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Urban Planning and Health

News

26 May 2021

May 2021 marked the launch of an Urban Health cluster Healthy Cities , by URBACT the European Territorial Cooperation programme, which has for the past 15 years championed sustainable integrated development in European Cities. The Healthy Cities action planning network aims to develop and...

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We're part of the solution - Biodiversity Day 2021!

News

20 May 2021

The United Nations has dedicated May 22nd each year as The International Day for Biological Diversity , to increase awareness and understanding of biodiversity. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has set the theme for Biodiversity Day 2021 as “ We’re part of the...

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Connecting Nature: Community Ambassador For The Nbs For Sustainable Forestry Community

News

14 May 2021

The Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform is inviting tenders from suitably qualified individuals to serve as a Community Ambassador for the NBS for Sustainable Forestry Community on the Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform for a 12- month period ending no later than 31 May 2022. Applicants...

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New Handbook for Implementation of Nature-based Solutions for Water Security

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11 May 2021

The EU-funded Nature Insurance Value: Assessment and Demonstration project (NAIAD) has developed a Handbook for Implementation of Nature-based Solutions for Water Security .

Climate impacts challenge our status quo. The frequency of extreme events keeps increasing driven by climate...

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The importance of therapeutic gardens within the urban tissue

Opinion

10 May 2021

The concept of therapeutic or healing gardens is both modern and ancient. Ancient Egyptian, Persian and Greek gardens were all considered healing environments and all of them had well established guidelines in relation with the knowledge of that time and, most important, people were aware of...

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Oppla joins #Flowers4Bees campaign to raise awareness of the threats faced by pollinator insects

News

6 May 2021

Join #Flowers4Bees and help spread the word about one of the most dangerous environmental threats: the progressive extinction of pollinator insects.

Apples and pears, coffee, almonds, avocado, pumpkin and zucchini: what looks like your last shopping list may actually disappear from your...

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What is the impact of nature-based solutions?

News

5 May 2021

There is a multitude of innovative nature-based solutions (NBS) projects and initiatives, garnering great benefits to their surroundings in Europe. Under the NetworkNature coordinated European Commission NBS Task Force 2: Nature-based Solutions Impact Evaluation Framework , experts from these...

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New European Commission Carbon Farming Initiative

News

4 May 2021

New European Commission Carbon Farming Initiative

On the 27th of April 2021, the European Commission published a ‘ Technical Guidance Handbook: Setting up and implementing results-based carbon farming mechanisms in the EU ’ This guide is the result of a two-year study on how best to set...

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Mental Health and Nature –How urban and peri-urban Blue & Green areas contribute to our well-being

Opinion

29 April 2021

The benefits of urban green and blue areas for our mental health and well-being have become more and more evident during the current pandemic. Despite their importance, however, we don’t have enough information about how these areas should be designed. Do different types of urban green &...

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Integrated and intelligent management of complex forests in South West Europe: COMFOR SUDOE and a call for case studies and projects

Blog

22 April 2021

Guest article from Paz Ferrer , on behalf of COMFOR SUDOE

Sout West Europe (SUDOE) needs healthy and functional forests that guarantee the provision of goods and services for rural and urban society. The COMFOR SUDOE ( COM plex FOR est) project seeks to promote complex (mixed and...

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