Nature-Based Solutions are helping cities improve water quality, restore ecosystems, and strengthen resilience. The Soet River Catchment Management Forum in Cape Town demonstrates how pollution control, community stewardship, and ecological rehabilitation can work together to improve urban river health.
Urbanisation places sustained pressure on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within catchments, reducing habitat quality and fragmenting biodiversity networks. Integrated biodiversity planning frameworks address these pressures by aligning land, water, and ecosystem management…
