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WINDHOEK - The Cheetah Conservation Fund recently honoured three individuals for their efforts in conservation.
Johann Albrecht (Albi) Brückner, founder of the Namib Rand Nature Reserve was named the 2009 Conservation Award Recipient, Adolf Okamaru, a farmer at Queen Sofia received the 2009 Cheetah Conservation Farmer of the Year, while Günther Roeber, a public relations officer for Agra received the 2009 Conservation Education Award.
The three received their awards before a record 300 guests who gathered in Windhoek recently at the annual CCF gala dinner.
Apart from the dinner, a silent auction was again a huge success with over 70 items donated by local businesses.
Gala dinner guests bid on a variety of wonderful items, including recreational 'getaways' at exclusive tourist venues, artwork, jewellery and Namibian craftwork.
The grand auction item, donated by Wilderness Safaris, was an 8-day Wildlife & Conservation Dream Photographic Fly-In Safari for two to several of the Wilderness Safari's camps, ending at the Cheetah
Conservation Fund for an exclusive two-day safari and overnight lodging at the Babson Guest House.
Brückner was born in Windhoek on 14 August 1930. He spent part of his childhood in Germany and then returned to Namibia.
His affinity for the environment and passion for conservation led to his appointment as a member of the board of the Namibia Nature Foundation, which he later chaired. He also served as a founding board member and later chair of the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia.
Brückner's love for the south culminated in the purchase of the Farm Gorassis in 1984, which later became the seed which eventually developed into the Namib Rand Nature Reserve. Namib Rand's collaboration with the CCF started last year.
This year's 'Cheetah Conservation Farmer' Okamaru was born in the town of Outjo. He has been a farmer since birth and grew up with a strong farming heritage. He began his career farming on communal land, and then moved onto the resettled farm known as Queen Sofia.Â
Okamaru attended four of the Cheetah Conservation Fund's farmer training courses, including small stock management, large stock management, financial management, and farm mechanics and maintenance.
Recently, he represented the Namibian farming community by attending CCF's international training course on integrated livestock, wildlife, and predator management.
He was voted the "Most Likely to Succeed" by his peer group of international wildlife managers and agricultural  extension officers during the course. He hopes to help with the establishment of Namibia's first conservancy for resettled farms.
Günther, the 2009 Cheetah Education Award recipient was born and raised on a cattle farm in Otjiwarongo where he developed a passion for livestock farming.
His career in cattle farming began as manager and later through leasing a cattle enterprise. As a sideline business, Günther ran training workshops for micro enterprises, community-based tourism and a wide range of livestock farming related topics.
Günther's love for farming and the rewarding effort of assisting others to improve their lives brought him back to the agricultural sector and he established himself as a freelance workshop facilitator.
He has conducted over 180 courses and was CCF's agricultural training and development officer from 2007 to 2009, during which he was responsible for farmer and farm-worker training courses and course development.
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Johann Albrecht (Albi) Brückner, founder of the Namib Rand Nature Reserve was named the 2009 Conservation Award Recipient, Adolf Okamaru, a farmer at Queen Sofia received the 2009 Cheetah Conservation Farmer of the Year, while Günther Roeber, a public relations officer for Agra received the 2009 Conservation Education Award.
The three received their awards before a record 300 guests who gathered in Windhoek recently at the annual CCF gala dinner.
Apart from the dinner, a silent auction was again a huge success with over 70 items donated by local businesses.
Gala dinner guests bid on a variety of wonderful items, including recreational 'getaways' at exclusive tourist venues, artwork, jewellery and Namibian craftwork.
The grand auction item, donated by Wilderness Safaris, was an 8-day Wildlife & Conservation Dream Photographic Fly-In Safari for two to several of the Wilderness Safari's camps, ending at the Cheetah
Conservation Fund for an exclusive two-day safari and overnight lodging at the Babson Guest House.
Brückner was born in Windhoek on 14 August 1930. He spent part of his childhood in Germany and then returned to Namibia.
His affinity for the environment and passion for conservation led to his appointment as a member of the board of the Namibia Nature Foundation, which he later chaired. He also served as a founding board member and later chair of the Desert Research Foundation of Namibia.
Brückner's love for the south culminated in the purchase of the Farm Gorassis in 1984, which later became the seed which eventually developed into the Namib Rand Nature Reserve. Namib Rand's collaboration with the CCF started last year.
This year's 'Cheetah Conservation Farmer' Okamaru was born in the town of Outjo. He has been a farmer since birth and grew up with a strong farming heritage. He began his career farming on communal land, and then moved onto the resettled farm known as Queen Sofia.Â
Okamaru attended four of the Cheetah Conservation Fund's farmer training courses, including small stock management, large stock management, financial management, and farm mechanics and maintenance.
Recently, he represented the Namibian farming community by attending CCF's international training course on integrated livestock, wildlife, and predator management.
He was voted the "Most Likely to Succeed" by his peer group of international wildlife managers and agricultural  extension officers during the course. He hopes to help with the establishment of Namibia's first conservancy for resettled farms.
Günther, the 2009 Cheetah Education Award recipient was born and raised on a cattle farm in Otjiwarongo where he developed a passion for livestock farming.
His career in cattle farming began as manager and later through leasing a cattle enterprise. As a sideline business, Günther ran training workshops for micro enterprises, community-based tourism and a wide range of livestock farming related topics.
Günther's love for farming and the rewarding effort of assisting others to improve their lives brought him back to the agricultural sector and he established himself as a freelance workshop facilitator.
He has conducted over 180 courses and was CCF's agricultural training and development officer from 2007 to 2009, during which he was responsible for farmer and farm-worker training courses and course development.
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