Green Futures on the Cape Flats
Grantee Name: Grootbos Green Futures Foundation
- Hotspot
- Cape Floristic Region
- Location
- South Africa
- Amount
- $19,998
- Dates
- Nov 2006 – Jun 2007
- Keywords
- Capacity building, Livelihoods, Urban development, Employment
Assess the feasibility of applying the Green Futures model on the Cape Flats in a way that restores two priority sites in the City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Network – the Edith Stephens Wetland Park and Harmony Flats Nature Reserve – to full ecological integrity, supported by off-site urban ecological corridor linkages, by developing the capacity and entrepreneurship of unemployed urban people in indigenous horticulture and landscaping.
2 Promote innovative private sector and community involvement in conservation in landscapes surrounding biodiversity corridors
Project Resources:
You may also like:

Promoting Conservation Coffee in the Buffer Zone of La Amistad Biosphere Reserve
Centro Científico Tropical


Sustainable Utilization: A Tool for Managers and Workers in the Cape Floristic Region
South African Protea Producers and Exporters Association
