Events

December 2021

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			« proGIreg MOOC - Nature-based Urban Regeneration Monday, 1 November 2021 to Saturday, 18 December 2021 Online - edX »
« European Business & Nature Summit 2021 Tuesday, 30 November 2021 to Wednesday, 1 December 2021 Paris	International Conference on Eco-Urbanism and Nature-Based Solutions Thursday, 2 December 2021 to Friday, 3 December 2021 Online
We Value Nature's Biodiversity Training: Concrete steps & approaches to conducting a biodiversity-inclusive natural capital assessment Wednesday, 1 December 2021 - 13:30 to 16:00 Webinar Enabling nature-based health and social care through Knowledge Alliances Wednesday, 1 December 2021 - 15:00 to 18:00 Online event Public-private coherence for natural capital accounting Wednesday, 1 December 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00 Webinar
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« proGIreg MOOC - Nature-based Urban Regeneration Monday, 1 November 2021 to Saturday, 18 December 2021 Online - edX »
	Nature-based Solutions and People \| Geneva Nature-based Solutions Dialogues Monday, 6 December 2021 Online	We Value Nature Dialogue I: Making valuing nature the new normal in business - Assessing the state of play Tuesday, 7 December 2021 - 10:00 to 12:00 Webinar RGI-IUCN Conference: Optimising Energy and Empowering Nature Tuesday, 7 December 2021 - 10:00 to 14:45 Online	Innovate 4 Nature Wednesday, 8 December 2021 - 9:00 to 17:00 Hybrid	Nature Based Solutions: Tools for Europe and Central Asia Thursday, 9 December 2021 - 15:00 Online	Let Nature Be the Solutions - Educational Innovation and Award Ceremony Friday, 10 December 2021 - 9:30 to 16:30 Hybrid

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« proGIreg MOOC - Nature-based Urban Regeneration Monday, 1 November 2021 to Saturday, 18 December 2021 Online - edX
Ecology Across Borders 2021 Sunday, 12 December 2021 to Wednesday, 15 December 2021 Liverpool, UK
		Ecosystem Integrity in the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Tuesday, 14 December 2021 - 10:00 to 11:00 Online	Restoration Techniques for Non-Branching Corals: Lessons from Around the World Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 15:30 to 17:00 Online Why freshwater ecosystem restoration makes (economic) sense - A MERLIN webinar Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 16:00 to 18:00 Online From use case to business case: Lessons from TreeTracker Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00 Event
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RGI-IUCN Conference: Optimising Energy and Empowering Nature

Tuesday, 7 December 2021 - 10:00 to 14:45 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Online

With the COP26 just having wrapped up in Glasgow, we are hearing many urgent calls to scale up and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and electricity grid infrastructure. This will be a vital step forward on our pathway towards decarbonisation. At the same time, infrastructure...

We Value Nature Dialogue I: Making valuing nature the new normal in business - Assessing the state of play

Tuesday, 7 December 2021 - 10:00 to 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Webinar

This is the first in a series of two virtual Dialogues designed to bring together the valuing nature community.

As the We Value Nature campaign draws to a close, we will be reflecting on recent progress towards our goal of valuing nature becoming the new normal for business. This...

Innovate 4 Nature

Wednesday, 8 December 2021 - 9:00 to 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Hybrid

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits” (IUCN). Research highlights that NbS...

Nature Based Solutions: Tools for Europe and Central Asia

Thursday, 9 December 2021 - 15:00 (Europe/Brussels)

Online

Increasing urbanisation and climate change pose complex challenges to urban systems, requiring urgent attention worldwide. Recent studies, such as the one launched by the Commission on Global Adaptation, devise a way to increase the resilience of urban centers. Among the main recommendations is...

Let Nature Be the Solutions - Educational Innovation and Award Ceremony

Friday, 10 December 2021 - 9:30 to 16:30 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Hybrid

A growing network of EU-funded Research and Innovation projects have demonstrated in more than 70 cities how nature-based solutions build on nature and ecosystems to deliver social, ecological, and economic benefits. At the crossroads of the European Green Deal policies, these solutions increase...

Ecology Across Borders 2021

Sunday, 12 December 2021 to Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Liverpool, UK

Ecology Across Borders 2021 is a joint Annual meeting organised by the British Ecological Society and the French Society for Ecology and Evolution.

These joint meetings provide an invaluable opportunity to build closer ties between the vibrant academic ecological communities in Europe...

Ecosystem Integrity in the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Tuesday, 14 December 2021 - 10:00 to 11:00 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Online

The Finnish Ministry of Environment, the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have organised an informal virtual exchange on on Ecosystem Integrity and its role in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework . The full spectrum of integrity will be addressed...

Restoration Techniques for Non-Branching Corals: Lessons from Around the World

Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 15:30 to 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Online

Join the Coral Restoration Consortium’s Field-Based Propagation Working Group and expert coral restoration practitioners from around the world for an introduction to restoration methods for a variety of non-branching coral species. Panelists will provide a brief overview of their experience...

Why freshwater ecosystem restoration makes (economic) sense - A MERLIN webinar

Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 16:00 to 18:00 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Online

Why freshwater ecosystem restoration makes (economic) sense

Investment in nature-based solutions creates employment opportunities in the short term and stimulates local sustainable economic development in the long term

Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 16:00 CET

In this...

From use case to business case: Lessons from TreeTracker

Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00 (Europe/Brussels) (Europe/Brussels)

Technologies are cool and all, but is there a business case for monitoring and managing nature-based solutions?

Join Dr. Nadina Galle, Ambassador of the Smart Tech for NBS Community, and Dirk van Riel, CEO of TreeTracker, as they discuss the use of mobile mapping data and deep learning...