Nature-based solutions resources
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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Wetland Lugano, the restoration of an aquatic ecosystem
The Lugano wetland pilot is restoring an aquatic ecosystem lost by urbanization in the south of Buenos Aires. The pilot is led by the city government. It involves key stakeholders to promote social awareness about the benefits that wetlands provide to the community. The enhancement of biodiversity
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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Nature-based Solutions to restore urban hydro-social systems
The Bogotá Life-Lab focuses on restoration actions and capacity-building activities to support peri-urban communities. These activities aim to protect forest and wetland ecosystems, while strengthening communities in border territories, and social acceptance of NbS. Community participation and co-
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Conexus key learning factsheet series - Checklist for Nature-based Solutions Monitoring & Indicators
Monitoring & Indicators (M&I) help document and evaluate the process, progress, performance, and impact of the implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), as well as track whether targets are being met. To support the uptake of M&I in planning practice, this factsheet provides a
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Conexus key learning factsheet series - The Nature Future Workshops
The Nature Futures Workshops (NFW) were an opportunity to think as creatively as possible about the desired futures for nature in our Conexus’ cities in 2050. This factsheet presents an overview of the methods used to explore these futures. Discussions in the workshops generated a series of present
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NetworkNature and NetZeroCities join forces to address interconnected challenges of climate and biodiversity in cities
Find out how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can contribute to your transition to climate neutrality and biodiversity resilience by 2030. In the dynamic landscape of climate and biodiversityaction, cities play a crucial role. Collaboration and networking are essential for (re)integrating nature into
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Business insight programme – webinars
As part of the CITIES TALK NATURE events, the INTERLACE project held a series of webinars to discuss business insights and opportunities for nature-based solutions (NbS) in Europe and Latin America. The webinars covered topics including: policy instruments for private NbS businesses, standards and
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Overview of policy instruments enabling restorative nature-based solutions with business case examples (D3.6)
Small and medium sized cities in Europe and Latin America share a common challenge in implementing nature-based solutions (NBS). Most land is in private hands. In addition smaller cities are not early adopters of NBS and may be too small to grow a market for private providers of NBS. This begs the
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A NbS tour around Europe: Local experiences and lessons learnt from working together with and for nature
The NetworkNature NbS Hubs community came together and showcased a “Live tour of Nature-based Solutions around Europe” at The Nature of Cities Festival, in Berlin, June 2024. Nine NbS Hubs shared insights from ten site visits, presenting their experiences and findings. This report captures the key
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NbS EduWORLD State of the Art Report
This report aims to provide an overview and detailed analysis of the state of the art in nature-based solutions (NBS) education across the European region and at different education levels. Based on desk research and interviews, it highlights the gaps and opportunities in NBS education. It finds
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NBS EduWORLD Flipbook - Nature-based Solutions-Learning from NBS EduSystems inspiring initiatives
Nature-based solutions (NBS) have gained solid ground in urban planning and design over the last decade. However, NBS education is still in a nascent stage and thus there is a gap in knowledge, skills and awareness of younger generations to be prepared to support mainstreaming NBS in all sectors
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Guidelines on Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions Activities in Education for Starters
In response to the growing need for integrating the topic of nature-based solutions (NBS) in education, these guidelines have been developed to cater to educators with limited to no prior exposure to NBS concepts. This document outlines examples and recommendations to bridge the knowledge gap by
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Urban Governance Atlas
The Urban Governance Atlas is an interactive online database of over 250 policy and governance instruments for urban ecosystem restoration and green space planning, including dedicated strategies and plans, planning instruments (targets, standards, scoring, green space factors), financial
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Database of good practice tools for the design and implementation of NbS, including factsheets for 10 tools
Ten approaches will be showcased on the Innovation Hub as short factsheets, highlighting their scope of application and examples of their EU and/or CELAC application.
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Protocol on cultural, gender and ethics-related considerations
This guidance supports INTERLACE project partners who are implementing project activities and need to ensure inclusive, transparent and fair stakeholder participation, whose task is to establish monitoring of cultural, gender and ethical issues within the project. The document offers clear guidance
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NbS Hubs site visits Posters
During spring 2024, Hubs organised local site visits in their regions for a wide range of stakeholders. 10 NbS hubs represented their experiences of the site visit to a local NbS in a poster. These posters summarise the main outcomes from these site visit, including a short description of the NbS
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CONEXUS Policy Brief 11 - Urban Wetland protection and restoration Learning from Bogotá’s conservation and co-management policies
Wetlands are ecosystems of great ecological and cultural richness. However, throughout Latin America and Europe, human activities such as cattle ranching, agriculture and urbanisation have destroyed many of these ecosystems. Based on the concrete experience of the city of Bogotá, this document
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CONEXUS Policy Brief 10 - Nature Based Solutions for preventing urban sprawl in Latin America Contributions from Bogotá’s Sustainable Urbanisation efforts
This policy brief outlines the role of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) on mitigating challenges caused by urban sprawl in Bogotá, offering insights and recommendations to decision-makers interested in addressing socio-ecological challenges of urban-rural borders by employing NbS.
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CONEXUS Policy Brief 9 - Connectivity for people and biodiversity Learning from the green infrastructure systems in the City of Bogotá
This policy brief presents lessons for the integration of nature and green space systems in urban and territorial management instruments, based on the experience of the adoption of the Principal Ecological Structure (PES) in the city of Bogotá and the actions for its implementation.
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CONEXUS Policy Brief 8 -Localising the SDGs: The untapped potential of nature-based solutions in cities
This policy brief explores the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) in cities to localise global sustainability goals and targets such as those enshrined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It presents the methodology used in CONEXUS to capture policy-relevant evidence on the
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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-
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