DURBAN environmentalist, Andrew Zaloumis, along with fellow team members, Nicolette Forbes, Bronwyn James and Peter Gardiner, scooped two awards for their work in conserving Africa’s largest and oldest proclaimed estuarine system.
The team has worked together tirelessly over decades to ensure that one of the world’s greatest natural treasures will endure for generations to come.
At the South African National Wetlands Society Awards this week, Zaloumis, founder CEO of iSimangaliso, and Gardiner of Mondi, received the Wetland Stewardship Award, which recognises the significant contribution they have made towards securing effective and sustainable management of the Lake St Lucia estuary and associated wetlands, through a partnership that saw key land being brought under conservation in order to conserve wetland health, eco-services and biodiversity.
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James and Forbes were also recognised for their work on the restoration of the Lake St Lucia Estuarine and Wetland System.
They received the Wetland Science and Research award for making a significant contribution towards wetland scientific research that provided a sound basis for informed management action to restore the Lake St Lucia estuarine system.
Together, the two projects, which won the national awards, are key drivers to the conservation and restoration of the 350km2 Lake St Lucia estuarine system, a global natural wonder and one of South Africa’s poorest regions.
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