A programme for engaging people in the protection, use and management of their biodiversity heritage as it relates to impacted urban ecosystems, and in a way that contributes tangibly to economic and social development.
Key elements of the Urban Conservation Programme at SANBI
This project is funded by the national Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, and is implemented locally in partnership with City of Cape Town, and a range of civil society interest groups.
The project's brief is to work at conservation sites that are elements of the City of Cape Town 's “biodiversity network” of public open spaces, and to mainstream nature conservation concepts with local communities, with City officials and politicians, and with other key sectors of society.
• ICLEI's Local Action for Biodiveristy project (LAB)
(see also www.iclei.org/lab )
SANBI, through its Urban Conservation Programme, serves on the steering committee of this project, and contributes to activities which are facilitating the production of biodiversity status reports, and 10-year biodiversity action plans, in 20 cities around the world. This is a project of ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), with strategic involvement of IUCN's Countdown 2010 campaign
• Project media support
Urban Conservation produces short video compilations as tools for information-sharing regarding its projects. Enquiries regarding acquisition these video products can be forwarded to:
George Davis
UCU, SANBI
P/Bag X 7
Claremont 7735
South Africa.
Tel: +27 21 7998800
Fax: +2721 7978390
