The following brochures, booklets, posters and pamphlets are available for download (most recent first):

City of Cape Town Blue Flag Beaches - Blue Flag beaches are best! (e-booklet) More...

Moving Mountains: Cape Town’s Action Plan for Energy and Climate Change More...

Cape Town Green Map (3rd edition) More...

Energy and Climate Change brochure - taking action today More...

Smart living poster More...

Cape Town's unique biodiversity (2-poster set) More...

Revised signage of the Shark Spotting Programme on selected Cape Town beaches More...

Smart Events Handbook - greening guidelines for hosting sustainable events in Cape Town More...

Useful environmental telephone numbers for complaints, help and advice in Cape Town More...

Baboon awareness resources More...

City of Cape Town Nature Reserves - a network of amazing biodiversity (book) More...

Cape Town Nature Reserves poster More...

Fact sheets on Cape Town's unique biodiversity More...

Harmony Flats Nature Reserve poster series More...

City of Cape Town Beaches - a diversity of coastal treasures (book) More...

City of Cape Town Environmental Resource Directory 2008/2009 More...

Heritage Advice Pamphlet (HAP) series More...

Heritage walks and heritage interpretation More...

Blaauwberg Conservation Area brochure More...

Blaauwberg Conservation Area – floral treasures brochure More...

SMART Living Handbook - Making sustainable development a reality in Cape Town homes More...

Sustainability Report 2006 Summary leaflet More...

Air Quality in Cape Town booklet - ENGLISH More...

Air Quality in Cape Town booklet - AFRIKAANS More...

Air Quality in Cape Town booklet - XHOSA More...

Local Agenda 21 brochure More...

False Bay Ecology Park brochure More...

False Bay Ecology Park – environmental education brochure More...

False Bay Ecology Park poster More...

Cape Flats Nature brochure – Networking people and nature in the City More...

Cape Flats Nature booklet – Inspiration, issues and challenges More...

White shark fact sheets More...

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 City of Cape Town Blue Flag Beaches - Blue Flag beaches are best! [PDF 5 MB]
An informative e-booklet on the eight Blue Flag beaches within the city of Cape Town for the 2011/2012 season. When deciding where to go, tourists and residents can choose Blue Flag beaches, secure in the knowledge that high standards of beach management are guaranteed and lifeguards will be on duty every day during Blue Flag season, December to March. The Blue Flag is awarded annually to beaches and marinas that meet a specific set of criteria, encompassing: water quality; safety and services; environmental management; and environmental education and information. The beaches that have been awarded Blue Flag status from 1 December 2011 to 31 March 2012 are: Bikini, Camps Bay, Clifton 4th, Llandudno, Muizenberg, Mnandi, Silwerstroomstrand and Strandfontein. Find more information here.

 Moving Mountains: Cape Town’s Action Plan for Energy and Climate Change [PDF 4.1 MB]
A booklet stating the case of the City's action plan to tackle future energy use and a changing climate.

 Cape Town Green Map (3rd edition, Oct. 2011) [PDF 2.2 MB]
This useful map showcases a selection of the many 'green' sites in Cape Town for residents and visitors alike. The printed map is available free of charge at all Cape Town Tourism visitor information centres. Also visit Cape Town Green Map online at www.capetowngreenmap.co.za or click here for more information. Previous editions of the map can also be downloaded:
          2nd edition map, May 2010 (or easy-print A4 version)
          1st edition map, Nov. 2009 (or easy-print A4 version)

 Energy and Climate Change brochure - taking action today [PDF 1.6 MB]
A brochure summarising the City of Cape Town's Energy and Climate Action Plan and vision for Cape Town. The plan comprises 50 programme areas and more than 120 projects designed to help realise the vision of a resource-efficient, lower carbon city, and a city more resilient to the impacts of climate change. The Energy and Climate Change Action Plan and its associated strategy will address the city's current challenges of poor energy security, high energy consumption, high carbon footprint, and vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

 Smart living poster [PDF 2.1 MB]
A colourful cartoon poster created by Chip Snaddon that encourages forward thinking about Cape Town's future as a sustainable city. It encapsulates the many ideals of 'green living' in a city, however the cartoon does not necessarily depict the City of Cape Town’s plans.

