Johannesburg is clearing alien plants and planting 120 indigenous trees in their place

Johannesburg is swapping invaders for natives. City Parks and Zoo teams have cleared about 103,506 square metres (about 25.6 acres) of invasive vegetation at the Manie Mulder Adventure Centre, and 120 indigenous trees donated by the South African Reserve Bank will be planted across that site and Little Falls Resort — 40 of them going in this week. Invasive plants crowd out local species and drink scarce water; replacing them with indigenous trees restores habitat in the middle of the city, at a waterfall site residents use to escape into nature without leaving Johannesburg.

SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: institutional program