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The Mission Blue South Africa Initiative - Catalyzing and Advancing the Hope Spot Network - Mission Blue

Cover image: Aliwal Shoal Hope Spot. Credit: Allen Walker The South African coastline is home to seven Hope Spots. Six of these – False Bay, Cape Whale Coast, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Algoa Bay, and Aliwal Shoal – were designated in 2014, while Maputaland, a transboundary Hope Spot spanning both South Africa and Mozambique, was designated in 2024.These areas host an important array of species and habitats, including the Knysna seahorse (Hippocam…