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Connecting Nature Framework

Connecting Nature has developed an introductory guidebook to the overall Connecting Nature Framework and a series on each of the individual elements to assist you develop your nature-based solution.

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Virtual Exhibition of Selected NbS Case Studies | NetworkNature Annual Event 2024

As part of the NetworkNature Annual Event 2024 "Busting Myths: People with Nature," a special poster exhibition was held alongside the panels and presentations. This exhibition showcased 9 Nature-based Solutions case studies from across the globe, offering participants a deeper

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  • Report

Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Risk Management

The Infrastructure Preparation and Innovation Facility (IPIF), in collaboration with the transaction technical assistance for preparing the Integrated Flood Risk Management Sector Project, is helping the Government of the Philippines prepare flood risk management (FRM) projects in six river basins

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A NbS tour around Europe: Local experiences and lessons learnt from working together with and for nature

The NetworkNature NbS Hubs community came together and showcased a “Live tour of Nature-based Solutions around Europe” at The Nature of Cities Festival, in Berlin, June 2024. Nine NbS Hubs shared insights from ten site visits, presenting their experiences and findings. This report captures the key

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Science at ISGlobal

The 1000 cities ranking is a project of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), one of the centres in the PRBB. It’s aim is to estimate the impact of air quality, noise, temperature and proximity to green spaces on the health of people living in Europe's largest cities. Learn

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  • Policy Brief

Gender-based violence and environment linkages

This summary for policy makers synthesises key issues, findings and recommendations from IUCN’s Gender-based violence and environment linkages: the violence of inequality (Castañeda et al., 2020), an expansive publication developed in partnership with USAID. Bringing together existing and new

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URBAN GreenUP Barriers and Boundaries Identification

This deliverable investigates the experiences and approaches of the URBAN GreenUP cities with the identification of the barriers and boundaries in terms of implementation of Nature-Based Solutions. It provides detailed descriptions of potential barriers and boundaries under the following

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  • Training

Challenges and opportunities of metropolitan agriculture: micro learning online course

Urban and peri-urban agriculture is a matter of growing importance on a territorial scale. It is reflected in actions aimed at reconnecting the urban population to agricultural production and relocating food systems by promoting short circuits. Its development is based on entrepreneurs who carry

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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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A concise guideline to economic valuation and social cost-benefit analysis

In this guideline we give a concise overview of economic valuation methods for measuring ecosystem service values, and their pros and cons. We also discuss essential elements of social cost-benefit analyses that aim to incorporate ecosystem service values.

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BiodiverCities by 2030: Transforming Cities’ Relationship with Nature

Cities are the engine of the global economy - contributing 80% of the world’s GDP – but their exponential growth in recent decades has come at the expense of nature. The built environment has grown by two-thirds in the first 12 years of the 21st century, leading to the degradation of local

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Video: Unveiling of new edible garden in South Thamesmead, London

With the help of input and design ideas from local residents, CLEVER City London, alongside Peabody and its appointed design partner, muf architecture/art, has successfully delivered its first Nature-based Solution: an edible garden in South Thamesmead. To celebrate, the CLEVER Cities team

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The case for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into integrated catchment management in Ireland

The intensification of European policies, agreements and regulations for climate action, water resources, energy, agriculture and forestry, and biodiversity is pressurising governments to adopt a wider portfolio of actionable solutions that are more financially and socially sustainable as well as

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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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  • Guidance

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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Urban Heat Atlas

Methodology for detailed urban heating demands and related energy consumption.

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Defining and assessing success in mainstreaming

This background paper draws on reviews of the mainstreaming targets and indicators of selected NBSAPs from countries at different stages of their mainstreaming process, and the approaches to assessing the success of mainstreaming biodiversity and other issues into development. Recommendations are

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Ecosystem Restoration Playbook: A practical guide to healing the planet

People and the planet are only as healthy as the ecosystems we all depend on. Bringing degraded ecosystems back to life – for example by planting trees, cleaning up riverbanks, or simply giving nature space to recover – increases their benefits to society and biodiversity. Without reviving

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GIS Training & EcoSpatial E-learning

To meet the growing demand for subject-specific and relevant GIS training courses Westcountry Rivers Trust have developed a series of intensive GIS short-courses specifically tailored to develop and disseminate best practice and technical GIS skills in the use of GIS, in practitioners engaged in

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Supporting climate resilience of communities in and around protected areas

This manual outlines a practical and pragmatic community-based resilience and adaptation planning process, offering step-by-step guidance on initiating the planning process, engaging the community in it and refining and implementing action plans. It is aimed at practitioners from non-governmental

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