She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993, jointly with Garth Owen-Smith, for their efforts on conservation of wildlife in rural Namibia.
Since 1983, in the northeast of Namibia, with Garth Owen-Smith, they have been fighting against the endemic of illegal hunting, which has decimated species such as black rhinos and desert elephants, and for the economic and social development of local populations.
Other natural resources, such as palm trees, thatch grass, plant dyes and water lilies, are monitored.
This amendment allows rural communities living on state-owned land to manage and benefit from their own wildlife in the same way as farmers on private farms.
[1] Margaret Jacobsohn was awarded “The Goldman Environmental Prize” in 1993 for their work to assist rural communities to link social and economic development to the conservation of the region’s spectacular.