Case studies

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Wetland restoration to mitigate diffuse water pollution entering Rostherne Mere, Cheshire, UK

Watershed-scale impacts of stormwater green infrastructure on hydrology, nutrient fluxes, and combined sewer overflows in the mid-Atlantic region

Green City of the Future

Territorial Ordering Plan (POT) of Bogotá 2022-2035 "El reverdecer de Bogotá"

Nature-based solutions for cities transitioning towards sustainability: A participatory evaluation through a social and environmental lens

Floating Wetland System on Utö

KTH

Blue Reef Project: Rebuilding of Marine Cavernous Boulder Reefs in Kattegat

The Mushrooms of Borgotaro IGP

Mushroom in Borgotaro

Club GREY HORSE – Providing multiple ecosystems services by forest renters

Club Grey Horse

Reverse auction for biodiversity protection measures

Danish forest

ECOPAY Connect – Forest-habitat biodiversity payment scheme

Oglio Sud Regional Park

Creating a legal framework for forest management for ecosystem services in Bizkaia county

Forest in Bizkaia county

Spiritual forests and forest kindergartens

Forest in Switzerland

Forests for water in Catalonia

Rialb water reservoir

Landscape and Recreation Value Trade

Kuusamo, Finland

Understanding the health functions of peri-urban forests in protected areas and Payment for Ecosystem Services

Activities in Nature Park Medvednica

Reverse auction pilot for forest ecosystem services in rural and peri-urban areas (habitat restoration)

Forest in Flanders

Reverse auction pilot for forest ecosystem services in rural and peri-urban areas (wildlife population control)

Forest

Paying for watershed services to cities in Peru

Peruvian lanscape

Eső- és szürkevíz hasznosítás a Zuglói Hétszínvirág Óvodában

Víztartály az udvaron

The First Large Land-Restoration Initiative in the Faroe Islands

Bátya: A belterületi csapadékesemények kezelése többmedencés csapadékvíz táplálta vizes élőhelyen történő vízvisszatartással

Bátya tó madártávlatból

Rákócziújfalu: Természetközeli belvíz-visszatartás a szárazság mérsékléséért

Rákócziújfalu tó madártávlatból

Tiszatarján: Fenntartható gazdálkodás és vízvisszatartás az ártéren a klímaalkalmazkodás érdekében

Biodiversity in Urban and Coastal Areas in Iceland

Hjörtur Þorbjörnsson in the field with caraway growing in the foreground

Multifunctional Land Distribution in Denmark

Holmehave

Stream and Watershed Restoration in Finland

More Nature - Less Waste

Multifunctional Wetlands in Åland

Erosion Protection with Nature-based Solutions in Norway

Crop Wild Relatives

Ruzsa: Alkalmazkodás az éghajlatváltozáshoz szürkevíz visszatartással a Homokhátságon

BeePathNet – Városi méhészet Méhbarát kerület program Budapest XII. kerületében

SABICAS - Gausa catchment case study

SABICAS - Haldenvassdraget

Kvorning re-wetting

Kvorning area in Denmark

Articulación de los espacios verdes públicos del parque Metropolitano Albarregas.

Porción del Parque Metropolitano

Red de paradas verdes para el transporte público.

Red de paradas propuestas.

Red de micro espacios publicos

Red de micro espacios.

Removing dams in the Deba River, Spain

Dam removal in the Deba River

Beaver re-introduction in Sweden

Beaver dam in Sweden

The Nabben Multifunctional Wetland in Åland

Votlendissjóður - The Icelandic Wetland Fund

Room for the Rhine branches

flooded Rhine branches in the Netherlands

Kampinos National Park

Kampinos National Park (c M.Szajowski & A.Andrzejewska)

Climate change adaption and the river Seest Mølleå

Peatlands of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Neretva-Trebisnjica and Hutovo Blato

Restoring Danube floodplains in Austria

Danube estuary Tiergartenarm (Austria) (photo viadonau)

