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Image of paper on top of forest photo — Restoring forests can be a valuable nature-based solution, delivering wider benefits for people and biodiversity as well as carbon sequestration.

Diverse tropical forests sequester more carbon than monocultures

New research has found that diverse tropical planted forests store 57% more carbon than monoculture forests.

21 March 2025

Landscape of agriculture — Agriculture is both a fundamental pillar of our food system and a major driver of biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Introducing the Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH)

A new agricultural research hub seeks to co-develop cutting-edge, industry-relevant research and innovation that supports the transformation of agriculture towards a more sustainable and resilient future.

18 March 2025

Aerial view of road and greenspace — A new menu of standards for green infrastructure in England aims to help deliver green space that is accessible, connected, multifunctional, and reflects local character.

Making green infrastructure work for nature, climate and people

NbSI's researcher Alison Smith has been working with Natural England to help curate existing standards and guidelines into a comprehensive framework consisting of a ‘Core Menu’ and five ‘Headline Standards’.

20 February 2025

Waterfall and bridge — New paper shows NbS stand out as transformative pathways to sustainable economic recovery.

Supporting the economy with nature-based solutions

Our new research just out in PLOS Climate shows how NbS have the potential to drive job creation, boost income, whilst also supporting climate and sustainable development goals.

29 October 2024

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Ireland landscape with lake and hills — A recent publication of the fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) for Ireland, backed by statutory powers, signals a critical turning point in the country's approach to nature conservation.

Ireland adopts Holistic Approach to Biodiversity

A recent publication of the fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) for Ireland, backed by statutory powers, signals a critical turning point in the country's approach to nature conservation.

23 February 2024

Seminar title slide — On 31st January, Nature-based Solutions Initiative and the Agile Initiative hosted Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief for Nature, for a seminar entitled ‘Nature in the 21st Century’.

Nature Journal: Past, Present and Future

Research in the 21st century is increasingly complex, data-rich, and multidisciplinary. It increasingly finds itself under a spotlight. Nature and the other Nature Portfolio Journals have evolved to showcase the robustness and transparency of research, as well as its increasingly inclusive, cross-sector and multi-stakeholder focus.

21 February 2024

Description coming soon — Researchers from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative are part of a new Hub to address greenhouse gas emissions from UK land use.

Major research investment into UK land use transformation

A new Land Use for Net Zero Hub has been awarded £6.25 million by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to help drive land transformations needed to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

21 February 2024

Poster Applications now Open for NbS Conference 2024

Find out more about our Nature-based Solutions Conference 2024, to be held at Oxford University Museum of Natural History this summer, from 18th – 20th June.

09 February 2024

English countryside with sheep in fore ground — Comment from John Lynch and Alison Smith, Researchers in the Nature-based Solutions Initiative.

Comment on forthcoming changes to Environmental Land Management schemes

Researchers John Lynch and Alison Smith comment on, DEFRA's updated Agricultural Transition Plan, which outlines changes to agricultural policy.

07 February 2024

Sheep grazing — Scientific Restatements review the contemporary evidence underlying areas of current policy concern and controversy, aiming to help stakeholders make informed decisions.

Treading Lightly: Policy Implications of the Restated Evidence on Grazing Livestock and Soil Carbon

Some claim that enough carbon can be stored in pastures to balance all other emissions from livestock production, whilst others state that the carbon storage potential is minimal and easily reversed.

29 January 2024

Nat Seddon at COP28 — Professor Nathalie Seddon leads an interdisciplinary team at Nature-based Solutions Initiative.

Collaboration for a Thriving Planet: NbSI joins forces with the Oxford Smith School

The Nature-based Solutions Initiative has partnered with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, with Professor Nathalie Seddon now leading her interdisciplinary team under both the Smith School (in the Department of Geography) and the Department of Biology.

27 January 2024

Britain coast overhead photo — Alison Smith (NbSI & Agile Researcher), comments on the recent Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) annual report, citing an urgent need to scale-up action for nature.

We must Scale-up Action to meet Nature Targets in England

The Government is largely off-track to meet its legally binding environmental targets in England, and action must be speeded up and scaled up, according to a progress report by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).

25 January 2024

Exciting new leadership role as Deputy Director of the NbSI

We are looking to appoint a Senior Researcher and Deputy Director in Nature-based Solutions as part of a new collaboration between the Biology and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

24 January 2024

Welcome to our January NbS Foundation Course Scholars

We warmly welcome our scholars, who join a diverse cohort of participants from all over the world for our January 2024 executive education course on nature-based solutions.

22 January 2024

Webinar: Nature-Based Solutions and their Socio-Economic Benefits for Peru

"Nature-Based Solutions and their Socio-Economic Benefits for Peru": Results Presentation and Report Release Event

01 December 2023

Brazil waterfall — I hope governments, including Brazil's, recognize the importance of representing nature-based solutions holistically in climate pledges for achieving both climate mitigation and adaptation goals as well as curbing biodiversity loss. I also hope to see Brazil's bolder commitments beyond illegal deforestation control and the alignment between short and long-term ambitions.

Hopes for COP28 from Dr Aline Soterroni

"I hope that governments, including Brazil's, recognise the importance of representing nature-based solutions holistically in climate pledges for achieving both climate mitigation and adaptation goals, as well as curbing biodiversity loss. I also hope to see bolder commitments for Brazil, beyond illegal deforestation control and the alignment between short and long-term ambitions."

30 November 2023

Fieldwork — Caleb Bram wins Young Development Agriculturalist Award with thesis as part of NbSI’s HARP Project on coffee agroforestry.

Young Development Agriculturalist Award

Caleb Bram, MBiol student at NbSI, was nominated for and won the YDA based on his work on coffee-based agroforestry in Vietnam as a nature-based solution, which contributes to the creation of the, NERC funded, High Agricultural Reforestation Potential (HARP) Toolkit.

29 November 2023

How natural infrastructure solutions can address Sustainable Development Challenges and the triple planetary crisis

A new report from the UN Environment Programme, UNOPS and the University of Oxford highlights the contributions of nature-based infrastructure solutions to sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity.

29 November 2023

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