The 1001: A Nature Trust in 1970, a financial endowment to fund the organisation. With an initial grant of 1.2 million Rand (US$260,000) from the Rupert Nature Foundation, the Peace Parks Foundation was established on 1 February 1997 to facilitate the establishment of TFCAs in southern Africa. Nelson Mandela, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Anton Rupert were the founding patrons of the Peace Parks Foundation. In 2000, the Cape Tercentenary Foundation awarded him the Molteno Medal for lifetime services to cultural and nature conservation. Acknowledgement In 2004, he was voted 28th in the television series, Top 100 Great South Africans with Nelson Mandela in first place. References Further reading Dommisse, Eben. Anton Rupert: A Biography. Tafelberg Publishers, 2009. 1916 births 2006 deaths Afrikaner people South African businesspeople in fashion South African mining businesspeople Businesspeople in retailing Chancellors of the University of Pretoria People from Graaff-Reinet Richemont people South African billionaires South African chief executives South African conservationists South African financiers South African people of Dutch descent South African winemakers University of Pretoria alumni Academic staff of the University of Pretoria