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Business Ecosystems Training
Business Ecosystems Training (BET) course is a freely-available capacity building program to increase the knowledge and understanding of the links between ecosystems and business. The objective of BET course is to equip companies with the skills they need to better manage their impacts and
Natural Capital & Ecosystem Services: an introduction to the concepts (video)
Dr. Anne Guerry, Chief Strategy Officer and Lead Scientist for the Natural Captial Project, introduces the concepts of natural capital and ecosystem services.
Urban agriculture - URBES Facthseet #7
This factsheet will explain the importance of urban agriculture: the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides for human wellbeing, food security and urban resilience; and the need for integrated planning across sectors to ensure that the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides
What socio-demographic characteristics of university students in Southern Germany predict their urban nature connectedness?
Promoting mental health addresses a global societal challenge. Nature connectedness, or relatedness to natural systems, is associated with increased well-being and mental health. This cross- sectional online study addressed this issue by identifying socio-demographic predictors of urban nature
TELEPÜLÉSI KLÍMAADAPTÁCIÓ: Klímaadaptív gyepgazdálkodás a városban
A Veszprém város önkormányzatának megbízásából elkészült dokumentum a város és a természet kapcsolatát, valamint a város működésének hatását a klímára mutatja be. Összefoglalja az urbanizáció történetének következményeit, vagyis azt, hogy a népességrobbanás, a beépítettség növekedése és a termelési
Communities Directory: Online portal for strengthening networks between individuals and groups in cities
Online portal for strengthening networks between individuals and groups in cities.
Virtual Landscape Theatre
The Virtual Landscape Theatre (VLT) is a mobile curved screen projection facility, in which people can be 'immersed' in computer models of their environment to explore landscapes of the past, present and future. This facility is the first mobile unit of its kind in the UK, and is used for
Narrative Methods Factsheet
Narrative methods aim to understand and describe the importance of nature and its benefits to people with their own words. By using narrative methods we allow the research participants (residents of a certain place, users of a certain resource, or stakeholders of an issue) to articulate the plural
LIFE programme: Short summaries of projects from the LIFE 2019 call for proposals
This EU funding for the LIFE programme projects triggered total investments of nearly €590 million to help meet these projects' ambitious goals for environment, nature, and climate action. The projects will help to achieve the European Green Deal. Here you can find a list of short summaries of
Training on ecosystem services for site managers
Eurosite, in cooperation with EKLIPSE, is organising a two-day short course, which will provide managers of protected sites with the necessary knowledge and steps to take in achieving Science and Policy collaboration regarding biodiversity and ecosystems services on one hand, and how to put them in
Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making
Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing urban planning to address complex urban challenges simultaneously. In this article, we formulated through a coproduction process in workshops held during the first IPCC Cities and Climate Science Conference in
Usage of Mobile Applications or Mobile Health Technology to Improve Diet Quality in Adults
The use of mobile applications for dietary purposes has dramatically increased along with the consistent development of mobile technology. Assessing diet quality as a dietary pattern or an indicator across key food groups in comparison to those recommended by dietary guidelines is useful for
Wal-ES Platform
Wal-ES is the walloon (Southern part of Belgium) platform on ecosystem services which aims to develop decision support tools based on this concept. During its one year of funding, Wal-ES set up the foundations for the development of these tools. A conceptual and an assessment frameworks have been
Nature4Cities - NbS Projects Implementation Handbook
This Handbook was made for government officials, practitioners or project coordinators working in the public domain and needing support in their NbS project implementation. It will be useful especially for those who are at the early stages of developing climate adaptation and mitigation
Not Simply Green: Nature-Based Solutions as a Concept and Practical Approach for Sustainability Studies and Planning Agendas in Cities
The concept of a nature-based solution (NbS) has been developed in order to operationalize an ecosystem services approach within spatial planning policies and practices, to fully integrate the ecological dimension, and, at the same time, to address current societal challenges in cities. It exceeds
Transform your street!
Youth voices need a platform to express their views on questions impacting their daily lives. Focusing on mobility and public space in cities, this campaign includes a creative competition in which young people can reimagine the design of a local street through the creation of collages and visual
Economic Viewpoints on Ecosystem Services
The concept of ecosystem services has been introduced to help determine the different values of ecosystems. This report provides an introduction to ecosystems and economics: it provides a useful introduction for scholars from other social sciences as well as for biologists/ecologists acting as
OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Nature-based solutions
The idea of 'nature-based solutions' (NbS) is now being used to reframe policy debates on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, and the sustainable use of natural resources, among other issues. While interesting and potentially useful for those
Method Factsheet - Simple Matrix Approach
Matrix Approaches are a quick and simple way to get an overall spatially-explicit picture of the ES in case study areas. The method is based on the idea of linking tabular spreadsheet data and spatial data together, i.e. joining external datasets to spatial units to create maps. The spreadsheet
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