Biodiversity strategy
- Review and update the city’s Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP)
- Support the city on aligning their LBSAP with South Africa’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) and current policies and plans relevant to nature and biodiversity in the city
- Bring together internal and external stakeholders to co-develop the strategic nature and biodiversity objectives and action plans of the city for the next five years (2020-2025)
Bioregional plan
- Review and update the city’s Bioregional Plan
- Undertake thorough, systematic planning process to gather robust data on critical biodiversity areas
- Ensure compliance and alignment with current policy and legislation
- Incorporate new data and information for the city’s critical biodiversity areas
Ecosystem services assessment
- Identify and create awareness about the value of nature to the City of Johannesburg
- Use this to advocate for restoring ecosystem services that compliment traditional infrastructures
- An economic valuation component will incorporate an economic perspective on the value of CoJ’s ecosystem services
- This work aims to inspire willingness to invest in urban nature
Juksei Catchment management
- Balance urban development with the provision and restoration of aquatic ecosystem services and adopt an integrated approach to catchment management
- Understand the intersection of stormwater, land use and aquatic health considerations within a catchment context
Environmental awareness
- Ensure coherent messaging and approaches across the various departments and entities
- Leverage this to improve citizens’ environmental consciousness and actions
Vehicle emissions
- Develop a comprehensive Vehicle emissions control strategy
- Co-produce an implementation action plan to improve ambient air quality
- Make recommendations that extend past the municipal mandate
Waste treatment and disposal
- Estimate future waste generation
- Develop scenarios for waste management that can treat and dispose of waste in a sustainable way
Alien invasive species
- Develop an Alien invasive species monitoring, control and eradication plan in line with requirements of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act
- Consider the unique challenges and opportunities for a metropole when addressing the issue of invasive species in an urban context