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Wendy Paisley Office Administrator
Wendy is the administrator of the Conservation Unit as well as Fynbos
Forum coordinator.
She graduated from Rhodes University as a social worker and was active
in this field before changing to the corporate environment. Five years
later she joined the Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cape
Town, where she held the position of administrative assistant for
Professor Richard Cowling.
In 2000, after 13 years at UCT, the opportunity for change arose and
Wendy took on the challenge of being chief administrator of the
Conservation Unit. This gave Wendy the opportunity to pursue her
long-standing interest in conservation and to increase her knowledge of
the indigenous flora - both valuable assets on Wendy's many outdoors
excursions. Apart from being a very keen hiker, Wendy is also mad about
proteas and has spent many happy and hectic weekends hunting down
localities of Proteaceae as part of the Protea Atlas Project.
In recent times, Wendy has been seconded to CREW (Custodians of Rare
and Wildflowers), a project run by SANBI to monitor and protect rare and
threatened plants with the assistance of volunteers. She helps part time
with the administrative work. This now enables her to get out into the
field again – seeing as the protea atlas project field work has been wound
down.
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