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€800 million new European Biodiversity Partnership to spearhead protection of earth’s biodiversity

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4 February 2022

The new European Biodiversity Partnership Biodiversa+, co-funded by the European Union is bringing together 74 research programs, funders, and environmental policy actors from 37 European and associated countries to help put nature back on a path of recovery. Biodiversa+ started on the 1st of...

IFLA Europe Rural Landscapes photo competition

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2 February 2022

IFLA EUROPE Agricultural Landscapes Working Group is launching as open call for images both acknowledging and mapping traditional landscapes across Europe. This competition contributes to making a European inventory of agricultural heritage systems aligned with the United Nations Food and...

How green are European cities?

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1 February 2022

The EEA briefing ' Who benefits from nature in cities? Social inequalities in access to urban green and blue spaces across Europe ' shows how access to public green and blue spaces differs across Europe. Cities in northern and western Europe tend to have more green space than cities in southern...

What are nature-based solutions?

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1 February 2022

Curious about what nature-based solutions are? NetworkNature created a new publication with some basic facts to get you started!

To achieve a sustainable future, we should work with, not against nature to achieve global goals. Nature-based solutions are a great pathway forward. This...

To journey to an international enthusiasm for ecosystem restoration

Opinion

28 January 2022

What is an ecological restoration approach?

Restorative actions exist at first to bring more nature, ecological functions and natural features from natural areas to fully anthropized ones. In Brussels, Belgium, the city is setting up insect hotels and meadows in green spaces to recreate...

More than €7 million in LIFE funding for NGOs

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26 January 2022

In the framework of the LIFE program, the LIFE 2020 call of NGOs on the European Green Deal (NGO4GD) was launched to help NGOs from the Member States to strengthen the participation and contribution of civil society to the implementation of the European Green Deal .

This special "LIFE...

New study on environmental performance framework for nature-based adaptations

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26 January 2022

In this new study from the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences by Jantsje M. van Loon-Steensma , Christopher Goldsworthy published on Springer journal Ambio , based on work done the BRIGAID project (supporting innovators to bolster resilience to floods, droughts and extreme weather), a test...

Restoring habitat-forming species in coastal and marine areas as a nature-based solution

Opinion

21 January 2022

Key functions of habitat-forming species in coastal and marine ecosystems

The biodiversity and climate resilience of coastal marine habitats is often increased by habitat-forming plants and animals. Examples include colonial plants within salt marshes, mangroves (in the tropics),...

UrbanByNature kicks-off 2022 with new website and a fresh look

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19 January 2022

UrbanByNature, the global capacity-building programme in Nature-based Solutions (NbS) coordinated by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability , is starting 2022 with a new, standalone website and a revamped logo. The UrbanByNature website ( www.urbanbynature.eu ) allows participants to...

2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development

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13 January 2022

The United Nations General Assembly has designated 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. Throughout the year, governments, international organizations and stakeholders are invited to raise awareness of the importance of conservation and sustainable use of mountain...