 Cape Town's unique biodiversity (2-poster set)
Two interesting and educational posters on the city of Cape Town's variety of unique plant and animal species within an urban area. Of the 21 national vegetation types in South Africa that have been assigned the highest conservation status of Critically Endangered, ten occur within the city. Of these, three occur nowhere else but within the City's boundary. Needless to say, mainly due to urban development, we have an international biodiversity crisis in our back yard.
          Cape Town's Unique Biodiversity: Vegetation poster [PDF 779 KB]
          Cape Town's Unique Biodiversity: Species poster [PDF 1.1 MB]

 Revised signage of the Shark Spotting Programme on selected Cape Town beaches
Please familiarise yourself with these signs before and during your visit to a beach with shark spotters. Spotters are on the following beaches year round: Muizenberg, St James/Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Noordhoek. Between September and April they operate on the following beaches; only on weekends, public holidays and school holidays: Clovelly and Glencairn.
          Flag warning system [PDF 454 KB]
          Be shark smart - information and safety tips [PDF 325 KB]
          Shark warning - high risk area, swim at own risk [PDF 239 KB]
For more information on the Shark Spotting Programme, click here.

 Smart Events Handbook - greening guidelines for hosting sustainable events in Cape Town [PDF 4.6 MB]
To encourage event greening, the Smart Events Handbook can help you to host your events in an environmentally and socially responsible way. It can be used for a range of events, such as meetings, conferences and exhibitions, and applies equally to large sports events and to small local community initiatives.

 Useful environmental telephone numbers for complaints, help and advice in Cape Town - June 2010 [PDF 30 KB]
A list of quick reference telephone numbers covering a range of services and to report problems in the Cape metropolitan area.

 Baboon awareness resources
Cape Town serves as a habitat to wild animals, such as baboons, and humans alike. Living in close proximity to baboons and tourists getting too close to them, presents a problem for both humans and baboons. The following resources seek to discourage human-baboon interaction:
          A3 poster [PDF 1.1 MB]
          Fold-out leaflet - Understanding Baboons [PDF 2.3 MB]
          Flyer - English [PDF 616 KB]
          Flyer - German [PDF 560 KB]
          Also find more information here.

 City of Cape Town Nature Reserves - a network of amazing biodiversity [PDF 3.8 MB]
The second edition of this useful A5-sized book now covers the City’s more than 30 nature reserves and natural areas. A comprehensive and colourful resource which showcases the many nature reserves and natural areas managed by the City of Cape Town, providing a description of the sites, their location and how to get there, activities and facilities associated with each site and some stunning photographs. Relevant biodiversity management information is also included in the book. The book is available for R23* at these locations only: Helderberg, Rietvlei, Rondevlei and Tygerberg Nature Reserves, Eerstesteen Resort (BCA). It is also available at the Botanical Society bookshop in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. *Price subject to change.

 Cape Town Nature Reserves poster [PDF 6 MB]
An informative and illustrative poster of the City's nature reserves, depicting typical ecosystems that display a wealth of flora and fauna set within the ever-expanding urban fabric of the city.

