Being Green - 19 MAY 23_Loren Pavitt Cape Nature’s Marketing and Promotions Manager

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook, speaks to Cape Nature’s Marketing and Promotions Manager, Loren Pavitt, about the whopping 43 per cent increase in the number of visitors to the province’s reserves in the last financial year, and what this means for its conservation efforts

19 May 2023 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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