Marketplace
- Guidance
Effective Storytelling for Nature-based Solutions
This activity book can be used by a range of audiences, including people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, who are interested in Nature-based Solutions, to facilitate their storytelling process. It has so far been tested on professionals and teams involved in the Connecting Nature project as
- Dataset
Urban Nature Atlas
The Urban Nature Atlas was developed in 2017 as an output of the Naturvation project (NATure-based URban innoVATION, a Horizon 2020 research project). The Atlas sought to collect evidence on nature-based solutions in order to provide a basis for the analysis of socio-economic and innovation
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Innovative tool to reduce the arduousness of technical planting operations: the redesigned planting pickaxe
Develop plantation management methods that meet the social and environmental expectations : characteristics of the planting tool to improve ergonomics and optimise the efficiency of the actions carried out by the operator
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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
- Document
- Guidance
Quick Guide to Eliciting Demand for Ecosystem Services
This summary document provides an overview of the eight-step framework for eliciting demand for ecosystem services put forth by the OPERAs Exemplars in the full guidance document, Eliciting Demand for Ecosystem Services: Results and User Guidance from the OPERAs Demand Synthesis Working Group. The
- Document
- Guidance
Wildlife diseases on the increase
The "Wildlife diseases on the increase" policy brief focuses on Wildlife diseases, highlighting their increase and the threat they pose to Europe’s biodiversity, and proposing policy recommendations using the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) fungus as an example. The 4-page brief is
- Report
Science-based ecosystem restoration for the 2020s and beyond: Science Task Force for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
To move the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration forward, the Science Task Force of the Decade presents this think piece, which addresses four fundamental questions, presents five key messages to bring effective and long-term action, and provides recommendations on how
- Dataset
Polish Biodiversity Information Network
The Polish Biodiversity Information Network (PolBIN) was founded in 2003. At the beginning the main goal of its activities was to initiate cooperation of Polish research institutions with the international system of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). In 2008 it was transformed into a
- Document
Ecosystem Services Indicator Guidance
Ecosystem service indicators are information that efficiently communicates the characteristics and trends of ecosystem services. Under OPERAs a decision support tool for developing ecosystem indicators has been published. The indicator development framework provides guidance on the process of
- Paper
Green, hybrid, or grey disaster risk reduction measures: what shapes public preferences for nature-based solutions?
The OPERANDUM project has the primary aim of reducing risk from hydrometeorological hazards using NbS across Europe. It is unclear what DRR measures at-risk individuals may prefer on the green-hybrid-grey spectrum and what shapes their preferences. This study investigates the other factors,
- Training
Hedonic property pricing
Mitigation cost-based valuation methods are a group of valuation methods that use the cost of actual measures to maintain ecosystem service provision as a proxy for the value of avoiding, mitigating or restoring the loss of services ecosystems provide.
- Document
CONEXUS Policy Brief 7 - Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Planning Instruments
The Regional Government of Santiago (RGS) aims to incorporate ecological planning criteria into its planning instruments and strategies, fostering a more resilient and equitable city-region. This policy brief outlines the city’s learning-by-doing approach, presenting three pilot projects of Nature-
- Report
Urban GreenUp info-pack: New strategy for Renaturing Cities through Nature Based Solutions
This guide presents an integrated methodology for the development of Renaturing Urban Plans (RUP). The goal is to help cities worldwide to increase environmental sustainability and to address climate, social and economic challenges via the local implementation of Nature-based solutions (NBSs).
- Report
Climate mitigation potential of large-scale nature restoration in Europe
This report, produced by the IEEP and commissioned by the WWF, explores the climate mitigation potential of restoring the habitats protected under the EU Habitats Directive. As part of this, the feasibility of ranking these habitats based on the climate mitigation benefits of their restoration is
- Report
Tree restoration potential in the European Union
Inspired by the report and the European Union’s new Green Deal, the European Commission Directorate General for Environment (DG ENV) requested the FAO Climate and Biodiversity Department to prepare a detailed report for the potential of land restoration in the European Union. The expected outputs
- Document
- Guidance
- Product
GrowGreen NbS Co-design Guide
The “GrowGreen NbS co-design Guide”, made by Bipolaire, could be materialised as a tool that guides the NbS co-design process through questions. It is structured similarly as the GCF (Green Cities Framework), based on three main pillars: Planning, Mobilising, and Evaluating. Municipalities that
- Dataset
COMDEKS
In the long-term, the COMDEKS Country Programme Landscape Strategy for Slovakia aims to increase the resilience of target natural ecosystems and human production systems through partnership-based community activities which promote eco-system functions and increase landscape diversity.
- Document
The benefits and risks of rewilding
Rewilding aims to restore healthy ecosystems by creating wild, biodiverse spaces. It rebuilds ecosystems that have previously been modified by human disturbance, using the plant and animal life that would have been present had the disturbance never occurred. In doing so rewilding restores the
- Video
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
- Document
- Guidance
Final Report - EKLIPSE request on EU renewable energy policies, global biodiversity, and the UN SDGs
This report provides a summary of findings by the EKLIPSE ‘Expert Working Group analysing how are European energy policies affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services in countries globally. This question was submitted by the Centre for Development and Environment University of Bern to support the
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