Oxford University and UNEP launch the Nature Positive Universities Alliance

Launched at COP15, the University of Oxford and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP),  in partnership with the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, have founded the [...] Read more December 9, 2022

Our hopes for COP15

This week, the much anticipated 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) kicks off in Montreal and will run to [...] Read more December 6, 2022

EU Proposal on regulation on deforestation-free products risks neglecting critical ecosystems

Since November 2021, policy makers from across the EU have been negotiating a common position on how it should tackle deforestation caused by imports of [...] Read more December 5, 2022

Nature-based Insetting is working with the TNFD and Global Canopy

Nature-based Insetting Ltd  applies cutting edge research to help businesses implement nature-based solutions with integrity. NbI achieves this by analysing biodiversity and human wellbeing-related impacts [...] Read more December 5, 2022

A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems

Keith et al. 2022 A new paper in Nature, A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems, presents the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Ecosystem [...] Read more November 30, 2022

Mapping the planet’s critical natural assets

Chaplin-Kramer et al. 2022 A recent Nature Ecology & Evolution paper by Chaplin-Kramer et al. maps nature’s contributions to people globally, and determines the critical areas [...] Read more November 29, 2022

WRI Report on the Benefits of Forests for Stabilizing the Climate

A recent report from the World Resources Institute, Not Just Carbon: Capturing All the Benefits of Forests for Stabilizing the Climate from Local to Global [...] Read more November 28, 2022

Land tenure drives Brazil’s deforestation rates across socio-environmental contexts

Pacheco & Meyer, 2022 A recent Nature Communications study, Land tenure drives Brazil’s deforestation rates across socio-environmental contexts, investigates the relationship between land tenure and deforestation rates [...] Read more November 28, 2022

NbSI take part in COP27 panel event ‘Blending People’s Participation & Nature-based Approaches for Enhancing Community Resilience’

In week two of COP27 a variety of COP side events were hosted alongside the build in momentum as negotiations ran on what terms, issues [...] Read more November 28, 2022

First Nature-based Solutions Foundation Course run completed

The 8-week online Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course is an introduction to nature-based solutions (NbS) for professionals working in a range of sectors [...] Read more November 28, 2022

NbSI visit Carbon Community field site

The Carbon Community is running a large-scale tree planting experiment designed in partnership with scientists, to learn more about how to accelerate and enhance carbon [...] Read more November 25, 2022

COP27 week two nature-based solutions roundup

Week two of COP27 saw a move from large-scale governmental announcements and launches, to COP side events alongside the build in momentum as negotiations ran [...] Read more November 23, 2022