Restoring Danube floodplains in Romania

Garla Mare Romania

Cemetery Conversion

Cemetery Conversion

Edible Landscaping

Edible Landscaping

Linderud Community Garden

Linderud Community Garden

Community-supported Agriculture Group

Community-supported Agriculture Group

Nature-based solutions in Wroclaw: Renovated courtyards and green streets

Monitoring the success of Liberty Island, Hungary

Liberty Island in the Danube River, Hungary

Introducing sustainable farming systems in the Tisza catchment, Hungary

Tisza catchment project plan (c Szilvia Adam)

Germany's Blue Belt: reconnecting the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue

shallow new banks reconnecting the Knoblochsaue floodplain to the Rhine

Nature Based-Solutions in Valencia: for a better Benicalap, greener, and more sustainable

Emscher: NbS for dykes along Europe's most expensive river

flowering Emscher dykes (photo: Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband)

Floodplain restoration in the Lima catchment, Portugal

Invasive species control in the Lima floodplains (photo: Patricia M. Rogríguez-Gonzáles)

Greening the Sorraia valley floodplain

Sorraia floodplain to be restored (photo: Cláudia Brandao)

Komppasuo peat extraction area: healing and new usage strategies

Komppasuo peat extraction site (photo: Jani Antila, Tapio Oy)

Upscaling the Tzipori river restorations in Israel

Tzipori river, Israel

Restoring the Zwalm catchment in Belgium

Zwalm river in Belgium (photo: Marie Anne Forio, Ghent University)

Firth of Forth: restoring a stream and its floodplain

Introducing woody debris into the Forth river

Integrating the ‘sponge city’ concept in Manchester: West Gorton Community Park

UNaLab - Arctic Green wall, Viinikanlahti, Tampere, Finland

UNaLab Arctic Green wall in winter

Co-Creation of an URBiNAT Healthy Corridor for Høje Taastrup, Copenhagen

Co-Creation of an URBiNAT Healthy Corridor for Campaña, Porto

URBiNAT intervention areas. In Porto city, Campanhã parish was identified as one of the priority areas for urban regeneration aiming at a more sustainable improvement of local living conditions. This area faces severe socio-economic challenges territorial aggravated by isolation, due to lack of accessibility, safety, feeling of security and poor overall conditions of the urban space.

Co-Creation of an URBiNAT Healthy Corridor for Nadezhda, Sofia

URBiNAT Intervention Area. Nadezhda district – the Northern gateway to the capital city, has a population of 67 905, which is 5.3% of the city’s population. There are about 2113 ha urban and rural areas within the boundaries of Nadezhda district. The housing estates in Nadezhda fall within the priority areas for urban regeneration aiming at improved living conditions and better connections to the city center and the neighbouring territories, and improved condition, connectedness and accessibility of the...

Co-Creation of an URBiNAT Healthy Corridor for Nantes Nord, Nantes

URBiNAT intervention area. Nantes Nord perimeter is the study area. This corresponds both to the diagnostic and evaluation scale. The intervention area focuses on a reduced area in the North of Nantes Nord, where are the priority districts (QPV), the social housing districts with concentration of difficulties. Located in the north-western part of the city, the “Nantes Nord” district is one of the 11 districts of Nantes municipality. It is itself subdivided in 9 micro-districts.

Co-Creation of an URBiNAT Healthy Corridor for Siena

View of ancient city of Siena from Ravacciano

Co-Creation of an URBiNAT Healthy Corridor for Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels

UNaLab - Alluvial meadows, Vuores, Tampere, Finland

UNaLab Alluvial meadows

UNaLab - Retention pond, Vuores, Tampere, Finland

UNaLab Retention pond

UNaLab - Urban gardens, Vuores, Tampere, Finland

UNaLab Urban garden

UNaLab - Biofilter, Vuores, Tampere, Finland

UNaLab Biofilter Vuores

UNaLab - Vestdijk, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

UNaLab Vestdijk

UNaLab - City Hall area, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

UNaLab City Hall

UNaLab - Nutsbedrijven Regio Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

