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New EU project to demonstrate the benefits of climate-smart rewilding

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6 April 2023

wildE is a new project funded by Horizon Europe that will develop climate-smart rewilding as a nature-based solution to the twin threats of climate change and biodiversity loss.

The European Union has set out ambitious goals to combat the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. The EU...

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Learn about three different funding opportunities for nature-based solutions

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22 March 2023

Nature-based solutions projects can create more liveable, greener and biodiverse communities and facilitate knowledge transfer. To make these initiatives a reality, funding and resource mobilisation is key. In connection with this reality, NetworkNature EU has identified three diverse upcoming...

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Horizontal principles for nature-based water retention management in Hungary

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16 March 2023

What role do municipalities play in managing natural water retention? How do regions plan these projects together and what challenges arise in this multi-stakeholder collaboration? How do we account for natural disaster, drought and flood response in all of these efforts? When it comes down to...

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Ecocean and Plastic Fischer win the MERLIN Innovation Awards 2023

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1 March 2023

The flagship project of the European Union, MERLIN, introduced the MERLIN Innovation Awards (MIA) in October 2022. The MIA “Product of the Year” and “Service of the Year” categories featured a variety of new and widely applicable solutions for restoring the functions of freshwater ecosystems or...

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Multidisciplinary CO-CARBON research highlights the role of carbon storage and sequestration in urban nature-based solutions

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27 February 2023

Studying urban green infrastructure (UGI) is crucial for societies to deal with climate change and related social challenges. Yet UGI’s potential to mitigate climate through carbon sequestration and storage (CSS) has not yet been fully harnessed. In fact, it is often forgotten in urban studies...

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Cities invited to apply for peer knowledge exchange

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13 February 2023

CLEARINGHOUSE is excited to announce the launch of our Second Call to Action to participate in the CLEARING HOUSE project , aimed at promoting knowledge and experiences sharing among local and municipal authorities on green infrastructure and urban forests as nature-based solutions (UF-NbS)....

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Exploring Benefits of Nature Restoration: Policy Briefs to support European decision-making

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9 February 2023

In June 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, with the overarching objective to implement restoration measures on at least 20% of the EU by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. This European Commission's proposal for a...

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Experts needed for technical group on indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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1 February 2023

Following a busy and promising Biodiversity COP 15 and the adoption of the Monitoring Framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity , an ad hoc technical expert group is to be established for the Convention on Biological Diversity. To this end, a call for experts is now out to search...

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CircHive: New EU project to help businesses and communities recognise, measure and report on the value of nature

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26 January 2023

CircHive is a new Horizon Europe project that will help businesses and the public sector recognise, measure and report on the value of nature.

By recognising the value of nature, CircHive aims to help organisations make more informed decisions that protect ecosystems, enhance...

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Call for proposals: online decision support system for co-creation and co-governance of nature-based solutions

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24 January 2023

Supported by NetworkNature, NbS Task Force 6 is inviting proposals for developing an online decision support system (DSS) that will help users find solutions for the co-creation and co-governance of nature-based solutions.

The aim is to develop an online tool that will guide users...

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