Urban & catchment restoration
City and catchment-scale restoration addressing flooding, erosion and water quality as urban areas grow.
Regions and countries
The hub's profiled projects and the registry entries are counted together. An entry that names several countries is counted under each.
Africa5
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 |
| Rwanda | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 |
| South Africa | 2 |
Latin America and the Caribbean1
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 |
Projects
Freetown the Treetown
Freetown City Council's campaign to plant and grow a million trees on its slopes and water sources, each tree tracked, community growers paid by mobile money.
Medellín Green Corridors
Medellín's network of planted corridors along roads, streams and hills, run by the city to cool streets, clean air and reconnect urban wildlife.
SUNCASA in Dire Dawa
Restoring the Dechatu River catchment to cut flood and erosion risk for over 200,000 people.
SUNCASA in Johannesburg
Restoring the Jukskei River catchment in Alexandra to cut flood and pollution risk for 1.045 million people.
SUNCASA in Kigali
Restoring upstream micro-catchments in the lower Nyabarongo River watershed to cut flood and erosion risk for 975,000 people.
Transformative Riverine Management Programme, Durban
eThekwini Municipality's programme to manage its rivers as natural infrastructure against floods, community co-operatives cleaning and maintaining the streams.