UNaLab Nutsbedrijven Regio Eindhoven

UNaLab - Clausplein, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

UNaLab Clausplein

Magas természeti értékű gyepterületek megőrzése a Szenes-legelőn és más dunántúli területeken

UNaLab - Urban street greening, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

UNaLan Urban greening

UNaLab - Green wall, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Green wall

UNaLab - Bioswale, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Bioswale

UNaLab - Infiltration basin, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Infiltration basin

UNaLab - Rain garden, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Rain garden

UNaLab - Slope afforestation, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Slope afforestation

UNaLab - Tree groups and green areas, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Green areas

UNaLab - Drought-resilient orchard, Genoa, Italy

UNaLab Drought-resilient orchard

Recommendations for an NbS pilot intervention in Elbasan Municipality, Albania, defined through the NbS Baseline Assessment of the Shkumbini River basin

Degraded landscape in Elbasan municipality, Albania

Reducing disaster risks and preventing floods through the implementation of Nature-based Solutions in Gledić (Kraljevo), Serbia

Degraded forest ecosystem in Gledić mountains, Kraljevo, Serbia

To Ally Technology, Nature and Society for integrated urban water management: ATENAS

NATURE-IN “New Sustainable Nature-Inclusive Architectural Devices for the Transformation of our Interior Dwelling Space: through Selected Case Studies”

Website Nature-In Research Project

Triple infiltration basin and greenery regeneration in the square of Oblęgorska / Widok Street in Łódź (Poland)

The final look of the ATENAS square.

Skurdalsåa flood retention

The existing old dam at Lake Svintjønna. The measures will increase the dam height by ca. 0.5 m and establish a new gate and threshold, with automatic monitoring of the lake level.

Buffer strips along canals in the area of Lake Massaciuccoli

Retention/sedimentation basin

The sedimentation basin after completion (Photo: ADBS)

Improve hydraulic capacity of canal system

The Fosetto (left) and Fossacio (right) canals before (upper) and after (lower) modification. (Photos: ADBS)

Artouste, France: Rock fall

Examples of implemented protective structures

LIVERPOOL (UK) – RE-NATURING URBAN PLAN WITH NbS

VALLADOLID (SPAIN) – RE-NATURING URBAN PLAN WITH NbS

Capet Forest, Baréges, France: snow avalanches

A) 'Grey' structures in the slope above the access road from the helicopter platform to the construction site for the shelter. B) One of the tripods for protection of new plants. C) Tripods protecting plants in a more barren part of the avalanche release area. Natural forest and old grey structures can be seen in the foreground. D) Example of plant collection where most plants have died, but still enough for the purpose seem to survive

Santa Elena, Spain: Erosion/Landslides

A) The till slope at St. Elena in June 2019. Loose blocks often hit the road, and small landslides often occur during heavy rain, exposing more blocks to threaten the road. B) The St. Elena slope on 11. October 2022. The road has been temporarily moved. The 7th of the ten planned terraces are being built. C) Close-up of the wooden terraces. D) Construction of the wooden gabions supporting the terraces. Notice the use of coconut mats on the outer parts of the gabions.

Erill-la-Val, Spain: Debris flow from till deposits

Left: The terraces constructed as part of PHUSICOS. These are constructed both of timber and of large local stones. Right: Close-up of one of the terraces, with grass taken directly from one of the local pastures. All terraces will be planted with grass and other local bushes and trees.

Amplification of the self-purification capacity of a small urban river using a natural solution to reduce the effect of urban stormwater degradation on its ecological status (France)

Porous ramp operating at medium flow with sand accumulation upstream

Øyer, Flood control

Drone photos of the Trodalen site after completion of the interventions, but before planting is fully completed

Multi-criteria decision analysis in an urban planning and storm water management case in the Kivistö case, City of Vantaa, Finland

Evaluation framework in MCDA

Altitude adapted and microbe assisted seed mixture: Concept case site

Example of one of the 20 test fields in which the erosion reduction was tested. Each installation had three 2x3m plots and was composed of a control plot with no intervention, a plot treated with plant seeds only and a third plot with a mixture of seeds and microorganisms.

