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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Effectiveness
The ultimate goal for managing ecosystem services is contributing to human well-being. To analyse how this goal can effectively be achieved is a major task in OpenNESS.
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Forêt de Capet case study
Presentación del estudio de caso PHUSICOS : Forêt de Capet / Présentation de l'étude de cas PHUSICOS : Forêt de Capet
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State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C
This report from the Systems Change Lab is a joint effort of the High-Level Climate Champions, Climate Action Tracker (CAT, an independent analytic group comprising Climate Analytics and the NewClimate Institute), ClimateWorks Foundation, the Bezos Earth Fund, and World Resources Institute. It
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Innovating with Nature: Factors Influencing the Success of Nature-Based Enterprises
Nature-based enterprises (NBEs) have recently emerged as important actors in the delivery of nature-based solutions (NbS) to societal challenges, but little is known about the context in which they operate and the factors influencing their development. The empirical research undertaken in this
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Connecting Nature communication, social media & events
In 2017, when Connecting Nature began, the concept of nature-based solutions was in its infancy. Since then, our partners have played an important role in creating and raising awareness about nature-based solutions and about the Connecting Nature Framework as a methodological approach to
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CHILDREN’S URBAN NATURE LAB IN VUORES
In April, a children’s urban nature lab was organised in Vuores, inviting children from day care centres, preschools and primary schools to participate in the development of nature-based systems in Vuores. The children learned about the role of basins and wetlands in water purification, the plants
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Wood production maps for European forests
The European Forest Institute, in cooperation with Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and VU University Amsterdam, developed a set of high-resolution wood production maps for European forests. The maps contain predicted volumes of wood production, based on statistics collected for 29 European countries
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Sprawl Monitor
Toolkit for monitoring urban sprawl and evaluating threats to sustainability.
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NbS Learning Scenarios
Better awareness of the opportunities, benefits and limitations of nature-based solutions has been identified by citizens and experts as one of the main factors that could facilitate the transition to more sustainable cities and territories. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) use nature and ecosystems to
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Green Roofs as Nature-based solutions for a better life in cities Infographic
Developed as part of a brief on nature-based solutions, this infographic shows how green roofs can deliver simultaneous multiple benefits in cities.
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TRENDING SCIENCE: About 97 % of land areas have been destroyed, research claims
How many pristine places are left undisturbed by oil, gas and mining activities, as well as land development? What is the extent of this damage to habitats? According to a study published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Forests and Global Change’, nearly 3 % of the world’s land remains ecologically
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Planning and delivering Nature-based Solutions in Mediterranean cities
This report, published by the IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation, shows the results of an initial assessment of a number of selected projects in Mediterranean cities against the IUCN Global Standard. The projects have been chosen to uniformly represent the climatic peculiarities and
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Exploring ecosystem services and nature-based solutions to urban problems
The purpose of this learning scenario is to explore an urban ecosystem of a city, analysing its ecosystem services and determining whether it acts as a nature-based solution (NbS) to challenges such as diminishing biodiversity, urban heat islands and urban decay. Although this learning scenario
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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Ecosystem services and social justice
Understanding how changes in ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC) impact on issues related to competitiveness and social justice.
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STREAMLINE
STREAMLINE is a new format for semi-structured, one-on-one interviews. In its current form STREAMLINE consists of a set of colorful, laminated A3 canvasses. Set in the future, each canvas invites the interviewee to set out their vision on a particular topic through a series of questions and tiles.
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Manifesto for a Healthy Recovery from COVID-19: Prescriptions and Actionables for a Healthy and Green Recovery
The aim of this Manifesto is creating a healthier, fairer and greener world while investing to maintain and resuscitate the economy hit by the effects of COVID-19. Six WHO prescriptions, and a comprehensive set of key actionables, for achieving healthier environments is provided accordingly. Policy
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GoGreenRoutes City Factsheets Deliverable 8.3 Work Package 8
This report was developed as a part of the research project “GO GREEN: Resilient Optimal Natural, Technological and Environmental Solutions (GoGreenRoutes)”, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. Publication Date: 31 Aug 2022 Author(s): Prof. Mark Nieuwenhuijsen (
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NbS Financing in Fast Follower Cities
This report summarises 1) the progress and results of the fast follower cities (A Coruna (ES), Burgas (BR), Ioannina (GR), Malaga (ES), Nicosia (CY), Pavlos Melas (GR) and Sarajevo (BiH)) of the Connecting Nature project in securing funding for NbS implementation, and 2) the contribution of Open
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OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Thresholds, tipping points and limits
In the ecological literature the terms "threshold" and "tipping points" are often used synonymously. It is suggested to make a difference between the two here. The question of how different types of thresholds are related and how they can be detected or determined first requires
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T2.3a Report: Academic paper on NBT within future planning and management of cities
The report presents the development of Nature Based Thinking (NBT) with an emphasis of future planning within cities through a reflective process that was led by SLU, UdL, USFD and TUM in Task 2.3 and resulted in the joint writing of a paper entitled: “Supporting Nature-based Solutions via Nature
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