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2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Keynote Speakers

We greatly thank all of the sponsors, speakers and participants of the Travelers’ Philanthropy conference that was held 3rd - 5th of December 2008 in Arusha, Tanzania.

Wangari Maathai

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, Ph.D.

Wangari Maathai serves on the boards of organisations including the UN Secretary Generals Advisory Board on Disarmament, the Jane Goodall Institute, Women and Environment Development Organization (WEDO), World Learning for International Development, Green Cross International, Environment Liaison Centre International, the Worldwide Network of Women in Environmental Work, and the National Council of Women of Kenya.

Professor Maathai was listed 6th in the Environment Agency (UK) peer review of the world’s Top 100 Eco-Heroes. She was also listed on UNEP’s Global 500 Hall of Fame and named one of the 100 heroines of the world. In June 1997, Prof Maathai was elected by Earth Times as one of 100 persons in the World who have made a difference in the environmental arena. In 2005, Prof Maathai was named by Time Magazine as one of 100 most influential people in the world and by Forbes Magazine as one of 100 most powerful women in the world.

David Western

David Western, Ph.D.

David Western is chairman of the African Conservation Centre. A Kenya citizen, he was raised and educated in Tanzania, obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) from Leicester University and a Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi.

He directed Wildlife Conservation Society programs in East Africa for many years. He established the Wildlife Planning Unit in Kenya in 1978, was the chairman of the African Elephant and Rhino Specialist Group in the 1980s, was founding president of The International Ecotourism Society, chairman of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, director of Wildlife Conservation Society (International), director of Kenya Wildlife Service and founder of the African Conservation Centre in Nairobi. He is an adjunct professor in Biology at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Minnesota.