Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

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.

Strategic Direction : 2 Promote innovative private sector and community involvement in conservation in landscapes surrounding biodiversity corridors

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