years and has ringed around 450 of them in the Namib Naukluft Park area alone.The NNF’s Journalism Award went to The Namibian’s Lindsay Dentlinger.The purpose of the awards is to demonstrate that individuals can make a positive and significant impact in the environmental field.Dentlinger received the award for her sustained reporting on the environment and garnering national attention on key issues.The award was sponsored by Nedbank’s Go Green Fund.Uri-Khob has dedicated 13 years of his life to protecting and monitoring black rhinos in the Kunene.Bridgeford has monitored vultures in Namibia for 15 years and has ringed around 450 of them in the Namib Naukluft Park area alone.