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New Global Benchmark for NbS: IUCN Launches Updated Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched the Second Edition of the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions at the 2025 World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. By strengthening scientific rigour, social safeguards and practical usability, the updated Standard provides a stronger foundation for scaling credible, high-quality NbS worldwide.

28 October 2025

Climate change and weak policies endanger Brazil’s Cerrado endemic flora

Brazil’s Cerrado, one of the most biodiverse savannas on Earth, is already suffering record levels of land conversion and now faces intensifying climate pressures like extreme drought. A new study warns that, without stronger conservation policies, the combined forces of climate change and habitat loss could drastically reshape the distribution of the Cerrado’s threatened endemic flora by 2050.

08 October 2025

Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Key Concerns and Recommendations

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill, currently being debated in the House of Lords, has far-reaching implications for biodiversity, local democracy, and community wellbeing. We have prepared a briefing note to highlight priority amendments to make the Bill less damaging and more nature-positive.

05 September 2025

Aerial shot over the Amaxon — A new study shows how the EU climate neutrality strategy may undermine nature-based mitigation goals in the Global South. Photo by Aline Soterroni.

Potential Impacts of the EU’s carbon dioxide removal strategy for Brazil’s land ecosystems and local communities

Land-based carbon dioxide removal options like Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) have strong emphasis in the EU’s roadmap to net zero, but at what cost? Taking Brazil as a case study, a new paper explores the potential environmental and social consequences of the EU’s CDR strategy beyond its boundaries.

27 August 2025

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NbSI and Agile launch survey on UK-based conservation challenges

If you, or your organisation, work on projects involving Nature-based Solutions (NbS), we want to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey to help shape future policy recommendations for how these projects can be supported in good practice.

14 June 2023

Local fishing activities — While the concept of "loss and damage" has gained traction in the context of climate change, there is a growing call to extend its application to address the adverse effects of biodiversity loss.

Can the concept of “Loss and Damage” help Avert the Biodiversity Crisis?

While the concept of "loss and damage" has gained traction in the context of climate change, there is a growing call to extend its application to address the adverse effects of biodiversity loss.

12 June 2023

Strengthening England’s Adaptation Programme with NbS to Bolster Climate Resilience

By embracing nature-based solutions at a national scale, England can secure sustainable and climate-resilient future.

09 June 2023

Sustainable productivity: creating a framework for multifunctional land use

The natural capital of land affords us multiple benefits; from food production to climate change mitigation. Recent events such as extreme weather events, the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine war highlighted the need for resilience against global shocks.

26 April 2023

Protecting biodiversity and combating climate change: critical actions for a sustainable future

Climate change and biodiversity loss are deeply intertwined crises that are threatening the well-being of humans and nature, reducing Nature’s Contributions to People that sustain livelihoods, economies, and development prospects, as well as efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Failing to take action will increase human vulnerability, including poverty, food insecurity, displacement, and […]

24 April 2023

3d render of leaves and paperwork — Recent research on NbS highlights five key limitations and pitfalls of a narrow focus on natural capital markets

Going beyond market-based mechanisms to finance nature-based solutions and foster sustainable futures

Investments in activities that exploit and destroy biodiversity and its ecosystems currently outweigh investments in restoration and preservation. Subsidies for extractive industries total 1.8 trillion USD per year, while the finance and funding gap for biodiversity is estimated to be up to 891.3 billion USD. To address the biodiversity funding gap, calls have been made […]

05 April 2023

New agenda for ecological research in the UK

A new report published today by the British Ecological Society sets out a research agenda for ecology over the next 25 years. The Future of Ecological Research in the UK report offers a broad, ambitious vision for ecological research in a rapidly changing world, identifying five key themes to advance our understanding of the response of […]

23 March 2023

UK public calls for urgent action to protect the natural world following the country’s first citizens’ assembly for nature

The People’s Plan for Nature has launched today and it calls for an urgent shift in our relationship with the natural world. The plan was created by the first ever UK-wide citizens’ assembly for nature and includes recommendations for renewing and protecting our natural environment. The plan comes after decades of damage have pushed wildlife […]

23 March 2023

Threatened woodlands in the UK highlighted in BBC’s Wild Isles

The rich biodiversity of the UK’s threatened woodlands were the feature of the latest episode of the BBC’s Wild Isles documentary. In the Scottish Highlands, the Caledonian pinewoods support majestic open-grown pines and broadleaf trees in mosaic habitats against a backdrop of mountains. The mild, wet influence of the Atlantic gives rise to temperate rainforest, […]

20 March 2023

Montage of shots from film — Bringing nature into urban areas supports human wellbeing and the economy

Nature-based solutions can help support the levelling-up agenda

Natural green space plays a vital role in supporting human health and wellbeing while delivering many economic benefits, yet is overlooked in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. Agile and NbSI researchers compiled evidence on the benefits of nature in and around urban areas for levelling up, to support recommendations on how to strengthen the bill. […]

15 March 2023

Applications open for NbS Policy Research Assistant

The Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) is now accepting applications for a new research assistant focused on financing and policy related to NbS in the UK. This individual will report to NbSI team member John Lynch and work on the Agile Initiative Sprint 3. Applications are due 31st March, 2023. The research assistant will carry out […]

10 March 2023

Mobilizing funding for equitable transdisciplinary research partnerships

The new Sentinel briefing on Funding equitable transdisciplinary research partnerships for societal impact is now out. NbSI team member Alexandre Chausson was a contributing author on this report which evaluates how designing, implementing, and assessing the effectiveness of Nature-based Solution to tackle societal challenges rests on well-designed, transdisciplinary research. This briefing outlines ways in which we […]

01 March 2023

Agroforestry research: two fully-funded DPhil (PhD) NbSI positions (closing March 31st)

The NbSI has two new DPhil (PhD) roles available to start this coming autumn (2023), and the deadline to apply has been extended to midday on March 31st 2023. The two roles are part of the new FLOURISHING-LANDSCAPES programme and are fully-funded (inc. international students) and are supervised by Prof. Nathalie Seddon, Dr. William Thompson […]

20 February 2023

Increased success in large carnivore translocations and rewilding

A new study in the journal Biological Conservation, a team of researchers led by the NbSI’s Seth Thomas looked at factors which influence the success of large carnivore translocations and reintroductions. In their paper titled “Evaluating the performance of conservation translocations in large carnivores across the world” they examined the factors which can help influence the […]

16 February 2023

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