Lindy Rodwell

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Lindy Rodwell (born 13 February 1962, in Johannesburg) is a South African zoologist and conservationist. She works on preserving viable wetland habitat and population sizes for the cranes of Africa south of the Sahara, the endangered blue crane and grey-crowned crane and the critically endangered wattled crane.

Career

Lindy Rodwell was awarded a BSc(Zoology) and a Higher Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Town. Later she became Africa programme coordinator for the South African Crane Working Group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust.^{[citation needed]}

Rodwell is currently a Trustee of both the Endangered Wildlife Trust and the World Wildlife Fund. She co-founded the Nature's Valley Trust (NVT), a non-governmental organization, with her husband, James van Hasselt. The NVT focusses on conservation-related issues along the Garden Route.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

1999 Whitley Gold Award Winner^[1]
2002 Whitley Continuation Award Winner
2002 Environment Award in Rolex Awards for Enterprise

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.whitleyaward.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.whitleyaward.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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