Raoul du Toit
Laureate
Lowveld Rhino Trust Zimbabwe/International Rhino Foundation
Director/African Programme Coordinator
Zimbabwe
The Goldman Environmental Prize, 2011
The Goldman Environmental Prize
Mr. du Toit has worked on rhino conservation for 25 years, within Zimbabwe as well as at a regional and continental level s (through IUCN’s African Rhino Specialist Group, the World Wide Fund for Nature, the International Rhino Foundation, and other conservation linkages). His major effort has been in establishing viable populations of black rhinos in southern Zimbabwe. To maintain this effort, Mr. du Toit established the Lowveld Rhino Trust which is supported by several international rhino conservation agencies including the International Rhino Foundation, for whom he coordinates rhino conservation activities in Africa.