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Module 4: Urban Nature under Pressure In just over 350 years, Cape Town’s natural environment has been radically transformed . In the process of developing the Mother City, ecosystems like dunes, wetlands, forests and shrub lands have made way for homes, farms, work places, roads and shops. As the city develops, it is easy to forget that the area is also home to many other living things, like the plants and animals that make up Cape Town’s world famous biodiversity .
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With more than three million people now calling Cape Town home, it’s time
to ask: How can we make sure that urban nature has a future in the City of Cape Town? In this section we will find out about some of the pressures on the environment in the City of Cape Town. This information can help us to make wise and caring choices, so that people and nature can benefit from living together in this biodiversity capital of the world. |
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Click the links to find out more about
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