By COLLINS OMULOMore by this AuthorA Samburu herder's son has won a prestigious global environment award for his efforts in conservation and entrepreneurship. Tom Lalampaa, a University of Nairobi PhD student-turned nature conservationist, won the Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability for his efforts in promoting peace through conservation and entrepreneurship. The Bright Award was created by the late Raymond Bright of Stanford University in 2007 and inaugurated in 2013. The NRT conservancy model helped inform the Kenya government policy on wildlife management (2013) and Community land legislation (2016). In 2013, Mr Lalampaa was also awarded the Tusk Trust Award by the Duke of Cambridge in London where he met Prince Williams, who is the Trust’s patron.

Source: Daily Nation September 28, 2016 11:43 UTC