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GIZ ValuES - Method Profile: Participatory mapping
Contrary to other mapping tools, participatory mapping does not primarily draw on statistics or research data, but on the practical knowledge of people. Participatory mapping visualizes local knowledge and makes it visible to all. There are several participatory mapping tools available. In an
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Ecosystem Services Mapping - Oppla Webinar video
This webinar was the first of two sessions in a series, beginning the topic of ecosystem services mapping. Nynke Schulp spoke about the reliability of ecosystem services mapping, describing how methods of ecosystem services mapping have improved in recent years. Anis Guelmami spoke about
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Creating Green Cities podcast
Creating Green Cities is a podcast on urban-nature based solutions, explained through stories of inspiring innovators from across Europe who have used their passion and creativity to make cities greener. They talk to guests from Barcelona, Budapest, Malmö and Utrecht to find out why green roofs are
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Standardization in urban climate adaptation
The RESIN project has developed standardised approaches to help cities develop their adaptation strategies and strengthen their resilience. Key products are: A tool for impact and vulnerability analysis (IVAVIA1); a decision support tool (E-Guide); a library of adaptation options;
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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 mountain range of Collserola, the city has urbanised virtually all available land after various periods of urban expansion. This has led to conflicting
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Policy recommendations for increasing ecosystem services from trees in agricultural landscapes
A wide range of benefits for agriculture and farmers are provided by trees. They have the potential to increase economic returns and support agricultural resilience. Planting more trees on farms can address multiple policy goals, including the UK’s aim to become carbon neutral by 2050 and the
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MAINSTREAMING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS Economic Regeneration
This report specifically addresses the mainstreaming of urban nature-based solutions for economic regeneration. They understand economic regeneration to be about the improvement and reinvigoration of urban areas. Nature-based solutions have the potential to encourage economic regeneration through
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Nature4Cities - NoiseModelling
Among the tools developed in the scope of Nature4Cities, one is dedicated to the assessment of noise. NoiseModelling is a free and open-source tool designed to produce environmental noise maps on very large urban areas. Urban planners can use NoiseModelling in order to carry out impact studies
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Science-based ecosystem restoration for the 2020s and beyond
The documenti presents recommendations of the Science Task Force (STF) of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and comprised of leading subject experts as specific actions to be undertaken by public and private stakeholders to
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PALM - Intercommunal potential analysis of the resource land for sustainable land management
The spatial decision support tool PALM aimed at supporting the allocation of urban development zones. A GIS-based MCDA approach was integrated into a web-based platform that allows distributing a requested amount of urban development areas within a selected perimeter based on ecosystem services and
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Virtual Landscape Theatre
The Virtual Landscape Theatre (VLT) is a mobile curved screen projection facility, in which people can be 'immersed' in computer models of their environment to explore landscapes of the past, present and future. This facility is the first mobile unit of its kind in the UK, and is used for
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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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GIZ ValuES - Fact sheet on training "Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services"
This training course offers a general introduction to basic economic concepts, gives an overview of some principles of environmental economics, and provides a general understanding of different economic valuation methods with their pros and cons as well as an overview on how valuation can be
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Taking Action for Urban Nature - Citizen Engagement
Diverse values, interests and needs are associated with nature-based solutions. It is therefore important that they are taken into account in decision-making. As engaging communities contribute to realising all the sustainability benefits of nature-based solutions the "Citizen Engagement
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ÁLTALÁNOS: TeAM HUb online Műhelytalálkozók szakmai anyagai
A TeAM HUb egy hiánypótló szakmai közösség, melynek célja a kormányzati, önkormányzati, szakmai és civil szereplők közötti párbeszéd és együttműködés ösztönzése a természetalapú megoldások széleskörű gyakorlati alkalmazása érdekében. E cél elérése érdekében 2023-ban online eseménysorozatot indult,
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Restoration and repair of Earth's damaged ecosystems
Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring ecosystem services are provided to humanity. Nonetheless, few studies have documented the recovery of ecosystems globally or the rates at which
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The Cities and Biodiversity Outlook - URBES Factsheet #4
This Factsheet highlights some of the mian highlights from the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook - the first scientific assessment of how global urbanization trends affect biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics. It explains how biodiversity and ecosystem services can be managed and restored in
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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 security and urban resilience; and the need for integrated planning across sectors to ensure that the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides
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Connecting Nature Framework: SAINT TRINITY PARK CITY OF BURGAS
The development and maintenance of the green system on the territory of the municipality of Burgas is a main task and priority of the local administration. Over the years, most of the main green areas in the city have been renovated, incl. the sea garden, parks in the residential complexes, under
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Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Rural Landscapes: Barriers Experienced in the PHUSICOS Project
Article published in Sustainability. From the published abstract: Nature-based solutions (NbS) are becoming increasingly important in both the EU and individual countries’ political agendas, as a sustainable means to reduce the risk posed by hydrometeorological hazards. However, as the use of NbS
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