Cathy Dzerefos
Cathy Dzerefos has an M.Sc. (Ecology) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and has recieved a Green Globe award for Environmental Activism from the Miss Earth organisation in 2011 . She is registered with the South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists and is a founder member of the Botanical Society - Limpopo Branch. For the last twenty years, she has undertaken research with a strong emphasis on ecological and socio-economics of rural areas within the Savanna and Grassland Biomes. Cathy has successfully applied participatory methods to include natural resource users and is committed to dissemination of information to communities. Her work has been published widely in international and national scientific journals and in the popular press. Cathy is presently registered for a Phd on edible insects. Cathy serves on the Limpopo Environmental Advisory Body to the MEC Mr Pitsi Moloto and previously to Mr Collins Chabane.
Latest Articles
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Global Schools Calendar Challenge 2012
Get those digital cameras out and clicking for the environment and global youth networking
Apr 11, 2012
- Cathy Dzerefos
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What Doctors Don't Tell You About Down Syndrome
Nothing I had read or had been told about Trisomy 21 prepared me for having a son with Down syndrome
Mar 13, 2012
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Greeks in South Africa
Even though Greeks have not been in South Africa long they have played an important role in the freedom struggle.
Feb 8, 2012
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Off the beaten track to the Platinum Province of South Africa
There is more to the North West Province of South Africa than gambling at Sun City or the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Feb 8, 2012
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Different rules for different folks in South Africa
Apartheid mentality in South Africa has simply shifted from colour to economics and it appears that even environmental legislation is applied subjectively.
Feb 7, 2012
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Making Sure Tourism Benefits Local Wildlife
Should tourism operators make efforts to conserve and protect biodiversity that makes their destination unique?
Nov 1, 2011
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Venda: Place of Inspiration
Off the beaten track in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa, one can chance upon a world famous artist, a holy forest or a sacred lake.
Oct 21, 2011
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Free Beer From A Multi-Purpose Tree
The sound of blowing on a kudu horn is an invitation to neighbours to come and share in homemade marula beer.
Oct 19, 2011
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Don't Plant Trees, Save Them
Mayors, beauty queens and children have all posed with a spade in hand and appeared doing their bit in local newspapers but is tree planting worthwhile?
Oct 11, 2011
- Cathy Dzerefos
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Alien Plants Have Landed, It's Time to Take Action
Ignorance of plants and their impacts is truly bliss and many choose to rather feast their eyes than think about the consequences of retaining these plants.
Oct 4, 2011
- Cathy Dzerefos
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