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CLEVER Cities Project Wraps Up 5-Year Initiative, Marking Milestones in Urban Regeneration

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6 December 2023

The CLEVER Cities project concludes after an impressive 5-year initiative that has set significant milestones in urban regeneration. It leaves behind successful achievements and a path for transformative urban regeneration that others can follow. The project spanned across European cities such...

Call for papers for NbS Workshop during the upcoming Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference

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30 November 2023

On June 4-6, 2024, the 16th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS 2024) will be held on the theme “Co-producing knowledge for sustainability” in Turku, Finland. The Conference will be hosted by Åbo Akademi University in cooperation with the University of Turku.

The...

Last chance to submit your proposal to the Nature of Cites Festival 2024

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29 November 2023

The first of December is the last chance to submit session proposals for the 2024 Nature of Cities Festival, a knowledge-centered, knowledge-led, and action-driven. The Festival will take place over three weeks with a series of interconnected events.

Virtual 25-26 April + Berlin 4-7 June 2024...

NbS Comics 2024 Open Call to comic creators across the globe

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24 November 2023

500 million.

This is a (very rough) estimate of the number of comics (of all kinds) read in the world at least monthly. In other words a lot of people read comics. Although the comics scene is mostly dominated by superheroes, there is a growing movement of using comics towards achieving...

Join this NetworkNature Nordic hub event to explore synergies between climate and biodiversity

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7 November 2023

NetworkNature+ is proud to work with six local partnerships known as Nature-based Solutions hubs and invites all interested to discover synergies between climate and biodiversity to join an upcoming Nordic Hubs webinar on 17 November 14:00 CET . The hubs bring researchers policy-makers,...

Urban forests project CLEARING HOUSE shares final outcomes

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25 October 2023

The EU-funded project CLEARING HOUSE is coming to an end - the four-year Sino-European project focused on Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions (UF-NbS) to improve urban living in Europe and China. Urban Forests are a subset of Nature-based Solutions which use tree-based urban ecosystems to...

New FAO Urban Forest Guide Released

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25 October 2023

Urban forests play a critical role in fostering sustainable and resilient cities for the future while providing numerous ecosystem services for nature and people.

Last week, at the 2nd World Forum on Urban Forests held in Washington DC on the theme “Greener, healthier and happier cities...

NetworkNature Enters a New Phase

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17 October 2023

Over the last three years, NetworkNature has served as a platform to maximise opportunities for the spread and uptake of nature-based solutions. NetworkNature has now entered into a new era, officially entering a new funding phase. At a successful meeting in Brussels, a diverse group of...

Putting Theory into Practice: Success Stories

Nature in the City - CLEVER Cities Final Conference: A five-year project journey comes to an end

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28 September 2023

The five-year CLEVER Cities project concluded with a final conference in Hamburg in September 2023. The project aimed to promote sustainable and socially inclusive cities globally, emphasising the importance of green urban spaces, community involvement, knowledge sharing, and Nature-based...

Applications now open for the 2024 edition of the Natura 2000 Awards

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23 August 2023

When we protect nature, precious resources and ecosystems are preserved so that citizens can breathe clean air, drink clean water and enjoy the beauty of nature. In this vein, the European Commision has now opened its call for applications to the 2024 edition of the Natura 2000 awards to reward...