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Take part in this exciting webinar on Public Procurement of Nature-based Solutions

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22 September 2022

How we finance Nature-based Solutions is just as important than the co-creation of these solutions themselves. This is why stakeholders from the spheres of the NbS and Public Procurement communities are coming together to deliver a session to help public procurers gain more understanding on...

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WHO releases new courses for capacity building in Environment and Health

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16 August 2022

As a part of the WHO Bonn Environment and Health School , the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health is offering two online courses to support capacity building of experts working in the health and environment field in 2022. The two courses are:

Health impact assessment (HIA)...

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Scaling Destination Regeneration through Nature-based Solutions in Tourism

Opinion

28 July 2022

Guest article from Chloe King , Director of Conservation & Community Development, Solimar International

As the Director of Conservation and Community Development with Solimar International , I am currently leading research on a white paper publication series showcasing how...

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NetworkNature Factsheet: Seizing opportunities for ecosystem restoration to tackle societal challenges

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18 July 2022

Are you a practitioner directly involved in, or thinking of starting, a restoration project but would like to find out more about what types of benefits can be achieved and what actions can best support effective restoration? This factsheet is for you!

This factsheet explores the...

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JUSTNature project - Shaping communities for a just, sustainable world

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18 July 2022

Human activities have already triggered a rise in the earth’s surface temperatures. To reduce the damage from climate change, a transition to a low-carbon society is urgently needed. At the moment, environmental resources are distributed unevenly. As a result, wealthy regions benefit from better...

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Networknature workshop: The way towards high quality NbS and standards - What we learned so far

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14 July 2022

NetworkNature highlights a timely topic in the nature-based solutions field with its semester themes, identified in consultation with the nature-based solutions community.

The current NetworkNature semester theme is about ' Nature-based solutions and Standards ', covering quality aspects...

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NetworkNature Knowledge Brief: Taking nature-based solutions up the policy ladder - from research to policy action

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14 July 2022

Nature-based solutions refer to a suite of actions or policies that harness the power of nature to address some of our most pressing societal challenges. Network Nature has produced a Knowledge Brief to help disentangle the complexities associated with the integration of research and policy with...

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Open Living Lab Days

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14 July 2022

What are Living Labs? They are innovative test beds in cities for various solutions. They cover a real area, place or district(s) in a city and provide on a practical place to test out new approaches such as nature-based solutions.

OpenLivingLab Days (OLLD) is the annual global gathering of...

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Call for expression of interest: 10 local governments sought to apply the IUCN Urban Nature Indeces

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8 July 2022

An ambitious group of 10 local governments is sought to apply the IUCN Urban Nature Indices , a new methodological framework for measuring the ecological performance of cities.

To make ecological monitoring easier for cities, IUCN and partners have developed the Urban Nature Indices (UNI...

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NetworkNature at the World Urban Forum: How can nature-based solutions contribute to sustainable urban development?

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8 July 2022

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NetworkNature organised a session on “Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development” at the World Urban Forum 11 th Session in Katowice, Poland.

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanisation. Under the theme of “...

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