Capetonians visited 20 nature reserves around the city which were open for free to participants over four days.
explored the city’s nature reserves to record local plant and animal species last month.
Deputy mayor and mayoral committee member for spatial planning and environment Eddie Andrews, said this year's challenge had nearly 1,700 participants, an increase of 25% from last year. “Together, Cape Town participants were able to record 66,144 observations and 4,388 species across the city. First place in the recorded observations category was La Paz, Bolivia, with 137,345 observations. In the recorded species category, the first place also went to La Paz with 5,320 species.
With World Biodiversity Day on May 22, Andrews called on Capetonians to go out and enjoy the city and its rich biodiversity.
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