Nature-based solutions resources

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Greater Manchester Natural Capital User Guide

The User Guide gives an overview with links to the range of natural capital tools available, with step by step instructions on how to use them. Short case studies provide examples of how people have used the tools, and a ‘frequently asked questions’ section helps to address some of the barriers

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Internet of Nature Podcast

The Internet of Nature Podcast explores how increasingly "smart" cities have embraced technology for mobility, lighting, and waste management but have left urban ecology behind in the digital revolution. Join Nadina Galle as she interviews entrepreneurs & innovators on their

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Nature-based Solutions State of the Art in EU-funded Projects

This document summarises outcomes from the EC individual expert reports delivered through its ‘Valorisation of NbS Projects’ initiative. EU research and innovation projects were scanned for results pertaining to key areas such as biodiversity, climate change mitigation and adaptation (including

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Nature-based Solutions to address global societal challenges

This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges. The report proposes

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Nature for All Website

#NatureForAll is a global movement to inspire love of nature. It is founded on the knowledge that the more people experience nature, the more they appreciate, love, and care for it. Experiences and connections with nature are an important foundation for lifelong support and action for parks and

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NbS Selection Tool

The Urban GreenUP ‘NbS Selection Tool’ has been designed to help local governments choose from the many NbS options in our NbS catalogue. This tool is a decision support tool – it’s designed to give suggestions that may help improve you choose the right NbS for you, based on both your city’s

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Mapping the Research Landscape of Nature-Based Solutions in Urbanism

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are an innovative concept that mimics the processes of natural ecosystems, popularized principally in the European Union. With a substantial body of literature amassed since the term’s inception in 2015, there is a need to systematically review existing literature to

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We Value Nature Training Resources

Many businesses are starting to recognise that the natural capital crisis is a business crisis and they need to better identify, measure, value and prioritise their impacts and dependencies. Managing your natural capital impacts and dependencies is a journey that can sometimes feel overwhelming

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We Value Nature Digital Media Library

Curated multimedia content showing the business case for a natural capital approach. Most content is under open licences and you are encouraged to download, remix and share your creations.

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Opinion Fact sheet: Bio-diverse cities and regions beyond 2020 at the UN CBD COP 15 and in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

The political objective of this own-initiative opinion is to adopt the official position of the CoR to disseminate in the ongoing preparatory meetings and events towards the 15th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD COP 15) and consequently to

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NetworkNature EU Green Week Event 2021 Presentations & Recording

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as part of the Network Nature H2020 project, hosted a virtual European Green Week partner event on May 31st 2021, titled “Joining forces for health and nature recovery”. Find the session’s presentations from Celine Charveriat and Matthias

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Nature4Cities - NbS Dynamic Assessment Methodology Support Document

The evaluation of the environmental benefits of NbS is one of the key solutions paving the way for resilient cities, and to strengthen urban planning strategies. A strong need of new governance, business, financing models and economic impact assessment tools for sustainable cities with NbS (urban

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Nature4Cities platform

The main objective of Nature4Cities project is to increase the awareness about the Nature Based Solution (NbS) and to promote new collaborative models for NbS uptake. Following this purpose, the Nature4Cities (N4C) Platform has been developed including a set of tools with the aim of spread

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Nature4Cities - NoiseModelling

Among the tools developed in the scope of Nature4Cities, one is dedicated to the assessment of noise. NoiseModelling is a free and open-source tool designed to produce environmental noise maps on very large urban areas. Urban planners can use NoiseModelling in order to carry out impact studies

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Nature4Cities - Diagnostic of your city's trends with Colouree and/or Greencity

Do you work for a council, as policy-maker or in urban or green spaces planning? Colouree and Greencity will help you set up an exhaustive and ongoing monitoring system to (i) identify the best place for your NbS projects, (ii) support data-driven and collective decision-making and (iii) monitor

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Nature4cities - Participation tool CitizenSay

Involve citizens in your project with our NbS projects participation tool CitizenSay. Are you a policy maker and want to engage and involve multiple stakeholders in your NbS project? Or are you a citizen or a specialist and you want to contribute to developing projects adapted to your needs and

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Nature4Cities - Implementation model pre-selection tool to find the most suitable business, governance and financing model

Are you a practitioner, urban planner or decision-maker looking for new business, governance and financing models to support your NbS project implementation? Our Implementation Models (IM) Preselector helps you build the models fitting your context by providing you with recommendations and

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Nature4Cities - Social acceptance method

The Nature4Cities social acceptance method is an NbS implementation support tool. This methodological tool aims to study social acceptance (socio-political, community and market acceptance) and barriers (social, economic and cultural) as key factors for the implementation of NbS projects. It is

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Nature4Cities - Step-by-step guide

The Step-by-Step Guide helps with the planning and preparation for NbS, to manage the complexities involved, to coordinate the work with multiple actors (experts, researchers, stakeholders and citizens) and to reflect on and monitor the whole process. The steps help create a framework for

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Nature4Cities - Assessment tools for NbS projects

To minimise the difficulties often,met by municipalities when choosing indicators, support can come from the development of new tools linked to NbS. For example, Nature4Cities aims to provide access to a simplified online urban NbS assessment tool, where it is possible to create and assess urban

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