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Technical guidance on the climate proofing of infrastructure in the period 2021-2027
The new technical guidance on climate-proofing of infrastructure projects has been developed by the Commission in close cooperation with potential implementing partners for InvestEU along with the EIB Group. It is primarily intended for project promoters and experts involved in the preparation
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PHUSICOS: Unstable till slope at Santa Elena
The slope at Santa Elena has been pointed out as one of the high-risk locations along road A-136, which is an important route between Spain and France (road RD-934 in France). The problem is erosion and instability in a steep slope, cut in a thick till deposit. This is an end moraine formed by the
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IUCN Global Standard for NbS
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a powerful ally to address societal challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security. As the world strives to emerge from the current pandemic and move towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is imperative that future investments in
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A practical guide to using reflexive monitoring for nature-based solutions
Reflexive monitoring is a method developed to monitor and evaluate transformative solutions. It is based on transition theory and helps you to navigate the complex and unpredictable nature of non-linear and multi- actor processes. It will prove very useful for the implementation of large-scale
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Urban agriculture - URBES Facthseet #7
This factsheet will explain the importance of urban agriculture: the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides for human wellbeing, food security and urban resilience; and the need for integrated planning across sectors to ensure that the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides
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NbS Framework Reports for Front Runner Cities
This Deliverable presents the Nature-based Solutions Framework developed in the Connecting Nature project to support the planning, delivery and legacy of nature-based solutions on a large-scale in cities. The main aim of the framework is to provide a comprehensive standard that informs urban
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CONEXUS Policy Brief 5 - Green corridors to connect urban ecosystems
This policy brief presents contributions from the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The city is pursuing the establishment of green corridors as a strategy to reverse the negative effects of urbanisation processes. This brief presents the Municipal Plan for Protected Areas, Green Areas and Open Spaces (
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development Rapid Diagnostic Tool
This tool is intended to help policy makers and other stakeholders understand the extent to which biodiversity and development objectives are already integrated at the national level and the obstacles and constraints that need to be overcome to promote further, and more effective, integration. It
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HABEaS - Hotspot Areas for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
HABEaS stands for Hotspot Areas for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and is a free online geographic information system that provides information on biodiversity and ecosystem services to stakeholders in the Mediterranean Basin. Currently, it covers Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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European Long-Term Ecosystem and Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure (eLTER H2020)
The overall aim of the eLTER project is to advance the European network of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites and socio-ecological research platforms to provide highest quality services for multiple use of a distributed research infrastructure.
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Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Best Practice Catalogue
This Catalogue highlights the best practices identified in the 6 metropolises associated with MADRE, in terms of farmers’ innovation, social innovation, consumer innovation, academic research, territorial innovation and transnational innovation.
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Understanding the potential for private sector investment in natural capital – lessons from the Spey catchment, Scotland
There is a growing recognition amongst policy-makers, conservation NGOs and the private sector that funding for land management needs to be increased and diversified to protect and restore biodiversity and natural capital in Scotland. However, effective mechanisms for enabling private investment by
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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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EDGES - Ecologically Scaled Edge Responses: Patterns, Mechanisms and Predictive Modelling
Edge effects are among the key processes affecting biological populations and communities in fragmented landscapes, mediating landscape-scale patterns in species richness and abundance. This has been the subject of intense research over the past decades, demonstrating that edge-responses are
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Map viewer (Web Map Service)
Share your georeferenced contents with this map visualization tool
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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Indicators for ecosystem services
An indicator is a quantitative measure which represents a complex system or phenomenon. Indicators are key elements in policies for goal formulation and evaluation of achievements, as well as simplification of information and communication. There is a long tradition of applying indicators in a
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Object-Oriented Bayesian Networks
An Object-Oriented Bayesian Network (OOBN) is a probabilistic model the uses an intuitive graphical representation to specify dependence and independence relations in a problem domain. It has nodes that represent variables which can represent observed/unobserved quantities, effects, causes of
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TEEB for Local and Regional Policy Makers
TEEB for Local and Regional Policy Makers calls on local policy makers to understand the value of their natural capital and the services it provides and apply a focus on nature's benefits in local policy areas such as urban management, spatial planning and protected areas management.
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