Nature-based Solutions are critical for putting Brazil on track towards Net Zero

Download report New research led by NbSI and Oxford Net Zero research fellow Aline Soterroni, supported by NERC as part of the Agile Initiative, examines the [...] Read more November 4, 2022

Defra misses statutory deadline to set new targets for nature, air, water and waste

Two coalitions, representing organisations including the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts, Friends of the Earth and Woodland Trust, have sent a formal letter of complaint to the [...] Read more November 3, 2022

Friends of COP open letter urges UK Prime Minister to attend COP27

The “Friends of COP”, including NbSI Director Professor Nathalie Seddon, have written to the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and ministers underlining the importance of [...] Read more November 1, 2022

New RSPB report: how to drive a nature positive decade of action

A new report from RSPB, A World Richer in Nature, outlines how global promises can be turned into a decade of action for nature by [...] Read more October 28, 2022

New UNEP report: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up NbS

A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nature-based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up, published in October 2022, outlines the developments [...] Read more October 26, 2022

NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course Scholarships announced

The 8-week online NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course is an introduction to nature-based solutions for professionals working in a range of sectors – aiming [...] Read more October 26, 2022

PhD Researcher Alifa Haque awarded best student presentation at Sharks International 2022

Congratulations to NbSI PhD researcher Alifa Haque, who was recently awarded the best student presentation at Sharks International 2022, out of several hundred abstracts submitted [...] Read more October 25, 2022

Wildlife and Countryside Link progress report on protecting land and sea for nature

A new Wildlife and Countryside Link report assessing the Government’s 30×30 commitment in England has found that no appreciable progress on governmental policy to protect 30% [...] Read more October 20, 2022

Wales to triple peatland restoration

The Welsh Government commissioned a ‘Biodiversity Deep Dive’ to assess how nature recovery across land and sea can best be accelerated, and has set out [...] Read more October 17, 2022

Biodiversity outcomes of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: Characterising the evidence base

Key et al., 2022 A recent Frontiers in Environmental Science paper, Biodiversity outcomes of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: Characterising the evidence base, by the [...] Read more October 12, 2022

NbSI joins the People’s Plan for Nature

The People’s Assembly for Nature is a citizens’ assembly and will bring together a broadly representative group of people from across the country, as part [...] Read more October 12, 2022

Edward Barbier keynote: The economics and financing of nature-based solutions

The day 3 keynote address of the NbS conference 2022, The Economics and Financing of Nature-based Solutions: Challenges and Opportunities, was delivered by Edward Barbier, [...] Read more October 11, 2022