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Upscaling nature-based solutions in policy and practice - NetworkNature Annual Event Report

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10 November 2022

The NetworkNature Annual Event took place on 27 th September 2022, at the Museum of Natural Sciences of Brussels.

Nature-based solutions (NbS), if designed and implemented well, can produce a multitude of benefits simultaneously, including for health and wellbeing, agriculture, water,...

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New NetworkNature Knowledge Brief analyses different perspectives on ensuring high-quality nature-based solutions

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10 November 2022

What is intended with high-quality nature-based solutions? How can it be defined and translated into standards?

To respond to these questions, NetworkNature has produced a Knowledge Brief on ensuring high-quality nature-based solutions, analysing the perspectives and perceptions of key...

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The proposed EU Nature Restoration Law is the key for a green future

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10 November 2022

The recently proposed EU Nature Restoration Law constitutes the first ever legal requirement for large-scale nature restoration with the aim of ensuring no further deterioration of hitherto protected habitats and species. The Law aims to introduce area-based restoration measures for at least 20...

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JUSTNature launches survey for Urban Planning Professionals

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3 November 2022

Attention urban planning professionals! Horizon 2020 project, JUSTNature , wants to hear from you about the role of justice in nature-based solutions and urban planning. The survey aims to understand:

What role does environmental justice play in your daily work? What key aspects do you...

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Merlin Innovation Awards

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28 October 2022

The Merlin Innovation Awards (MIA) launched as part of the MERLIN project

Innovation is one of the pillars of MERLIN , the flagship project of the European Commission, which commits to transformative ecosystem restoration, mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions for the urgent systemic...

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The NbS success & legacy of URBAN GreenUP, GrowGreen, UNaLab and Connecting Nature

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27 October 2022

URBAN GreenUP , GrowGreen , UNaLab and Connecting Nature – what do these great nature-based solutions (NbS) projects have in common? All of these EU-funded projects have implemented innovative NbS in cities, and gathered knowledge for others to continue the journey. The projects have...

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Apply for the Edible Cities Network Awards 2022

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20 October 2022

Are you part of an initiative trying to create a more sustainable urban food system ? Or do you know such an initiative that deserves international recognition? This could be an urban gardening project , a community kitchen , an urban beehive , or anything else that uses food to help make our...

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New European project to change how forests are managed

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14 October 2022

A new Horizon Europe project is bringing together the latest research, data, modelling and forest management techniques to support forests in Europe.

Eighteen organisations from across Europe are collaborating on the 4.5-year project CLIMB-FOREST. Working closely with the forestry sector...

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Help shape the NbS R&I Roadmap for Europe!

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6 October 2022

How can Research & Innovation help achieve EU goals for NbS development and deployment? Have your say and help shape the European Research & Innovation Roadmap for Nature-based solutions .

NetworkNature is facilitating the development of the EU R&I Roadmap for Nature-based...

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Don’t miss this EWRC workshop on EU Nature Restoration Law

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4 October 2022

The 20th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC), the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy, is drawing near. This year’s EWRC will take place in-person on 10-13 October 2022.

Event sessions sit under the overarching theme “New challenges for...

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