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The URBES Project
The URBES project bridges the knowledge gap on the role of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services for human well-being. It further aims to inform urban management and decision-makers on how to best integrate the natural environment and human needs. The URBES partnership of academic institutions
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Implementation of the NbS Framework in Fast Follower Cities
This Deliverable details the implementation of the Connecting Nature Framework in the Fast Follower Cities. Generally speaking, the cities have highlighted that the Connecting Nature Framework report and the narrative are useful tools for internal use, as a mechanism to share information on nature-
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NetworkNature Annual Event Report: Upscaling nature-based solutions in policy and practice
This report was produced by NetworkNature to summarise the main outcomes of the NetworkNature Annual Event "Upscaling nature-based solutions in policy and practice", which took place on 27th September in Brussels. The event provided the opportunity to learn more about the state-of-the-
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GIZ ValuES - Method Profile: Participatory economic valuation methods
There is no clear definition of participatory economic valuation methods. wo common features can be identified: a concern with reflecting stakeholders’ own perceptions, references and categories of value, and efforts to ensure that ecosystem service users and beneficiaries are directly
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DELIVERABLE 4.2b REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF NBS PROCESSES, TRIPARTITE PROTOCOL AND OUTCOMES FROM LIFE LABS (LEARNING CYCLE 3)
This report is the third report of three, analyzing how NbS are implemented and assessed through indicators in a variety of European and Latin American Cities, which are partners in the CONEXUS project. Analysis was done based on the results of learning cycle 3 but also reflecting of the overall
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Design Brief 1- Biodiversity-positive Design in Urban Areas with NbS: Approaches
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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PONDERFUL INFORMATION SYSTEM
The Information Platform of the PONDERFUL and the AQUACROSS projects seeks to advance the implementation of Nature-based solutions using aquatic ecosystems for the delivery of ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Local Ecological Footprinting Tool (LEFT)
LEFT presents a simple yet effective method for mapping ecological important landscapes beyond protected areas. The method uses existing globally available web-based databases and models to provide an ecological score based on five key ecological features (biodiversity, fragmentation, threat,
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Landmark EcoServices
EcoServices solves problems. Our clients simply tell us their objectives and EcoServices does the rest. It models (sub-)catchments to show (1) which parts of the landscape are working hardest to provide the specific benefits needed locally, then (2) identifies which habitats to create and where to
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LANDSCAPEization
The LANDSCAPEization toolkit allows the visualization of and reporting on ecosystem services (ES)- and non-ES-related information in real-time over spatial scales. Embedded in a decision support system, the provided information supports the communication of land use changes and their impacts on ES
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The social-ecological system in the study of Poznań’s integrated geography
The article presents the contribution of the Department of Integrated Geography of the Adam Mickiewicz University in the development of methodological framework and practical applications within the concept of the social-ecological system. The ongoing work focuses on several research fields. They
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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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Brief: NetworkNature Semester - Nature-based Solutions and Standards
Nature-based solutions (NbS) have the potential to tackle many of the the wicked problems we are faced with, namely climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises while delivering on sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the many complementary goals on the European and international
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Community Organizing Toolkit on Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystem degradation has reached the far corners of our planet from our precious rainforests to our priceless reefs. Irresponsible human activities have caused and exacerbated our climate crisis and ecosystem degradation, forcing us to cope with biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, dramatic
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Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
As the world recovers from the global recession and pandemic, investment in development proj- ects and infrastructure is poised to surge (World Bank 2020) . But channeling that investment into traditional infrastructure, often built with concrete and steel, risks accelerating greenhouse gas
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CONNECTING NATURE FRAMEWORK A CORUÑA: AN URBAN GARDENS GREEN NETWORK
The CN Framework, together with the valuable support from project partners, has provided the city with the tools to successfully develop the CN Exemplar in the three phases of Planning, Delivery and Stewardship
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UN World Water Development Report 2022
Accounting for approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, groundwater has the potential to provide societies with tremendous social, economic, and environmental benefits and opportunities. Groundwater already provides half of the volume of water withdrawn for domestic use by the global
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What are nature-based solutions? Risks, concerns and opportunities
This information brief has been produced as part of a partnership between the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, Youth4Nature and YOUNGO to explore the risks, concerns and opportunities around the concept of Nature-based Solutions, and to share this information with our youth communities. It is
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Can we halt biodiversity loss under the economic growth paradigm?
Economic growth explicitly prevails in most policies, although it implies large resource consumption and thus amplified pressures on biodiversity. Decoupling of economy and resource use has not taken place yet. New Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) should examine low, zero, or negative economic
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Using ecosystem services to measure the degree to which a solution is nature-based
There has been a recent surge of interest in Nature-based Solutions, a concept encompassing a broad suite of ideas that have arisen from the intersection of ecology, engineering, sociology and economics. Solutions founded in nature are promised to resolve many issues resulting from global change,
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