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Collaboration for Nature: Launch of UK NbS Knowledge Hub

With the aim of overcoming key challenges and barriers to scaling up high-quality nature-based solutions in the UK, the Knowledge Hub offers stakeholders, including practitioners, local land management bodies, and policymakers, guidance on implementing NbS projects based on the latest science and best practices. 

February 29, 2024
New evidence that nature-based solutions can support economic recovery in Peru

New evidence that nature-based solutions can support economic recovery in Peru

A new report by the Nature-based Solutions Initiative Peru provides evidence for the role of nature-based solutions in supporting post-pandemic economic recovery, alongside a diversity of environmental and social benefits. 

February 27, 2024
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Nature-based solutions critical for Brazil’s Net Zero goal

Although the implementation of Brazil’s Forest Code is key for the country to meet and increase the ambition of its short-term NDC targets, it will not be enough to bridge the gap to net-zero GHG emissions by mid-century.

November 22, 2023
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Diverse forests can store over 70% more carbon than monocultures

Multiple tree species are 70% more effective as carbon sinks than monoculture forests

November 10, 2023
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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.

June 12, 2023
Strengthening England’s Adaptation Programme with NbS to Bolster Climate Resilience

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.

June 9, 2023
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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 […]

April 5, 2023
Mobilizing funding for equitable transdisciplinary research partnerships

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 […]

March 1, 2023
Increased success in large carnivore translocations and rewilding

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. […]

February 16, 2023
Nature-based solutions can play an important role in reducing vulnerabilities to climate change across the rural Global South

Nature-based solutions can play an important role in reducing vulnerabilities to climate change across the rural Global South

Woroniecki et al. 2022 A new paper by the NbSI team and lead by group member Stephen Woroniecki is out now in the journal Climate and Development, and it evaluates […]

January 16, 2023
Biodiversity outcomes of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: Characterising the evidence base

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 NbSI team aims to […]

October 12, 2022
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa

Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa

Thompson et al., 2022 A recent Journal of Land Use Science paper Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa, led by NbSI’s […]

October 4, 2022