Image: The Biohut The Biohut is an artificial fish nursery meant to equip port infrastructures such as docks, pontoons or dikes. By providing food and shelter to the...
Image: Study on specific design elements of biodiversity offsets: Biodiversity metrics and mechanisms for securing long term conservation benefits The EU's biodiversity strategy specifies a target to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2020. A No Net Loss initiative is an important component of t...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Thresholds, tipping points and limits In the ecological literature the terms "threshold" and "tipping points" are often used synonymously. It is suggested to make a difference between t...
Image: Berlin - A thriving city embraces its green spaces (URBES video) Berlin is one of the greenest cities in Europe, with more than 2,500 public green spaces, parks and gardens. These areas provide a home for natural...
Image: Barcelona - Embracing the Vision of a Greener Future (URBES video) With 1.62 million inhabitants, Barcelona is one of the most densely populated cities in Europe. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and the mount...
Image: Urban agriculture - URBES Facthseet #7 This factsheet will explain the importance of urban agriculture: the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides for human wellbeing, food s...
Image: Green Infrastructure, a wealth for cities - URBES Factsheet #6 This URBES factsheet outlines the key components of Green Infrastructure and explores the linkages between the EU Green Infrastructure Strategy and...
Image: Ecosystem Approach Handbook The Ecosystem Approach Handbook has been developed by Natural England and Countryscape to help landscape scale partnerships benefit from the ecosys...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Non-monetary valuation To increase the applicability of NMV it is necessary to clarify the boundaries and the terminology of the field, and address considerations with re...
Image: Defining and assessing success in mainstreaming This background paper draws on reviews of the mainstreaming targets and indicators of selected NBSAPs from countries at different stages of their m...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Institutional analysis When conducting the OpenNESS analyses, it is important to recognise the institutional context of ecosystem management and governance. Identifying t...
Image: OpenNESS Synthesis paper: Link between biodiversity and ecosystem services As was stated in the OpenNESS proposal, the quantitative relationship between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services is still p...
