Iain Douglas-Hamilton
British zoologist
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| November 2024 | Documentary 'A Life Among Elephants' premiered in London at the Royal Geographical Society, chronicling his life and conservation work. |
| 2022 | Returns to Uganda for the first time in forty years, participating in a cross-border mission with Northern Rangelands Trust and Uganda wildlife authorities to collar elephants and study their movement patterns in relation to local communities. |
| 2018 | China's domestic ivory trade ban came into full effect. |
| December 2017 | China announced it would end its domestic ivory trade, partly due to lobbying efforts by Douglas-Hamilton and Save the Elephants. |
| 2015 | Documentary 'This Wild Life' released, continuing to showcase Douglas-Hamilton's wildlife conservation efforts. |
| 2015 | Appointed a Commander of the British Empire and presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by San Diego Zoological Society. |
| 2015 | Former President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea visited Save the Elephants in Samburu to witness the poaching threat facing elephants. |
| 2015 | Save the Elephants published research showing the price of illegal raw ivory in China had almost halved, bringing hope of reduced elephant poaching. |
| 2014 | Received the George B Rabb Conservation Medal from the Chicago Zoological Society. |
| 2013 | High-level meeting at the White House followed by the Obama Executive Order and Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to action to Stop the Killing, Stop the Trafficking, and Stop the Demand for ivory. |
| 2013 | Clinton Global Initiative announced an $80 million program to protect Africa's elephants and end ivory trafficking, in coordination with Save the Elephants. |
| 2012 | Collaborated with WildAid to host Yao Ming, a prominent Chinese sports personality, on a fact-finding tour of Kenya to raise awareness about elephant conservation. |
| 2012 | Douglas-Hamilton testified to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about the links between ivory poaching and insecurity in Africa. |
| 2010 | Won the Indianapolis Prize, a major global award for animal conservation. |
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