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Time-use Studies Factsheet
Time use study is an innovation of the conventional stated preference techniques, in particular taken from the contingent valuation approach. In this case, the payment vehicle is expressed in labour hours rather than monetary units (use in the classical willingness to pay studies) (Kenter et al.
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TELEPÜLÉSI KLÍMAADAPTÁCIÓ: Adaptációs jó gyakorlatok
Az adatbázis célja a hazai önkormányzatok hatékony klímaadaptációjának elősegítése és a klímaváltozással szembeni sérülékenységük csökkentése hazai és nemzetközi jó gyakorlatok bemutatása által. A találatok célirányosan, a projekt, a technológia vagy a település megadásával szűrhetők.
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Restoring nature can remove huge amounts of EU emissions
Restoring degraded terrestrial habitats across the EU could take up to 300 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent out of the atmosphere each year – as much as the combined annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, new research reveals. The findings show the huge
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Governance innovation for nature-based solutions - PBF Workshop Summary 24 March 2020
The Policy Business Forum (PBF) consists of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) experts and knowledgeable stakeholders at the international, European, and national scale. The main aim of the PBF is to explore innovative ways to strengthen the science-policy-business nexus in order to exploit opportunities
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Tiny Forest: First monitoring report
Earthwatch Europe has published the first monitoring report for its Tiny Forest programme showcasing the first insights into the benefits to the environment and biodiversity that a Tiny Forest can provide in its early stages. The report highlights the vital role of the "super powerful
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Providing contact with nature for young generation - A case study of preschools in the City of Poznań, Poland
Contact with nature is valuable for the health, wellbeing and development of children. Meanwhile, the urban environment and the contemporary urban lifestyle limit the opportunity for contact with nature. Given that children aged three to six years spend a significant amount of time in preschool, we
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PHUSICOS: Unstable till slope at Santa Elena
The slope at Santa Elena has been pointed out as one of the high-risk locations along road A-136, which is an important route between Spain and France (road RD-934 in France). The problem is erosion and instability in a steep slope, cut in a thick till deposit. This is an end moraine formed by the
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Phusicos NbS Governance Game
The newly developed PHUSICOS simulation is a serious game. It was developed as part of Work Package 6 on learning innovation and aims to simulate the complex governance setting of stakeholders. Serious games owe their name to the fact that they are designed with a purpose that goes beyond the
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The Isar Restoration in Munich - A participatory climate change adaptation measure
The Isar river concept case is a 'retrospective case' focusing on NbS practices along the river Isar in Bavaria, Germany. Measures to reduce flood risk and improve the ecological state of the river and its immediate surroundings were taken several years ago and the previous Isar
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Label Bas Carbone: a national forest carbon offsetting framework
Low carbon label (LBC) applied as the French standard for carbon offsetting projects but also to label the contribution of companies and communities to CO2 sequestration in the forest, as an ecosystem service benefiting the whole society
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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Ecosystem services and social justice
Understanding how changes in ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC) impact on issues related to competitiveness and social justice.
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Tackling the climate and biodiversity crises in Europe through Urban Greening Plans: Recommendations for avoiding the implementation gap
To systematically bring nature back to cities, the EU Biodiversity Strategy calls upon cities with over 20,000 inhabitants to develop Urban Greening Plans (UGP) by the end of 2021. UGP present a unique opportunity for the systematic integration of urban green infrastructures in urban planning
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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Ecosystem Service and Sustainable Development
We are pleased to announce a new MOOC on Ecosystem Services available immediately on the Coursera platform, produced by the University of Geneva, the Geneva Water Hub, the Luc Hoffmann Institute and the Natural Capital Project. Is this course for me? This MOOC is for anybody interested in
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OPERAs Wine Exemplar Summary
Summarizes the work of the OPERAs Wine Exemplar, including researchers and stakeholders involved, tools used, and publications and outreach materials produced.
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PHUSICOS: Living Lab en Erill la Vall (Catalunya, España)
Do you know about the problem that the population of Erill la Vall in Catalonia faces? Are you interested in knowing more? Here you will be able to view explanations from PHUSICOS project experts and images about this erosive problem and the nature-based solutions designed to respond to it. The
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Metalliferous Hills Jug Band "geoperformance"
The Metalliferous Hills Jug Band (or Jug Band dalle Colline Metallifere, JBCM, in Italian) is an international and inter-generational collective proposing a combination of music and environmental practice, where melody, rhythm, storytelling and science outreach are merged in one situation. The JBCM
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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Monitoring of socio-environmental services of urban green spaces
In recent years, the City of Barcelona has demonstrated its intention of increasing and improving greenery and biodiversity at the service of citizens through a series of policies, plans, measures, and other initiatives. In this pilot, the social and environmental services provided by urban green
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Mainstreaming the co-production of Nature-based Solutions in European cities
Co-production processes enable urban planners and policymakers to unlock the potential of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to address multiple urban challenges simultaneously. The Connecting Nature EU-funded project has worked with ten cities in Europe to foster the large-scale development of NbS while
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Agroforestry benefits nature, climate and farming
Agroforestry is a land management practice that combines cultivation and farming systems with trees and shrubs. It can include agricultural hedges, parks and wooded pastures, but also innovative systems, such as contour planting and forestry cultivation. This approach offers many benefits for both
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Creation of clonal seed orchards for the conservation of Douglas-fir germplasm
Genetic conservation and the production of high-quality locally-adapted propagation material are very important for Douglas fir, especially in the current context of climate change.
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