 Fact sheets on Cape Town's unique biodiversity
A series of nine colourful, educational pamphlets on Cape Town's unique ecosystems and species. The fact sheets present the biophysical environment, threats, conservation status, benefits and actions you can take to help conserve our unique biodiversity in Cape Town.
          Fact sheet 1 - Peninsula Shale Renosterveld [PDF 368 KB]
          Fact sheet 2 - Peninsula Granite Fynbos [PDF 353 KB]
          Fact sheet 3 - Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos [PDF 319 KB]
          Fact sheet 4 - Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos [PDF 364 KB]
          Fact sheet 5 - Cape Flats Dune Strandveld [PDF 643 KB]
          Fact sheet 6 - Cape Flats Sand Fynbos [PDF 357 KB]
          Fact sheet 7 - Endemic species [PDF 328 KB]
          Fact sheet 8 - Threatened species [PDF 228 KB]
          Fact sheet 9 - How you can help [PDF 137 KB]
The fact sheets require the use of some technical terms that are explained in the glossary below, along with an extensive list of Latin names for the species of plants and animals.
Supplementary documents:
          Glossary [PDF 150 KB]
          Important taxa of the six endemic vegetation types [PDF 130 KB]
          List of endemic species [PDF 134 KB]
          List of threatened species [PDF 139 KB]

 Harmony Flats Nature Reserve poster series (6-in-1) [PDF 2.3 MB]
Six posters filled with useful information and vibrant images on the Harmony Flats Nature Reserve, one of the City of Cape Town's 24 nature reserves. It is situated on the Cape Flats between Strand and Gordon's Bay. The reserve is a special area rich in flora and fauna species, which need careful conservation within an urban environment.
Individual posters:
          Poster 1 - Harmony Flats Nature Reserve [PDF 565 KB]
          Poster 2 - Birds of Harmony Flats [PDF 442 KB]
          Poster 3 - Creatures of Harmony Flats [PDF 269 KB]
          Poster 4 - The Harmony Flats garden [PDF 405 KB]
          Poster 5 - Harmony Flats: Everyone’s treasure, everyone’s responsibility [PDF 351 KB]
          Poster 6 - The people of Harmony Flats Nature Reserve [PDF 315 KB] 

 City of Cape Town Beaches - a diversity of coastal treasures [PDF 5 MB]
A handy A5-sized 130-page book on Cape Town’s beaches, providing a description and the history of every beach, the beach location, activities associated with each beach, and an abundance of photographs. It is also packed with other information, including flora and fauna associated with the coast; some of the challenges the coastline faces; various programmes such as the shark-spotting programme; the harvesting of marine resources and background on the early days on the Cape coast.
A hard copy of the book is available at all Cape Town Tourism visitor information centres:
Blaauwberg 1 Marine Drive, Table View; Canal Walk Entrance 2, Canal Walk Shopping Centre, Century City; Cape Town Cnr Castle & Burg Streets; Cape Town International Airport central terminal building; Cape Town International Convention Centre Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street; Gugulethu Sivuyile Campus, Cnr NY1 & NY4; Hout Bay 4 Andrews Road; Khayelitsha Look Out Hill, Cnr Mew Way & Spine Road; Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden Rhodes Drive, Newlands; Langa Guga s'Thebe Cultural Centre, Cnr Washington & Church Streets; Muizenberg The Pavilion, Beach Road; Simon's Town 111 St. George's Street; Somerset West 186 Main Road; Table Mountain Lower Cableway Station, Tafelberg Road; V&A Waterfront and Willowbridge Carl Cronje Road, Tygervalley.

 City of Cape Town Environmental Resource Directory 2008/2009 [PDF 629 KB]
A comprehensive reference tool identifying a number of NGO, CBO and NPO environmental organisations in the city as possible; in order to assist the organisations and individuals to initiate environmental action. The directory also helps to facilitate networking within the environmental sphere of Cape Town.

 Heritage Advice Pamphlet (HAP) series
Produced by the Environmental and Heritage Resources Management branch, this series of 16 advice pamphlets provides heritage information and guidelines on Cape Town's heritage areas and historic buildings.
 Heritage walks and heritage interpretation
As part of the Heritage Advice Pamphlet series, this covers heritage walks such as the Company's Garden Self-guided Walk and the heritage of Langa and Philippi.

