Allan Savory
Savory had begun working on the ancient problem of land degradation (desertification) in 1955 in Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia) where he served in the Colonial Service as Provincial Game Officer, Northern and Luapula Provinces. He subsequently continued this work in Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) first as a research officer in the Game Department, then subsequently as an independent scientist and international consultant. In the 1970s he won a seat in Parliament, then crossed the floor and formed a new political party in opposition to the racist government led Ian Smith. By the end of the decade he was forced to flee into exile to the United States where he set up business first as a consultant and then an NGO, the Centre for Holistic Management.
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