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Questionnaire on nature-based adaptation in the Alps for the PORTAL project

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The questionnaire is part of the Pathways of Transformation in the Alps (PORTAL) project, hosted by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), which seeks to identify transformative nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in the Alps. Read on for more information on the questionnaire, and on the PORTAL project.

Questionnaire on nature-based adaptation in the Alps

The following questionnaire serves to identify nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps. The Alps, and the people that depend on its biodiversity and ecosystem services, are highly sensitive to climate change and therefore are pioneering multiple adaptation actions. [Read more…] about Questionnaire on nature-based adaptation in the Alps for the PORTAL project

Assessing impacts on biodiversity of the Sziget Festival

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At 2019’s Sziget Festival, we presented our work at the Green Sziget section on how the Sziget Festival impacts its environment of the Óbuda island. We analysed aspects of the island’s vegetation, soil and bird species (as indicator species of ecosystems) and collected cases on how other festivals world-wide consider their environment and mitigate their impacts. In case, you are interested in our resuls, contact us.

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ReNature 2nd Interdisciplinary Training School – Planning Nature-based Solutions in Cities

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The ReNature project has just launched an open call for participation in the ReNature 2nd Interdisciplinary Training School on Nature-based Solutions. The training school will take place 15-18 March 2021.

The ReNature 2nd Interdisciplinary Training School aims to provide participants with an understanding of the opportunities to mainstream nature-based solutions in urban planning and to design nature-based solutions that provide co-benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem services, leading to an improvement in human well-being. [Read more…] about ReNature 2nd Interdisciplinary Training School – Planning Nature-based Solutions in Cities

A Practice-Oriented Approach to Foster Private Landowner Participation in ES Conservation and Restoration at a Landscape Scale

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A new publication from members of the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (United States) proposes an ecosystem services based approach for dealing with the issues of designing conservation programs that incorporate varying landowner perceptions, values, and ownership objectives.

Abstract
Large landscape conservation planning often requires managers to coordinate with private landowners, especially in regions like the southern and western U.S. where private landownership dominates. It is often difficult to design conservation programs that incorporate varying landowner perceptions, values, and ownership objectives. Simple and transferable methods are needed to inform the design of landscape-scale conservation and restoration programs, and we propose that this can be done by targeting ecosystem services (ES) of interest to private landowners. [Read more…] about A Practice-Oriented Approach to Foster Private Landowner Participation in ES Conservation and Restoration at a Landscape Scale

Unrealised economic opportunities in remote Indigenous communities: Case studies from northern Australia

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Building on unique Indigenous advantages for people living in remote areas, this study offers insights for innovative land-based economic opportunities across northern Australia. These advantages—outside the mainstream economics—include peoples’ abilities to manage land and knowledge of ecosystems, culture, traditions/ceremonies which directly contribute towards peoples’ health, social relations, provisioning of a safe and secure environment, and learning constituents of well-being.

Find the full paper here.