WHERE we do it
eThekwini (KZN)

The Wildlands eThekwini Initiative is vested in an implementation partnership with the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. Initiated in 2008, this partnership is currently structured around two benchmark ecosystem restoration initiatives, namely, the Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project and the Inanda Mountain Restoration Project.
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eThekwini Initiative(Green-Preneurship)(KZN)
These two projects are anchored by Trees for Life project nodes in the Buffelsdraai, Osindisweni, KwaMashu, Ndwedwe and Waterloo communities (Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project) and the Maphephetheni community (Inanda Mountain Project). Over the past year, 443 tree-preneurs b ...
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eThekwini Initiative(KZN)(Restoration)
The primary restoration focus has been on the eThekwini Municipality’s Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project, where a total of 205 000 trees have been planted in three years. This planting forms part of a formal CO2 sequestration initiative, being undertaken in support of eThe ...
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eThekwini Initiative(KZN)(Stewardship)
The trees grown by the Maphephetheni community were planted on the slopes of Inanda Mountain within a 90 ha pilot restoration area. This area is being restored to a mosaic of grassland, woodland and forest, and will progressively be expanded to eventually encompass the entire mountain. Inanda Mounta ...
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