 Blaauwberg Conservation Area brochure [PDF 958 KB] 
A unique protected area of natural, cultural and historical significance situated 25km from central Cape Town.
 Blaauwberg Conservation Area – floral treasures brochure [PDF 1.9 MB]
This protected area represents one of the most intact and diverse lowland vegetation habitats in Cape Town and contains three very threatened vegetation types: Strandveld, West Coast Renosterveld and Sand Plain Fynbos.

 Smart Living Handbook - making sustainable development a reality in Cape Town homes
A practical sustainability guide for people and households in Cape Town to make their homes safer and to save money, while working to reduce their impact on our precious environment. The book also provides information on key environmental resource issues facing us globally, and within our city.

 Sustainability Report 2006 Summary leaflet [PDF 1.06 MB]
A summary of the 2006 Sustainability Report, which describes pressures on the city’s environment, the current state of the environment and the City’s progress towards its goal of sustainability.

 Air Quality in Cape Town - What we can do to clear the air (ENGLISH) [PDF 956 KB]
A booklet designed to help readers understand how they can help to keep pollution out of the air we breathe. It is both a source of information around the challenges presented by air pollution, and a practical guide on how we can tackle them together.
 Luggehalte in Kaapstad - Wat ons kan doen om die lug skoon te hou (AFRIKAANS) [PDF 961 KB]
An Afrikaans version of the "Air Quality in Cape Town - What we can do to clear the air" booklet. The booklet is designed to help readers understand how they can help to keep pollution out of the air we breathe. It is both a source of information around the challenges presented by air pollution, and a practical guide on how we can tackle them together.
 Umgangatho Womoya eKapa - Esinokukwenza ukucoca umoya (XHOSA) [PDF 962 KB]
A Xhosa version of the "Air Quality in Cape Town - What we can do to clear the air" booklet. The booklet is designed to help readers understand how they can help to keep pollution out of the air we breathe. It is both a source of information around the challenges presented by air pollution, and a practical guide on how we can tackle them together.

 Local Agenda 21 brochure [PDF 252 KB] 
The definition, process and principles of Local Agenda 21 and its promotion of sustainable development. Please note that the contact details of the City of Cape Town’s Local Agenda 21 Office are no longer valid. Please phone the ERM department at +27 (0)21 487 2284 for further information.

 False Bay Ecology Park brochure [PDF 533 KB] 
An important multi-purpose open space in the city, providing many environmental, social and economic benefits for the citizens of Cape Town, particularly to those in the surrounding disadvantaged areas.
 False Bay Ecology Park – environmental education brochure [PDF 242 KB] 
Information on guided environmental education facilities and programmes offered at the False Bay Ecology Park, Rondevlei Nature Reserve and Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve Environmental Education Centres.
False Bay Ecology Park poster: Front view [JPG 2.9 MB] Rear view [JPG 2.6 MB]
An informative and illustrative poster of the False Bay Ecology Park.

 Cape Flats Nature brochure – Networking people and nature in the city [PDF 1.4 MB]
A partnership project to build good practice in sustainable management of nature sites in the City of Cape Town’s biodiversity network; in a people-centred way that develops local leadership for conservation action and benefits the surrounding communities.
 Cape Flats Nature booklet – Inspiration, issues and challenges [PDF 3.7 MB]
A partnership project of the City of Cape Town, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Table Mountain Fund (WWF-SA) and the Botanical Society of South Africa. This booklet explores the conservation project and it’s involvement with the urban community in more depth.

 White shark fact sheets
Shark awareness information to reduce the interaction of recreational water users and sharks. Cape Town has, over the last few years, experienced an increase in the number of great white sharks occurring in the in-shore zone.  
          Fact sheet 1 - White Shark facts [PDF 34 KB]
          Fact sheet 2 - Mitigation measures to reduce the risk of shark encounters [PDF 39 KB]
          Fact sheet 3 - Shark-based tourism and encounters [PDF 37 KB]
          Fact sheet 4 - Tips on shark safety [PDF 45 KB]

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