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Business insight programme – webinars

As part of the CITIES TALK NATURE events, the INTERLACE project held a series of webinars to discuss business insights and opportunities for nature-based solutions (NbS) in Europe and Latin America. The webinars covered topics including: policy instruments for private NbS businesses, standards and

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  • Guidance

Repository of NbS guidance material

The NbS Guidance Repository is a collection of guides, handbooks, manuals, toolboxes, and other guidance materials. These resources are specifically designed to facilitate knowledge brokering and capacity-building on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for a diverse group of non-academic actors. The

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Figure 1. Presentation of the different modules of Vigil’encre designed to meet the tool's three functions (inform, identify, declare). ©INRAE
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Marteloscope

A practical tool for training in silvicultural management of chestnut, oak and beech stands located in Corrèze

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What are Nature-based solutions (NbS)? Setting core ideas for concept clarification

Although nature-based solutions (NbS) have been promoted as a key tool for solving diverse environmental and societal problems, the concept and its practical applications remain unclear. This ambiguity is linked to the fact that the NbS concept has emerged from the integration of multiple

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A User-Friendly Platform for Bridging the Gap between Carbon Credit Demand and Supply

OG CO2.S.MARCHE developed a platform for voluntary sustainability credit exchange, promoting the advantages of forest certification aligned with Sustainable Forest Management principles.

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  • Policy Brief

Design Brief 2- Biodiversity-positive Design in Urban Areas with NbS: Wildlife-friendly Areas, Conservation Sites, the Public Realm

This NetworkNature design brief series, the first of its kind, comprises three design briefs on biodiversity-positive design recommendations for urban and peri-urban areas with nature-based solutions. The series, developed with support of IFLA Europe, presents simple design suggestions for

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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Urban Agriculture Observatory: Social and Ecosystem services

The Urban Agriculture Observatory is a partnership aiming to establish a database of environmental and social aspects of urban allotments and their benefits. Based on the database, a public web platform is created to share collected data and bring urban agriculture closer to citizens. It is

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Carbon accounting for PES

The economic aspect of sustainable forest management is crucial for preserving rural areas, highlighting the need to develop methods for quantifying its ecosystem services.

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  • Guidance

ÁLTALÁNOS: Természetalapú Megoldások: Lehetőség a változtatásra - esély a változásra

Az információs füzet közérthetően mutatja be a TAM fogalmát, a kapcsolódó elméleti és szakpolitikai hátteret, emellett jó példákon, bevált gyakorlatokon keresztül inspirációt is nyújt a TAM alkalmazásához. A kiadványt a Külgazdasági és Külügyminisztérium megbízásából az Interreg V-A Románia-

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Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Sustainability and Innovation Course

How can we work with nature to design and build our cities? This course explores urban nature and nature-based solutions in cities in Europe and around the world. We connect together the key themes of cities, nature, sustainability and innovation. We discuss how to assess what nature-based

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Questionnaire for the assessment of the willingness to pay for cultural-tourist ecosystem services

The evaluation was conducted using a dual approach: first, by assessing the importance of various ecosystem services for users (e.g., landscape, biodiversity, etc.) with response scores ranging from 1 to 7; second, by gauging how the Monte Nerone area was perceived to respond to these services.

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Blueprint for Innovation in Urban Forestry

Blueprint for Innovation in Urban Forestry: a review of urban forestry’s potential for a healthier and more sustainable future Urbanisation is a global trend: according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), today 55.5% of the world’s population lives in urban

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Visionary and integrated solutions to improve well-being and health in cities: Clustering Activities - Joint Manifesto

Report The following is a joint manifesto from four sister projects which calls on European cities to launch initiatives that offer visionary and integrated solutions at the intersection of social, cultural, digital and nature-based solutions (NBS) to increase the health and well-being of

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Nature in the city: turning knowledge into urban forestry practice

Are you passionate about forestry, sustainability, and urban design? Would you like to learn how to promote the green transition of cities? This online course provided by Uforest is the right opportunity for you! Urbanisation and climate change are two of the most difficult challenges our

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GrowGreen Report: Intervention Conclusions: Valencia

Within the EU-funded GrowGreen project, this report presents the challenges and results from the work in Valencia, focused on Benicalap, an area located in the north west of the city, chosen for the need for regeneration and investment. The aim of this report is to demonstrate how NbS can help

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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

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Urban GreenUp info-pack: New strategy for Renaturing Cities through Nature Based Solutions

This guide presents an integrated methodology for the development of Renaturing Urban Plans (RUP). The goal is to help cities worldwide to increase environmental sustainability and to address climate, social and economic challenges via the local implementation of Nature-based solutions (NBSs).

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D5.1: Report on comparative analysis of economic valuation models

Findings are presented from an investigation of nature-based solutions (NBS) research and case studies examining how projects address ‘co-benefits’, and particularly, their coverage of economic impacts.

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Report on the Launch Event of TeAM HUb - the Hungarian Network Nature Hub for Nature-based solutions

This report covers the launch event of TeAM HUb1 - the Hungarian Network Nature Hub for Nature-based solutions took place at the Budapest Congress Centre on 18 October 2022.

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Why is Nature Restoration Critical for the Resilience of European Cities?

The EU Commission published its proposal for a new Nature Restoration Regulation in June 2022. In this context, IEEP and Ecologic Institute – as part of the Think Sustainable Europe network – published a series of thematic policy briefs to inform Members of the European Parliament and other

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