A talajélet biológiai sokszínűségének növelése és a fenntartható vidéki élet népszerűsítése biointenzív zöldségtermesztés keretében a Pallagvölgyi Biokertben

Las Llamas Park, Santander: Wetlands and permeable car parks

Panoramic view of the Las Llamas Park. In the right, the east side with the Palacio de Deportes, at the left, the west side with the Arenas bridge.

CES assessment through social media data in the Kishon park (IL)

CES assessment through social media data in Barcelona costal area (ES)

CES assessment through social media data in the urban parks of Rome (IT)

CES assessment through social media data in Ramat HaNadiv park (IL)

CES assessment through social media data in Mount Carmel National Park (IL)

NATURE-IN New Sustainable Nature-Inclusive Architectural Devices for the Transformation of our Interior Dwelling Space: through Selected Case Studies.

NATURE-IN introduces Nature-connection sensory experiences through architectural interior space to improve our health and wellbeing.

Improving and monitoring pollinator biodiversity in Huckarde

Modular urban farm

Szántóföldi agrárerdészet

Greening Milan: Innovating Urban Spaces Through Nature-based Solutions

Copyright by Paola Pignataro)

The CLEVER Way: Hamburg, Neugraben-Fischbek

CONEXUS (6.1) – Enhancing urban biodiversity through learning communities in the city of Buenos Aires

Breathe / Respirar Pilot - Photo credits: Veronica Fabio, 2020.

CONEXUS (6.1) – ‘Observatori d’agricultura urbana’: Barcelona’s Urban Agriculture Observatory

CONEXUS – ‘Observatori d’agricultura urbana’: Barcelona’s Urban Agriculture Observatory

CONEXUS (6.1) – Restoring hydro-social systems in the Southern and Northern Borders of Bogotá

Planting for pollinators in a school of Borde Norte. Credits: Diana Ruiz, 2024.

CONEXUS (6.1) – LISGREEN: re-naturing urban spaces in Lisbon

Urban nature. Credits: Paula Nicolau, 2022.

CONEXUS (6.1) – Laboratorio BioUrbano, Santiago de Chile

NBS governance workshop, Santiago+ Green Infrastructure Plan. Credits: Felipe Labrae, 2023

CONEXUS (6.1) – Restoring, protecting, and maintaining thriving urban forests: three pilots in the city of São Paulo

Green Corridor between Ciência and Consciência Negra Parks. Photo credits: Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo, 2022.

CONEXUS (6.1) – Valdocco Vivibile: NbS for liveable and climate-proof neighbourhoods, Turin

Street greening interventions in Valdocco. Credits: Alessandro Tempia Valente, 2023.

H2020 PONDERFUL: the "Rhone genevois" NBS : multifunctionality at the pondscape scale

The"Bouvières" pond has been created for leisures activities such as walking and fishing.

H2020 PONDERFUL: The "Bois de Jussy" NBS - a pondscape for biodiversity and people

The reintroduction of the threatened European pond turtle was successful and the population is now reproducing in this pondscape.

H2020 PONDERFUL: The deurbanization of La Pletera

H2020 PONDERFUL: Restauration of natural hydrological functioning through drainage removal

Prat de Rosers

H2020 PONDERFUL: Schöneiche Demo Site

Pondscape Schöneiche

H2020 PONDERFUL: The Uruguay Pondscape

H2020 PONDERFUL: PIKHAKENDONK Demosite

H2020 PONDERFUL: PIKHAKENDONK Demosite

H2020 PONDERFUL: GROTE GETEVALLEI demosite

GROTE GETEVALLEI demosite

H2020 PONDERFUL: TOMMELEN demosite

TOMMELEN demosite

Ökológiai szemléletű zöldfelület-fenntartás a fővárosi Pünkösdfürdő Parkban

© Ferenc Albert Szigeti

“ H2020 PONDERFUL: Water Friendly Farming NBS: a pondscape for biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services

