{"id":53822,"date":"2022-04-26T06:02:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T04:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/city-nature-challenge-is-on-20220425\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:35:56","slug":"city-nature-challenge-is-on-20220425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/city-nature-challenge-is-on-20220425\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge is on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you haven\u2019t participated in the City Nature Challenge before, now is the time, if only to defend Cape Town\u2019s title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge \u2013 which will run over the long weekend between Saturday 30 April and Monday 2 May \u2013 is about finding all the wildlife in a city. Cape Town is competing with various international cities to record the most observations of local plant and animal species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During last year\u2019s challenge, Capetonians contributed over 71 000 observations, achieving the most observations internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie Andrews, the City\u2019s Deputy Mayor and Mayco member for spatial planning and environment, says Cape Town participants were able to record 4 779 species last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Mother City has been the winner of at least two categories for the past few years; a title we are extremely keen to defend,\u201d says Andrews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate, download and register on the iNaturalist app. When making an observation, take a photo and upload it onto the app. Experts will then help to identify the fauna or flora. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City reserves will be open to the public free of charge on the four days. 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