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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Green and biodiverse schoolyards through community participation

The Breathe/Respirar Program (BRP) is a research and action project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in schoolyards and their impact on the general well-being and learning process of children. To reach its objectives, the program builds on the collaboration between

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D6.3 Digital Placemaking tool-kit for all Cultivating Cities

In an era where technology and nature seemingly stand at opposite ends, digital placemaking offers a unique opportunity to bridge this gap, offering a harmonious blend that enhances human connection with urban nature environments through innovative digital interventions. Firstly, descriptions

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Seedbed Intervention Images

Do you want to feel the full experience of our recent Seedbed Interventions in the Seed Cities of Burgas, Limerick, Lahti, Umea, Tallinn and Versailles? Fear not. You can see for yourself in this gallery of imagery from the interventions. Publication Date: 03 Feb 2023 Author(s): City of

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Conceptual & action framework on Low carbon | High air quality NbS potentials

The deliverable 2.1, Report knowledge base/action framework Low carbon | High air quality NbS potentials, was submitted by EURAC with contributions from TUM, TUC, ABUD, RWI, ISOCARP, KYDON, MUC, LEU, MERANO, COBZ, GLC, SMJV in June 2022. The description of the deliverable is available below and the

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Seedbed Intervention: Tallinn

The City of Tallinn’s seedbed intervention took place on the 10th September 2022 at Vormsi park’s green area in Lasnamäe district. There were guided walks organised in two languages - Estonian and Russian, in order to engage residents with different nationalities. Both walks were guided by two

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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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EmissionFactors.com

EmissionFactors.com taps into the most powerful environmental database in the world, powered by Ecometrica. Over the years, we've spent thousands of hours searching for and cataloguing emission and conversion factors and still do it on a regular basis. The accuracy of our data is very

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Innovative tools for collaborative forest management

Enhance forest management through understanding the forest resources, identifying conditions for resource mobilization and by knowledge sharing among stakeholders for multi-partner forest management.

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GGR poster - Supporting Sustainable Communities

Castletroy Nature Park poster

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Specific silvicultural itineraries to optimize the production of quality timber and economic yield of Pinus pinaster.

Four silvicultural scenarios have been created considering the wood quality: - Standard scenario (M2): Involves three thinnings and a final felling. - Short rotation scenario with subsidies (M4): Includes one thinning and a final felling. - No management scenario (M8): Only comprises a final

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Nature-based solutions library in Sketchup 3D Warehouse

Developing the use of NBS in urban public spaces requires urban design practices to evolve. Planners and designers are increasingly aware of and informed about the challenges of climate change, but the use of NBS still comes up against practical barriers. Although there is now a great deal of

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Technical Guidance on Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Planning in the Context of Climate Change

The Technical Guidance on Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Planning in the Context of Climate Change provides orientation on how risks in the context of climate change can be comprehensively and systemically addressed through risk assessment. Decision-making, planning, and integrating

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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 for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in the frame of a research and development project on

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Valuing Nature: Demystifying Economic Valuation Paper

This paper covers the main issues, questions and principles surrounding economic valuation and is designed as an overview for those new to economic valuation. The paper brings together input from 120 volunteers from the economic valuation community. The paper provides a summary of agreed principles

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ZeroPollution4Water Cluster: the overview and the inventory of 32 case studies in drinking and groundwater

This report aims to provide an overview about the 32 cases studies of seven ZeroPollution4Water Cluster projects. These seven projects received funding under Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme in 2022, aiming to prevent groundwater pollution and secure drinking water quality.

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ZÖLD-KÉK INFRASTRUKTÚRA: Kedvezményezetti találkozó az építésügyről és településfejlesztésről

2019. decemberében megtartott kedvezményezetti találkozó prezentációs anyagai, többek között az ITM, BME, Miniszterlenökség, Lechner Tudásközpont, MUT, Budapest XII. és XIII. kerületi előadók bemutatásában.

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T2.3a Report: Academic paper on NBT within future planning and management of cities

The report presents the development of Nature Based Thinking (NBT) with an emphasis of future planning within cities through a reflective process that was led by SLU, UdL, USFD and TUM in Task 2.3 and resulted in the joint writing of a paper entitled: “Supporting Nature-based Solutions via Nature

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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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Greening the Grey: A framework for integrated green grey infrastructure.

The University of Glasgow (with Oxford University and NERC) have created a Framework for green-grey infrastructure. The IGGI report includes16 detailed case studies and 30 vignette examples of costed, innovative real world exemplars where "green" habitat has been included in grey

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