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2023 EU Mission Calls: New funding opportunities for Nature-based Solutions Research and Innovation

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23 January 2023

The European Commission is now launching new calls to support research and innovation for its 5 EU Missions – Adaptation to Climate Change, Cancer, Restore our Ocean and Waters, Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and A Soil Deal for Europe – worth over €600 million. Since February 2021, the...

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Public consultation on the European Research & Innovation Framework programmes

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19 January 2023

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the past, present and future of the EU R&I framework programmes.

The public consultation asks participants to:

Identify achievements and shortcomings of the previous EU research and innovation programme Horizon 2020,...

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WWF Ukraine launches first of its kind Nature-based Solutions Platform

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13 December 2022

Embracing efficient nature-based solutions in context of post-war recovery

Since July 2021, WWF-Ukraine has been facilitating stakeholder discussion on how climate-related nature-based solutions can be applied in Ukraine through a project called INSURE. Standing for “moving Nature-baSed...

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Hungarian NbS Hub Launches!

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2 December 2022

The Hungarian NetworkNature nature-based solutions (NbS) Hub launched this autumn, with the aim of ensuring the spread of nature-based solutions in the country for a sustainable future.

NetworkNature is supporting the creation of six NbS Hubs to help build long-lasting structures for NbS uptake...

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Apply for €22 000 to explore local values for biodiversity

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29 November 2022

To support local action and explore the different values that people place upon biodiversity in rural and urban areas the European project SHARED GREEN DEAL is offering local partners €22 000 to become local partners.

Locally, the approach taken should center on the formation of Study...

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BioAgora - A new project to serve biodiversity science to decision-makers

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24 November 2022

BioAgora project was launched on 10 November 2022 in Helsinki. This new collaborative project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme, aims to provide knowledge on biodiversity to the needs of decision-makers. It will set up the Science Service for Biodiversity, a platform for...

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Nature-based solutions in Ukraine

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18 November 2022

Guest article fromv Olesya Petrovych , WWF Ukraine

Since July 2021, WWF-Ukraine has been facilitating a stakeholder discussion on how climate-related nature-based solutions can be applied in Ukraine. This work has been carried out through the INSURE project funded by Sweden and...

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Nature-based solutions at COP27

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17 November 2022

COP27 has seen an increased focus on nature-based solutions (NbS), with many initiatives outlining nature-based solutions as a tool for ecosystem restoration, with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration in mind. As a major development towards utilising the power of NbS globally, the Egyptian...

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NbS Comics: Nature to Save the World - Call for Contributions!

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14 November 2022

NbS Comics: Nature to Save the World - Open call!

Want to create a comic about nature that saves the world? About nature-based solutions to our shared global challenges? We are creating a new series of comics called Nature-based Solutions Comics, or NbS Comics ; it’s a partnership between...

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Database of EU research and innovation projects on nature-based solutions launched!

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11 November 2022

NetworkNature created a database gathering European R&I projects on NbS from several major European research and innovation or implementation programmes: BiodivERsA, Horizon 2020, Seventh framework programme (FP7), Interreg and LIFE (EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate...

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