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Co-learning Forum Handbook for application of the Co-learning Forum methodology

This handbook is a how-to guide for implementing Co-learning Forums, a platform for co-learning and co-production of knowledge, and includes key methodology and tools for organisation and facilitation, in both digital and face-to-face participatory activities. The methodology is grounded in the

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Polish NbS Hub in Wroclaw

The establishment of the Hub will allow internal and external collaboration with other cities and organizations across the country to gather and transfer knowledge on nature-based solutions. The Hub's activities will focus on promoting the potential of nature-based solutions to reduce heat

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Protocol on cultural, gender and ethics-related considerations

This guidance supports INTERLACE project partners who are implementing project activities and need to ensure inclusive, transparent and fair stakeholder participation, whose task is to establish monitoring of cultural, gender and ethical issues within the project. The document offers clear guidance

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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Effectiveness

The ultimate goal for managing ecosystem services is contributing to human well-being. To analyse how this goal can effectively be achieved is a major task in OpenNESS.

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Multibenefit Flood Retention

Guidelines for the development of a flood retention reservoir fostering water quality, biodiversity, local amenity value & environmental education.

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Panorama Solutions for a Healthy Planet

Panorama is a partnership initiative to document and promote examples of inspiring, replicable solutions across a range of conservation and development topics, enabling cross-sectoral learning and inspiration. This platform houses a number of thematic portals, and is envisioned to be continuously

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Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)

Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes have been increasingly established across the globe in the last few years. PES is a type of market-based instrument that is increasingly used to finance nature conservation. PES programmes allow for the translation of the ecosystem services (ES) that

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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Bundles of ecosystem services

Multifunctionality is also gradually being acknowledged at the conceptual level in several land-use policies, such as spatial planning, water management, forestry, green infrastructure. 'ES bundles' can make the multifunctionality concept more concrete. This Synthesis Paper (SP) will

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Governance innovation for nature-based solutions - PBF Workshop Summary 24 March 2020

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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Tackling the climate and biodiversity crises in Europe through Urban Greening Plans: Recommendations for avoiding the implementation gap

To systematically bring nature back to cities, the EU Biodiversity Strategy calls upon cities with over 20,000 inhabitants to develop Urban Greening Plans (UGP) by the end of 2021. UGP present a unique opportunity for the systematic integration of urban green infrastructures in urban planning

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Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Rural Landscapes: Barriers Experienced in the PHUSICOS Project

Article published in Sustainability. From the published abstract: Nature-based solutions (NbS) are becoming increasingly important in both the EU and individual countries’ political agendas, as a sustainable means to reduce the risk posed by hydrometeorological hazards. However, as the use of NbS

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Europe’s Natural Treasures – an illustrated ecosystem services map

Europe is full of natural treasures that provide endless inspiration, excitement, and enjoyment as well as supporting much of our economy. These benefits we get from nature sometimes referred to as ecosystem services, that are provided by Europe's natural capital. This map provides a rich

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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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GGR poster - Supporting Sustainable Communities

Castletroy Nature Park poster

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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series -Fast Forests for Lisbon: Nature, Community, Connections

The pilot Renatura started in late 2021. Its main goal is to bring back biodiversity to urban spaces, while enhancing social inclusion. Fostering a unique private/public sector partnership, the NGO Urbem and the Lisbon City Council convert abandoned public land into Miyawaki-based Fast Forests.

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PALM - Intercommunal potential analysis of the resource land for sustainable land management

The spatial decision support tool PALM aimed at supporting the allocation of urban development zones. A GIS-based MCDA approach was integrated into a web-based platform that allows distributing a requested amount of urban development areas within a selected perimeter based on ecosystem services and

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Conexus key learning factsheet series - Skills Gaps for Nature-based 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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Conexus key learning factsheet series - Adaptive Governance for Successful Urban Nature-based Solutions

This factsheet explores the Adaptive Governance of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in European and Latin American cities. It aims to address the challenges that hinder this governance approach—an alternative to the traditional top-down, unilateral governance—and brings forward key common and context-

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CONEXUS key learning factsheet series - Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for valuing NbS in CONEXUS pilot projects

This factsheet summarizes the results of a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) undertaken to evaluate the Social Return on Investment (SRI) through the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of three CONEXUS pilot projects: the Urban Allotment Network (Barcelona, Spain), Francia Street

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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Classification of ecosystem services

OpenNESS provides the opportunity to test and refine the classification so that it can be used more generally as we move towards operationalisation. In general terms some standardisation of definitions and terminology would be helpful so that cross-comparisons of ecosystem outputs would be possible

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