About Belinda Bowling

Belinda Bowling is an environmental lawyer recently based in Kabul, Afghanistan, where she lived for the past six years. Earlier in 2010, Belinda was acknowledged by the Afghan president, Harmid Karzai, when she was awarded the country’s highest civilian honours, the Order of Malalai, for the programmes she implemented to develop an Environmental and Natural Resource Management Capacity in the worn-torn country. Belinda studied at UCT, after matriculating from Roedean School, and she now holds a BA LLB LLM (Marine and Environmental Law). Belinda has made great strides forward as the United Nations’ Environmental Programme Manager.