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Wetland Restoration Funding Opportunity

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17 April 2023

“By promoting the improvement of ecological status, biodiversity, and ecosystem connectivity through the development and implementation of innovative Win-Win Nature Based Solutions, DANUBE4all aims to enhance the free-flowing status of rivers and floodplains, reduce flood and drought risks, and...

Learn about three different funding opportunities for nature-based solutions

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22 March 2023

Nature-based solutions projects can create more liveable, greener and biodiverse communities and facilitate knowledge transfer. To make these initiatives a reality, funding and resource mobilisation is key. In connection with this reality, NetworkNature EU has identified three diverse upcoming...

Horizontal principles for nature-based water retention management in Hungary

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16 March 2023

What role do municipalities play in managing natural water retention? How do regions plan these projects together and what challenges arise in this multi-stakeholder collaboration? How do we account for natural disaster, drought and flood response in all of these efforts? When it comes down to...

Multidisciplinary CO-CARBON research highlights the role of carbon storage and sequestration in urban nature-based solutions

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27 February 2023

Studying urban green infrastructure (UGI) is crucial for societies to deal with climate change and related social challenges. Yet UGI’s potential to mitigate climate through carbon sequestration and storage (CSS) has not yet been fully harnessed. In fact, it is often forgotten in urban studies...

Cities invited to apply for peer knowledge exchange

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13 February 2023

CLEARINGHOUSE is excited to announce the launch of our Second Call to Action to participate in the CLEARING HOUSE project , aimed at promoting knowledge and experiences sharing among local and municipal authorities on green infrastructure and urban forests as nature-based solutions (UF-NbS)....

Exploring Benefits of Nature Restoration: Policy Briefs to support European decision-making

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9 February 2023

In June 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, with the overarching objective to implement restoration measures on at least 20% of the EU by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. This European Commission's proposal for a...

Experts needed for technical group on indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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1 February 2023

Following a busy and promising Biodiversity COP 15 and the adoption of the Monitoring Framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity , an ad hoc technical expert group is to be established for the Convention on Biological Diversity. To this end, a call for experts is now out to search...

2023 EU Mission Calls: New funding opportunities for Nature-based Solutions Research and Innovation

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23 January 2023

The European Commission is now launching new calls to support research and innovation for its 5 EU Missions – Adaptation to Climate Change, Cancer, Restore our Ocean and Waters, Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and A Soil Deal for Europe – worth over €600 million. Since February 2021, the...

WWF Ukraine launches first of its kind Nature-based Solutions Platform

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13 December 2022

Embracing efficient nature-based solutions in context of post-war recovery

Since July 2021, WWF-Ukraine has been facilitating stakeholder discussion on how climate-related nature-based solutions can be applied in Ukraine through a project called INSURE. Standing for “moving Nature-baSed...

Hungarian NbS Hub Launches!

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2 December 2022

The Hungarian NetworkNature nature-based solutions (NbS) Hub launched this autumn, with the aim of ensuring the spread of nature-based solutions in the country for a sustainable future.

NetworkNature is supporting the creation of six NbS Hubs to help build long-lasting structures for NbS uptake...