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Short-range multispectral imaging is an inexpensive, fast, and accurate approach to estimate biodiversity in a temperate calcareous grassland
Jackson et al. 2022 In a new Ecology and Evolution study, short-range multispectral imaging in a temperate calcareous grassland is demonstrated to provide indicators of grassland biodiversity metrics at high spatial resolution. Image sensing technology developments are improving the cost-effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring efforts, yet logistical difficulties impede broad-scale implementation and use in characterizing biodiversity […] -
CoP15 statement from researchers urges upholding of 2030 targets
Researchers, conservationists, and the public across the world have released a statement to CoP negotiators calling for ambitious goals to ‘Halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity and put nature on a path to recovery by 2030’ to be included in the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, being finalised at […] -
UNEP-IUCN-ILO report: Nature-based Solutions could generate 20 million jobs with the right policies
Launched at COP15, the UNEP–IUCN–ILO report, Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions, provides a framework for assessing employment in NbS, with empirical evaluation of current and potential future global employment in NbS for the first time. The report aims to fill knowledge and advocacy gaps on how transitions to a green economy will affect the world […] -
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 Nature Positive Universities Alliance. The Alliance is a growing network of higher education institutions across the world, working together under a pledge to advance efforts to halt, prevent and reverse […] -
Our hopes for COP15
Three members of the NbSI team — Audrey Wagner, Seth Thomas, and Beth Turner — are attending CoP15 in person over the next two weeks. NbSI members have also convened and are leading the first ever Oxford University delegation to a CBD CoP. -
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 key forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, beef, soy, cocoa, coffee and timber. The EU Council´s Ad hoc Working Party on the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with […] -
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 and risks, and then identifying opportunities for lowering risk by implementing nature-based solutions that are effective, net-zero aligned, ecologically sound and socially just. We help our corporate clients develop location […] -
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 Typology. It is a conceptually robust, scalable, spatially explicit approach for generalizations and predictions about functions, biota, risks and management remedies across the entire biosphere. The typology is intended […] -
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 where their magnitude is the highest and where they provide the highest potential human benefit. The authors define critical natural assets as the natural and semi-natural ecosystems that provide […] -
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 Scales, summarizes the science on the biophysical effects of deforestation on climate stability, and explores the policy implications of the resulting impacts at three scales. Global climate policy, regional cooperation […] -
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 in Brazil, revealing that poorly defined land rights lead to increased deforestation rates. The privatisation of such lands can only mitigate this effect if combined with strict environmental policies. […] -
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 and language would make it into the final cover decision text. The event ‘Blending People’s Participation and Nature-based Approaches for Enhancing Community Resilience’ was hosted by ICCCAD and the Center […] -
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 – aiming to improve awareness and understanding of the science, policy, practice, financing, and governance of NbS. Each week covers a critical theme around NbS, with sessions and workshops led […] -
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 sequestration using Nature-based Solutions. The NbSI team recently visited their field study site of 25,600 trees in Glandwr Forest near Llandovery, Wales. The study has around 80 plots with different […] -
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 on what terms, issues and language would make it into the final cover decision text. On 14 November Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia announced a new formal partnership […] -
Nature-based Solutions included in COP27 Cover Decision text
Nature-based Solutions have been included for the first time in a COP cover decision. COP27, held this year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt has seen a range of developments for nature-based solutions, particularly from the US. The inclusion of NbS within a COP decisions text is something many organisations, including our own, have been working […] -
World Bank Brief on Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience and Adaptation
A recent World Bank Climate and Development Brief: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience and Adaptation outlines the opportunities to increase investment in NbS, and highlights that scaling these solutions requires strengthening policies and institutions, closing remaining knowledge gaps, using public and private financing, and keeping a strong focus on the maximization of overall development outcomes. The […] -
Improved NbSI global interactive case study platform launched at COP27
Our updated interactive global map of best practice examples of nature-based solutions, funded by the British Academy, relaunched on 17 November at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with expanded cases launching at CBD COP 15 in Montreal, Canada. Following yesterday’s impactful discussions on biodiversity day, we hope the relaunch of the global map can […] -
First ever World Wildlife Trade Report released at CITES COP19
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Animals and Plants (CITES) is currently having its COP19 meeting in Panama city, Panama from the 15th to the 25th of November. This week the first ever CITES World Wildlife Trade Report debuted examining the ability of legal trade to protect biodiversity and empower Indigenous peoples, […] -
COP27 session on Catalyzing NbS for Climate and Biodiversity Action
In a COP27 session organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the crucial role of Nature-based Solutions in addressing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss was highlighted. In ‘Catalyzing NBS for Climate and Biodiversity Action: Global Commitments to Local Action’, Bruno Oberle, IUCN Director General highlighted the interlinkage between […] -
Brazil’s President Lula reinforces fight against deforestation at COP27
Brazil’s newly-elected President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has spoken in support of preserving “the vast biodiversity of the Amazon”, and has called for the COP to be held in 2025 to be hosted in the Amazon. As a special guest at the event ‘Amazon’s Letter – A Common Agenda for the Climate Transition’, hosted […] -
ENACT Partnership on Nature-based Solutions launches on Biodiversity Day at COP27
The COP27 Presidency, in collaboration with IUCN, has launched the Enhancing Nature-based Solutions for an Accelerated Climate Transformation (ENACT) Partnership, to drive collective action on climate change and biodiversity. NbSI participated in the consultation ahead of the ENACT launch. ENACT will serve as a hub for Party and non-state actors working on NbS to foster […] -
IUCN Climate Crisis Commission launches at COP27
On 15 November in Week Two of COP27 a new IUCN Climate Crisis Commission (CCC) was launched in a livestreamed session in the Nature Zone pavilion. The CCC mission is to push forward efforts by IUCN Committees and civil society to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. The International Union for the […] -
COP27 week one nature-based solutions roundup
The first week of COP27, coming this year from Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt has seen a range of developments for nature-based solutions, particularly from the US. As NbS are key to addressing the climate crisis & biodiversity loss, these indications of increased ambition and commitment are welcomed, and it is key that they translate into […] -
FEBA adaptation brief on nature-based solutions released at COP27
A new Issue Brief, Nature-based Solutions and the Global Goal on Adaptation, has been released by the Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation at COP27. The Friends of EbA (FEBA) is a global collaborative network of more than 100 agencies and organisations working on EbA working on knowledge sharing, EbA implementation, and raising awareness and understanding of […]