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Hammerskjoeld Simwinga is a Zambian environmentalist. He received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his efforts to stop elephant poaching through community economic initiatives.[1] He is named after former United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, who died in a plane crash in Zambia in 1961.

Hammer Simwinga appeared on Time Magazine's list of "Heroes of the Environment" October 2007.[2]

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  1. ^ "Zambian wins 'Nobel green prize'", BBC News, 26 April 2007
  2. ^ Hammer Simwinga - Heroes of the Environment - TIME - October 2007


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