New biography celebrates EC eco-tourism pioneer
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By Guy Rogers - 19 May 2025
Global eco-tourism pioneer and Eastern Cape business and conservation leader Adrian Gardiner is the focus of a new biography about vision, taking risks, and never giving up.
As the audience at Thursday night's launch at Fogarty's Bookshop in Gqeberha heard, The Man Who Changed a Landscape is also about the uniqueness of the Eastern Cape, the allure of wildlife, and the campaign to rewild the planet...
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