What role do urban forests play in building resilience in a treeless biome, like we have in Hoerikwaggo – the Mountain in the Sea (Cape Town)?

I was recently invited to deliver a keynote address at the World Urban Forest Forum held in Washington D.C, USA. Initial puzzlement at why Cape Town would be invited – a treeless biome – turned to curiosity. And a whole level of new thinking around urban forests and resilience –...