Nature Solves

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Nature Solves is an Instagram account raising awareness of how nature can solve challenges facing people and nature

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What happens to nature when large-scale farming is abandoned?

Find out how the wildE project is using aerial photos to understand how land-use changes have impacted natural ecosystems.

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Books that shaped our view on nature and climate

Discover the books that have influenced our understanding of the nature and climate crises, changed how we think, and empowered us to make a difference.

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Books that shaped how we think about nature and climate

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

Explore how decolonial approaches to nature-based solution education can transform learning and understanding by integrating Indigenous, local, and marginalised knowledge systems. 

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Rewilding agricultural landscapes

Rewilding agricultural landscapes can have a positive impact for nature and food production. 

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Impact of rewilding agricultural landscapes

Tackling climate disinformation

Explore Oppla to discover the latest science-backed research on the nature and climate crises.

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Protecting peatlands

Peatlands store more carbon than all the world's forest biomass combined. But, they're dangerously underprotected compared to other ecosystems. 

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Colombia's Green Cities Law

Find out how the Green Cities Law will put nature at the forefront of urban development in Colombia.

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Can urban development put nature first?

Earth Day: Our power, our planet

Solar farms boost bird numbers by up to three times as much as nearby farmland.

Solar farms can provide vital resources to help stem the decline of bees and butterflies.

The ReCoral project is using the foundations of offshore wind turbines to upscale coral restoration in Taiwan.

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Natural flood management

The NAIAD project developed tools to operationalise strategic planning and investment for Natural Flood Management.

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Rediscovery of the Galapagos rail bird

The Galapagos rail bird was discovered on Floreana island after a nature restoration project removed harmful invasive species. 

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Sustainable Urban Drainage systems

Bratislava is using Sustainable Urban Drainage systems to adapt to climate change

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Planting Mission

Dive into the NbS comic Planting Mission by Eva Kunzova, and produced by The Nature of Cities.

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Planting Mission comic

Nature-based solutions fact database

Find out more nature-based solutions facts on the Network Nature database.

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Rewilding the Ruhr

Find out how areas that were once drivers of climate change are being turned into flourishing urban "forests".

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Urban agriculture in Quito

Explore this initiative and other nature-based solutions in Latin America on the Naturaleza Transformativa website

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Quito case study Nature Solves posts

Nature's Technicians

Read the full report from WWF to find out how wild animals help protect our planet

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The Sound of a River

Dive into the NbS comic by Joe Magee and Chris Utlee, produced by The Nature of Cities.

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Building nature-based solutions in Minecraft

Find out how Oppla uses Minecraft to engage children in environmental education

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Why are nature-based solutions missing from EU policy?

Read the Policy Screening and Analysis of Needs and Gaps report from Network Nature to find out how we can bring nature-based solutions to the forefront of EU strategies

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How do you value nature

Read more about the Nature Futures Framework in a blog by BIONEXT

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What is rewilding?

Discover how rewilding can combat climate change and biodiversity loss

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What are nature-based solutions?

Explore more resources on nature-based solutions

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