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Nature Based Solutions in education
Citizens and experts have identified better awareness of the opportunities, benefits, and limitations of nature-based solutions as one of the main factors that could facilitate the transition to more sustainable cities and territories. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) use nature and ecosystems to
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Green Infrastructure, a wealth for cities - URBES Factsheet #6
This URBES factsheet outlines the key components of Green Infrastructure and explores the linkages between the EU Green Infrastructure Strategy and the urban context. Using examples from Barcelona, it presents how cities can use Green Infrastructure to tackle environmental, social and economic
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Panorama - solutions for a healthy planet
Panorama is a partnership initiative to document and promote examples of inspiring, replicable solutions across a range of conservation and development topics, enabling cross-sectoral learning and inspiration. This platform houses a number of thematic portals, and is envisioned to be continuously
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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series -Fast Forests for Lisbon: Nature, Community, Connections
The pilot Renatura started in late 2021. Its main goal is to bring back biodiversity to urban spaces, while enhancing social inclusion. Fostering a unique private/public sector partnership, the NGO Urbem and the Lisbon City Council convert abandoned public land into Miyawaki-based Fast Forests.
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Common Action Plan on clustering activities D1.3
This deliverable presents a summary of planned joint activities among the cluster of projects funded under the EU Horizon call H2020 SC5-14-2019 (Visionary and integrated solutions to improve well-being and health in cities).
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Natural Capital Investment Conference 2018
The Natural Capital Investment Conference, organised by the Ecosystems Knowledge Network, will identify the best ways of securing much-needed investment in the UK's natural environment. It is taking place on 1st March 2018 at the British Library in central London. Come and learn about new
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The BioClim project: Climate change adaptation strategy for the natural environment and bioeconomy in Estonia
BioClim, carried out between January and August 2015, was a project concentrating on mapping the current situation, analysing the climate change impacts and possible adaptation measures for the natural environment and bioeconomy in Estonia.
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Approaches to financing nature-based solutions in cities
Prepared in the framework of the Horizon 2020 project GrowGreen (http://growgreenproject.eu/), this working document presents an overview of financing approaches that can be used to deliver nature-based solutions (NbS) in urban areas. It includes a typology of financing mechanisms from the
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Forêt de Capet case study
Presentación del estudio de caso PHUSICOS : Forêt de Capet / Présentation de l'étude de cas PHUSICOS : Forêt de Capet
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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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Talking About Our Place
The Talking About Our Place toolkit help a community think about some of the issues their place may be facing, and encourages them to get involved. It will help people: explore what makes their place special recognise what benefits their place provides for identify what issues affect their place or
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The URBES project - European URban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
This animated movie entitled “What’s the role of nature? Scientists at the URBES project inspire sustainable urban planning for people and nature” shows the results of the ‘Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (URBES) research project funded by BiodivERsA. It presents the key research
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Conexus key learning factsheet series - Supporting Nature-based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking
In response to critiques of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), we propose a holistic and systemic approach: Nature-Based Thinking (NBT). NBT emphasizes the inspiration from nature to foster sustainable urban development and conceives nature to be intertwined with people. NBT will engage local actors,
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Climate crisis, cities, and health
More than ever, the climate crisis is becoming a health crisis. An estimated 5 million people globally die each year because of suboptimal temperatures,1 with a large proportion of heat-related mortality (37%) attributable to human-induced climate change.2 Cities have an important role in climate
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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
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Using ecosystem services to measure the degree to which a solution is nature-based
There has been a recent surge of interest in Nature-based Solutions, a concept encompassing a broad suite of ideas that have arisen from the intersection of ecology, engineering, sociology and economics. Solutions founded in nature are promised to resolve many issues resulting from global change,
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Establishment of Community-based Models for Biodiversity Protection in Ecological Corridors in the Southern Caucasus (Armenia)
Establishment of Community Based Conservation Areas (CBCA) will help counteract the negative effects of unsustainable use of natural resources. CBCA models will be set up based on ecosystem services that result in biodiversity conservation and additional income for local communities via well-
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Reflexive Monitoring Guidebook
Reflexive monitoring is an evaluation method that gives urban practitioners insight into the progress of their project in real time. It helps them evaluate day- to-day activities and to respond to them while considering the bigger picture.This is especially helpful when addressing the complex
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Defining and Assessing Success in Mainstreaming
This background paper draws on reviews of the mainstreaming targets and indicators of selected NBSAPs from countries at different stages of their mainstreaming process, and the approaches to assessing the success of mainstreaming biodiversity and other issues into development. Recommendations are
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GIB SmartScan
Increase your infrastructure project’s attractiveness to investors in only a few steps. The GIB SmartScan allows you to assess your infrastructure projects based on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and helps to efficiently flag risks and opportunities for improvements of your
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