# The City of Cape Town Council has adopted the Cape Town Biodiversity Spatial Plan 2025 as a council policy. The purpose of the policy is to inform and guide spatial planning, environmental assessment and natural resource management by a wide range of sectors whose policies and decisions impact biodiversity. The metro manages over 20-thousand hectares in its 22 nature reserves and 16 Biodiversity Agreement Conservation Areas. Deputy mayor Eddie Andrews says Cape Town is the first municipality in South Africa to develop and implement a spatial biodiversity plan.
Cape Town is the first municipality to develop and implement a spatial biodiversity plan