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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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Nature-based solutions Business information package

Whether you are just starting out in this field or are a professional already, or simply want to learn more, this document has useful information for everyone. The package starts with introducing the concepts of nature-based solutions and enterprises. We then present examples of nature-based

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Green Infrastructure Planning Principles: An Integrated Literature Review

Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas, including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services at various scales. Apart from the ecological functions, green infrastructure, as a

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Can decentralised treatment systems address the challenges of wastewater management in the EU at the local level?

Decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) improve the resilience of wastewater treatment systems and support EU water policies. This brief provides case studies and recommendations to unlock the full potential of DEWATS across the current regulatory

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NetworkNature Knowledge Brief 3 - Leaving no one behind: Towards inclusive nature-based solutions

This Knowledge Brief produced by NetworkNature provides an overview of the concept of inclusion in the nature-based solutions context, including its relevance to the EU and international policy landscape and the just transition. By raising awareness on the importance of inclusive nature-based

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Integrating Nature-based Solutions in Education: Unlocking the Potential of Transformative Learning for Sustainability

This policy brief provides a timely and brief overview of the current policy incentives for NbS and sustainability education in Europe, identifies key barriers and opportunities in supporting education systems in taking up NbS education and offers key recommendations for policy makers, educators,

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State of Finance for Nature 2022 Report

The second edition of the State of Finance for Nature report launched today reveals that nature-based solutions are still significantly under-financed. If the world wants to halt biodiversity loss, limit climate change to below 1.5C and achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, current finance

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IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions: A user-friendly framework for the verification, design and scaling up of NbS

NbS are considered by a wide range of stakeholders as an essential mechanism for achieving sustainable development. The IUCN Global Standard on Nature-based Solutions aims to ensure the application of this approach is credible, and its uptake tracked and measured for adaptive management so that its

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CONEXUS: Skills Gaps for Naturebased Solutions uptake in Europe and Latin America

Skill gaps hindering the implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are often pointed out as a challenge to larger scale NbS uptake. This factsheet presents the findings and key messages of an explorative study on skills and competence gaps among NbS professionals. Moreover, it introduces the

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GrowGreen Thematic Factsheets

The GrowGreen Partners made a collaborative effort for creating a list of factsheets, in order to summarise the results of the various projects. The factsheets are organised by thematic area, that are biodiversity, economic impacts, heat stress, social benefits, water runoff, and water quality.

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VÍZGAZDÁLKODÁS: Természetes vízmegtartó megoldások a települési klímaalkalmazkodásban

A 2018 és 2021 között megvalósult LIFE-MICACC projekt célja az önkormányzatok integráló és koordináló szerepének megerősítése az éghajlatváltozáshoz való alkalmazkodás érdekében, az alábbiakban közzétett tudásanyagok a projekt keretén belül készültek. Az anyagok első csoportja az önkormányzatoknak

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Report on NBS professional Skill Gaps

This report identifies nature-based solutions (NBS) professional skill gaps in order to give guidance on how Nature-based Thinking (NBT) can be better integrated into higher education and professional training. To identify the skill gaps, two different approaches for data collection were deployed

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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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Anti-Corruption Guide for Payment for Ecosystem Services

Sustainable livelihood projects can create significant opportunities for illicit private gains, along with the power and enabling conditions to pursue those gains. In other words, these projects are subject to corruption risks that may partially or completely sabotage the project or, in the worse

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Training for Forest Operators in Intervention Techniques to Enhance Carbon Credit Generation

This empowered them to become self-sufficient in executing specific interventions in the designated GO CO2MARCHE project area and equipped them for future additionality projects in other regions.

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CITIES TALK NATURE Webinars

CITIES TALK NATURE is a community of practice dedicated to restoring degraded ecosystems in municipalities in Latin America, Europe and other parts of the world. It explores the multiple advantages of restorative nature-based solutions and fosters exchange between cities. As part of the events, a

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Manual de Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza | Fomento de la biodiversidad en la Ciudad de Madrid (NbS guidelines for enhancing biodiversity in Madrid)

In the framework of the Madrid plan for Biodiversity enhancement and management, these visually striking guidelines for Nature-based solutions have been developed. Organised in 4 thematic blocks -green areas, urban streets, public buildings and vacant plots-, they aim to help public space managers

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The role of public and private sectors in mainstreaming nature-based solutions - PBF 19 April 2021

The Policy Business Forum (PBF) consists of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) experts and knowledgeable stakeholders at the international, European, and national scale. The main aim of the PBF is to explore innovative ways to strengthen the science-policy-business nexus in order to exploit opportunities

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Editorial Article on Human-Nature Interactions: Perspectives on Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Frontiers in Psychology editorial article. Publication Date: 19 Nov 2020 Author(s): Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Juergen Beckmann, Giovanna Calogiuri, Aoife A. Donnell, Marc V. Jones, Christopher R. Madan, Mike Rogerson, Noel E. Brick, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and Christopher James Gidlow

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INTERLACE MOOC on Nature-based Solutions: (2) CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT as a tool to build local awareness and participation around NbS

Urban areas across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges—pollution, climate change, urban sprawl—and traditional solutions are falling short. The INTERLACE project’s Massive Open Online Course showcases how nature-based solutions offer a promising approach to help create resilient,

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