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Database for Synthesis of Information on Ecosystem Services (SynES)
SynES is a database that was developed to synthesis site-specific biophysical and socio-economic information on ES. It allows a consistent integration of information by multiple users and from multiple sources. It is a flexible tool that can be used within an individual ES assessment/project or if
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Natural Capital Investment Conference 2018
The Natural Capital Investment Conference, organised by the Ecosystems Knowledge Network, will identify the best ways of securing much-needed investment in the UK's natural environment. It is taking place on 1st March 2018 at the British Library in central London. Come and learn about new
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Nature-based Solutions - State of the Art in EU-funded Projects
This report summarises outcomes from the EC individual expert reports delivered through its ‘Valorisation of NBS Projects’ initiative. EU research and innovation projects were scanned for results pertaining to key areas such as biodiversity, climate change mitigation and adaptation (including
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Conserving tropical biodiversity via market forces and spatial targeting
Successful conservation on private land depends on three factors: the conservation effectiveness for the target species; the private costs in reduced productivity; and the private benefits that conservation provides, for example, by enhancing the value of remaining production. Research on palm-
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NBS explorer
The H2020 project Nature4Cities conceived a NBS typology thought to be easily accessible even to non-specialists and developped a "NBS explorer" where users are free to stroll around NBS. There you can watch pictures, see all the challenges that a NBS is addressing, and conversely,
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- Software
Swiss Biodiversity Forum
The Swiss Biodiversity Forum is the scientific competence centre for biodiversity in Switzerland. It aims at supporting the research of biodiversity and facilitates the co-operation of scientists and policy-makers in the administration department, in politics, economy and society.
- Guidance
Sub-urban Infrastructure Payments
Guidelines (including a toolkit) for estimating the funds needed for the development of primary and secondary infrastructure in sub-urban areas.
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Identifying and analyzing stakeholders of ecosystem services
A short presentation showing an overview of the way stakeholders where identified and weighted at the urban hybrid dune exemplar in Barcelona, forming part of the OPERAs project.
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Business Ecosystems Training
Business Ecosystems Training (BET) course is a freely-available capacity building program to increase the knowledge and understanding of the links between ecosystems and business. The objective of BET course is to equip companies with the skills they need to better manage their impacts and
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Carbomap F-LUX: Lidar information acquired from drones, and processed in real-time
High-performance lidar scanner for environmental surveys. Flown on a fixed wing UAV with advanced specification. Long duration (8 hrs) and long range (1,000 km). Real time lidar data processing: by the time the drone lands, your inventory information inhand!
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Berlin - A thriving city embraces its green spaces (URBES video)
Berlin is one of the greenest cities in Europe, with more than 2,500 public green spaces, parks and gardens. These areas provide a home for natural diversity and a high quality of life for citizens. Over the next 15 years, the German capital is expected to grow by more than a quarter of a million
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Method Factsheet - Estimap
ESTIMAP is a consistent and flexible set of spatially-explicit models each of which can be run separately for the assessment of different ES at the European scale. They are all developed following the CICES classification (Haines-Young & Potschin, 2013) and framed in the ES cascade model which
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GIZ ValuES - Fact sheet on training on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
One specific instrument to capture the value of ecosystem services are payments for ecosystem services (PES). A PES scheme can be designed in various different ways, based on the intended outcomes and target areas. In this training module, the basic characteristics of a PES scheme as well as
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Method Factsheet - State and Transition Models
State-and-transition models (STMs) are conceptual models of ecosystem dynamics after disturbances based on alternate state theory (Kachergis et al. 2011). STMs combine the representation of alternate states and the factors that drive the transitions among states with tables of qualitative
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Biodiversity Planning Toolkit
The Biodiversity Planning Toolkit is a new versatile online resource - aimed at helping users to incorporate biodiversity into the planning system and new development. The Toolkit has been created by the Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE) in partnership with a wide range of
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- Guidance
Adaptation of trees and forests to climate change: the importance of genetic variability
The policy brief “Adaptation of trees and forests to climate change: the importance of genetic variability” is derived from the BiodivERsA-funded LinkTree project, which examined the genetic variation within forest tree populations in five European countries, and assessed how this variability and
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Urban Nature Atlas
The Urban Nature Atlas was created as part of the NATURVATION research project. Naturvation (NATure-based URban innovation) is a 4-year project, funded by the European Commission and involving 14 institutions across Europe. The Urban Nature Atlas includes information on 976 NBS interventions from
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Scenario Planning Factsheet
In scenario planning various tools and techniques are applied (often in combination) to develop plausible and internally consistent descriptions of alternative future options (Johnson et al. 2012). Assumptions about future events or trends are questioned, and uncertainties are made explicit (
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Transition Towards Sustainable and Liveable Urban Futures – JPI Urban Europe Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
Strategic Research and Innovation agenda (SRIA) Launched in 2015, the SRIA describes the long-term strategy and programme for JPI Urban Europe’s from 2015 – 2020. The SRIA responds to the urgent need for ambitious, sustained and truly inter- and transdisciplinary research to radically improve
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Forest Sector Guide to the Natural Capital Protocol
This guide shows how the forest products sector can value nature into their business decision-making The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the members of the Forest Solutions Group (FSG) launched the Forest Products Sector Guide to the Natural Capital Protocol,
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