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Network Nature Annual Event 2025 | Why choose nature? Why do we care? Open call

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19 May 2025

Why choose nature? / Why do we care? Open call

Whether you are an individual, a collective or part of an organisation — from any backgrounds and sectors— you are invited to share your reasons for placing nature as a first priority. This is your opportunity to present your ideas and work and help...

Network Nature Annual Event 2025 | Choose Nature. Registrations are open!

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5 May 2025

Registrations are open! Choose nature.

NetworkNature is happy to announce the opening of registrations for the in-person NetworkNature Annual Event “ Choose nature. Unlocking pathways to a resilient economy for people and the planet”. The event will take place on Tuesday, 16 September 2025 at...

TF4 Digest: June 2025

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2 June 2025

The NetworkNature Task Force 4 (Communicators) is pleased to provide you with a summary of upcoming events and opportunities announced by Horizon 2020/Europe projects and select Missions. This Task Force is responsible for synergizing and enhancing communication approaches and messages across...

Commission Adopts a Standardised Tool to Support National Restoration Plans Across the EU

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21 May 2025

The European Commission has adopted an Implementing Regulation establishing a standardised format for national restoration plans under the Nature Restoration Regulation , in force since August 2024. As required by Article 15(7), this uniform template—developed with the European Environment...

Advancing Biodiversity Through Education: Highlights from the Deltas & Wetlands Symposium 2025

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21 May 2025

Focusing on Biodiversity in European Municipalities

Biodiversity conservation continues to be a pressing issue for municipalities across Europe. At the 2025 edition of the “Deltas & Wetlands” symposium in Tulcea, Romania, ICLEI Europe and the Association Verde and Moldova made the...

Cities Step Up to Save Soil — Earth’s Most Biodiverse Ecosystem

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20 May 2025

Biodiversity is fundamental to human and environmental well-being, yet we are losing it at an unprecedented rate : between 1970 and 2020, the average size of monitored wildlife populations decreased by 73% and over 1 million species are at risk of extinction. While everyone has seen an image of...

How Can We Finance Nature-based Solutions in Cities?

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19 May 2025

As biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate, cities are emerging as key players. When it comes to investing in nature-based solutions and climate action, both for mitigation and adaptation, one question consistently arises: Where will the funding come from? NetZeroCities and NetworkNature...

Vatican Youth Symposium 2025: Advancing Dialogue on Hope and Sustainable Solutions

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16 May 2025

Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can only be achieved if we break departmental, and generational, silos. On April 3–4, 2025, the Vatican Youth Symposium helped do just that. Co-organised by PASS and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth (SDSN Youth), the invitation-only...

NetworkNature Reads: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

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12 May 2025

What is NetworkNature Reads?

#NetworkNatureReads is inspired by # ReadingRainbow and the #NewYorkTimes # ByTheBook series, both of which spread a love of reading by highlighting stand out books and the people who love them. Our goal is to do the same, but with a #naturebasedsolutions flavor....

For Our Planet: Shape your LIFE 2025 Proposal to launch new futures for NbS

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8 May 2025

Excellent news! LIFE Calls for Proposals for 2025 are now launched, a great chance to shape a prosperous European future. Nature-based solutions are a part of a bright future for all. The following initiatives are ways that the NbS community can get involved. Get started by checking out the LIFE...