New clean water ponds that provide a significant biodiversity gain in this agricultural landscape

H2020 PONDERFUL: Pinkhill Meadow NBS: a small but highly valuable floodplain pondscape for biodiversity

One of the many ponds in the Pinkhill Meadow complex

H2020 PONDERFUL:The “Lystrup” NBS: A Pondscape for Flood Risk Reduction, Biodiversity, and People

Pond: Lys3

H2020 PONDERFUL: The “Fyn” NBS: A Pondscape for Biodiversity, and People

Pond: PAE5

H2020 PONDERFUL: The Imrahor River Valley Pondscape

Imrahor Valley

H2020 PONDERFUL: The Gölbaşı Düzlüğü Pondscape

H2020 PONDERFUL: The Lake Mogan Pondscape

Ruhr Metropolis: the first regional Green Infrastructure Strategy in Germany

Figure 1: Five Guiding Themes

H2020 PONDERFUL: new policy maker guidance on ponds and pondscapes as nature-based solutions

H2020 PONDERFUL: a technical handbook on pond and pondscape restoration, management and creation

NatUR-W: Nature-based Urban Regeneration through Water (Lorca - Spain)

Lorca - NatUR-W

REPRISE project - Restoration of ecosystems for the prevention of risks and ecosystem services

Site before work

MED-FORESTE project, prevention of wildfire risks

Donkey sylvopastoralisme

Planting flood control hedges in the Leze valley

Ecological restoration and flood prevention on the Pulnoy Gremillon stream

Restoration of upstream tributaries of the Clauge river

Cap-Phoenix project : post-fire restoration of the forest massif

Rehabilitation of the Capbreton dune system

Restoration of spring fens in the Bac Pédgulier forest

INTERLACE project in Chemnitz, Germany: engagement, education and collaboration in advancing sustainable urban development and environmental conservation through nature-based solutions.

INTERLACE project in El Corredor Biológico Interurbano María Aguilar (CBIMA), Costa Rica: using nature-based solutions to enhance environmental sustainability and community well-being.

INTERLACE project in Envigado, Colombia: using nature-based solutions to address environmental and socio-economic challenges for a resilient city.

INTERLACE project in Granollers, Spain: using nature-based solutions for green transformation with community involvement.

INTERLACE project in Metropolia Krakowska, Poland: using nature-based solutions to enhance urban green spaces, promote environmental sustainability and increase community well-being.

INTERLACE project in Portoviejo, Ecuador: using nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development, with a focus on river corridor restoration.

Beau Soleil des Landes Farm - Regenerating former vineyards through agroforestry practices in Maisdon-sur-Sévre

Beau Soleil des Landes Farm (C) Valentine Norève, CDC Biodiversité

Cœur Vert des Tartres - Creating a Urban Cool Island in the outskirts of Paris

Farm "des Clos" - Harnessing agroecological practices to increase adaptation to higher temperatures in Yvelines

Ferme des Clos (c) Saaltus

Farm "du Temple" - Combining sustainable livestock farming and ecological corridors in Normandy

Ferme du Temple Farm (c) Alois Clinton, CDC Biodiversité

GAEC Lait'spérance - Implementing agroecological practices to adapt farming to climate change in Brittany

GAEC Lait'spérance (c) Martine Blin

GAEC les rocs - Employing agroecology in Vandée

GAEC Les Rocs, 2022 (c) Communauté de Communes de Pouzauges

Diversifying tree species to combat forest dieback in the Partias Regional Nature Reserve

Partias Regional Nature Reserve (c) RNR Partias

Soeurs du Maine - Making use of agroecological practices for better water and soil management in the French countryside

Soeurs du Maine, 2019 (c) S. Pfeiffer

Bog restoration near the Menuires ski resort

Tourbière du Plan de l'Eau, Torrent overflow in the wetland, July 2022 © CDC Biodiversité

Raulhac orchads - Harnessing agroforestal techniques for sustainable ecosystem management in Auvergne

Raulhac orchads, 2022 (c) Genesis