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2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
13 January 2022
The United Nations General Assembly has designated 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. Throughout the year,...
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Nature-based solutions are a safe and sound investment
11 January 2022
Nature-based solutions are a quick and cost-effective way to transform our surroundings to become more sustainable and will be a key element in building more resilient and healthy societies. They...
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Words into Action: Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction
11 January 2022
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are seen as cost-effective and effective solutions to help governments address the growing challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, increased frequency of...
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SUPERB to promote forest restoration and adaptation across Europe
21 December 2021
In Europe, almost one-third of the landscape is covered by cities, villages, agriculture and forests. There are lots of different types of trees, bur also damaged forest areas due to human...
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Metropolia Krakowska
Poland
Metropolia Krakowska (Kraków Metropolis) is an Association set up in Poland in 2014. It includes the City of Kraków and 14 surrounding municipalities...
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Granollers
Spain
The City of Granollers in Spain is located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The City has an area of 15 km2 and a population of 60,000....
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Portoviejo
Ecuador
The city of Portoviejo, Ecuador is the capital of the coastal region of Manabi, with a population of around 250,000 and size of 54 km2. The city has...
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Oh Boy – multifunctional urban greening in Malmö, Sweden
The main purpose of the roof is to offer an unique green environment to the residents in the house. In the project every surface, also on the ground below, is maximized with greenery. The greenery...
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Portoviejo’s Linear Park
Las Vegas Park in the city of Portoviejo, Ecuador can be considered as an example of the Build Back Better* concept on an urban scale. After the 2016 earthquake struck, the city allocated a part of...
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Protected Areas and Resilient Landscapes – Project Finance for Permanence in Colombia, Perú and Bhutan.
Managing socio-ecological landscapes as natural carbon sinks and resources for adaptation is increasingly recognized as a necessary, efficient and relatively cost-effective strategy. Protected areas...
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Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas
This report summarises much of the work done by the German Federal Agency of Nature Conservation (BfN) in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and the German Centre...
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SOLUCIONES BASADAS EN LA NATURALEZA PARA LA GESTIÓN DEL AGUA
Las SbN apoyan una economía circular, restauradora y regeneradora por diseño, y fomentan una mayor productividad de los recursos para reducir su desperdicio y evitar la contaminación, incluso a...
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National decarbonisation plan: Government of Costa Rica
The National Decarbonization Plan is a response to the request of the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, to prepare a strategic document that would offer a...
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