Owen-Smith, Garth

GARTH OWEN-SMITH has spent almost his entire working life fighting against official ignorance, harsh climatic conditions, poachers and other enemies of Africa 's fast-diminishing wildlife. In the process he has lived and worked in a number of countries but his chosen battlefield has always been the most challenging place of all: the harsh, beautiful and almost unknown Kaokoveld in north-western Namibia, his Arid Eden He lives and works with his partner, Dr. Margaret Jacobsohn pioneering one of the most successful community based conservation programs in Africa. Together they have won some of t...