Nature-based solutions for climate resilient, nature positive and socially just communities in diverse landscapes

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

Funded through the EU’s Horizon program and building – among others - on the earlier NATURVATION project, NATURESCAPES will study the synergies and tradeoffs associated with clusters of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban landscapes, who benefits and under which conditions. The project will map and analyze NBS and naturescapes – defined as the assemblage of NBS within a landscape whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and societal factors – in 12 in-depth case study and 18 control cities across Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Its objectives include the following:

Objective 1: Advance the knowledge frontier through novel assessment approaches capable of evaluating landscape scale synergies and trade-offs of NBS assemblages for climate, biodiversity and communities.

Objective 2: Evaluate the socio-political conditions and dynamics of NBS implementation to identify the values, visions, governance, finance and engagement needed to support effective and just naturescapes.

Objective 3: Enable the transformative potential of NBS by examining, developing and trialling diverse theories of change, interventions and training designed to address systemic, structural and capacity constraints.

CEU will co-lead work Package 1 with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and contribute by developing a new database of NBS and naturescapes, compatible with our earlier Urban Nature Atlas (UNA); conceptualizing an NBS scorecard; and conducting case study research in Iasi, Romania, one of 12 in-depth case study cities in the project.
AcronymNATURESCAPES
StatusActive
Effective start/end date1/12/2330/11/27

Collaborative partners

  • Utrecht University (lead)
  • Lund University
  • Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
  • Trinity College
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • The Nature Conservancy in Europe gemeinnützige GmbH
  • Grupo Laera Ltda
  • Fondo Mundial Para la Naturaleza (WWF Colombia)
  • World Wildlife Fund

Keywords

  • Transformative change
  • social justice
  • climate change
  • biodiversity conservation
  • landscape
  • transdisciplinarity

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