All Advice
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Applying assessment frameworks for NBSDescription:A robust assessment framework can ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of ecological and socio-economic outcomes, collaboration, transparency, and enables comparison across initiatives. | All nature types All NBS actions Knowledge | |||||
Carry out cost-benefit analysis considering the Total Economic Value of NBSDescription:Analysing the Total Economic Value of NBS highlights their long-term benefits, including ecosystem services and helps policymakers and investors recognize NBS as cost-effective and scalable. | ||||||
Collaborate with research institutions and other knowledge-producing actorsDescription:Promoting engagement and collaboration with local research institutes and other knowledge-producing actors such as NGOs can lead to better understanding of NBS impacts and wider outreach. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration Knowledge | |||||
Collaborations across municipalities with common challengesDescription:To overcome challenges with lack of resources, time, or expertise to apply NBS, municipalities with common challenges should utilise existing arenas for collaboration. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration | |||||
Cross-cutting: Education, capacity building and awareness raisingDescription:Raising awareness and building knowledge about NBS is crucial for their implementation and can be done in many ways, from children’s education to capacity building among practitioners. | All nature types All NBS actions Capacity building Education | |||||
Cross-cutting: Evidence-based and adaptive managementDescription:Integrating evidence and systematic use of knowledge into policy development and decision-making for nature can foster resilience in changing environments. | All nature types All NBS actions Knowledge | |||||
Cross-cutting: Financing and economic incentives for nature-based solutionsDescription:Financing NBS requires a strategic and multi-phased approach to ensure long-term success. As NBS often take time to establish and have the envisaged effect, financing mechanisms should consider this. | All nature types All NBS actions | |||||
Cross-cutting: NBS policy integration and cross-sectoral approachesDescription:As multifunctional solutions to the climate and nature crises, NBS need to be mainstreamed across all sectors and policies. | All nature types All NBS actions | |||||
Cross-cutting: Stakeholder engagement and collaboration for nature-based solutionsDescription:Stakeholder involvement at all stages of NBS development is important to improve planning and design of NBS, ensure locally adapted NBS and balance multiple interests. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration | |||||
Develop guidelines for stakeholder involvement in NBS projectsDescription:Guidelines on how to design and conduct good stakeholder involvement in NBS projects can improve and streamline these processes, and that they become a routine in NBS projects in the long-term. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration | |||||
Earmark funds to support NBS in agricultureDescription:Earmarking funds for NBS within financial support programmes for agriculture is one way to encourage NBS within the productive landscape. | Cultural landscape Land use | |||||
Engage schools and youth in NBS activitiesDescription:Engaging youth in NBS education and activities has much potential and can benefit the youth, as well as educate them in more sustainable practices which they can apply later in their adult life. | All nature types All NBS actions Education | |||||
Establish a common NBS resource platformDescription:Gathering knowledge and inspiration can be time-consuming. A common online NBS resource platform can support civil servants, planners and decision-makers when scoping, planning, and implementing NBS. | All nature types All NBS actions Knowledge | |||||
Establish interdisciplinary networks within public administrationsDescription:Interdisciplinary networks on specific NBS-related topics such as stormwater management or natural hazards can lead to a more cohesive and effective implementation of measures. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration | |||||
European funding opportunities for NBS-eligible projectsDescription:Several EU funding opportunities are available that can support the implementation and execution of projects focusing on nature, climate and the environment demonstrating the potential of NBS locally. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration Knowledge | |||||
Facilitate monitoring and documenting the effects of NBSDescription:Systems to assess the multiple short- and long-term benefits of NBS enable improvement and scalability of NBS initiatives. | All nature types All NBS actions Knowledge | |||||
Facilitate private funding of nature-based solutionsDescription:Exploring innovative funding mechanisms and facilitating private funding of NBS through economic incentives can prove successful for mainstreaming and upscaling NBS. | All nature types All NBS actions | |||||
Financial support for integrating NBS in local policiesDescription:Allocating a dedicated budget specifically to support local efforts to prioritize NBS can significantly accelerate the adoption of NBS across municipalities. | All nature types All NBS actions | |||||
Governmental grants to facilitate expansion and restoration projects for NBSDescription:Grants directed at municipalities, NGOs and businesses can play a crucial role in mainstreaming and scaling up restoration projects, as financing remains a main barrier. | All nature types Restoration | |||||
Guidance and strategies for plant selection in NBSDescription:Providing guidance regarding plant selection in restoration and protection oriented NBS can underpin the protection of local biodiversity and limit spreading of harmful, invasive species. | Capacity building Cultural landscape Restoration Urban ecosystems | |||||
Including traditional knowledge in nature managementDescription:Integrating traditional knowledge when working with NBS can foster sustainable land management, deepen ecological insight, and strengthen biodiversity. | All nature types Knowledge Land use Restoration | |||||
Increase capacity building for key public local actorsDescription:Implementing NBS in local strategies and projects calls for capacity building for public workers across several sectors, and can be especially relevant in smaller municipalities with fewer resources. | All nature types All NBS actions Capacity building | |||||
Integrating NBS in local planning policyDescription:Integrating NBS on the strategic level for planning in municipalities, can enable use of NBS locally, both on public and private property. | All nature types All NBS actions Infrastructure Land use | |||||
Integrating NBS in national land-use planning policyDescription:Integrating NBS in national planning policy enables and encourages municipalities to include NBS in their municipal master plans, zoning plans and other important planning documents. | All nature types All NBS actions Land use | |||||
Integrating NBS in strategies for health and recreational areasDescription:Recreational areas for human health and well-being can be the first step of introducing NBS in the urban and rural contexts. | All NBS actions Urban ecosystems | |||||
Involving citizens through community programmes for NBSDescription:Citizen engagement through community-based programmes, citizen science and NBS activities helps spreading awareness, contribute to social learning and gain confidence in NBS actions. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration | |||||
Land exchange - swapping properties to protect or restore important ecosystemsDescription:Land swaps are the exchange of one real estate for another. This tool can be used by public authorities to secure land for protecting or restoring important ecosystems. | All nature types Land use Restoration Protection | |||||
Look for NBS opportunities when planning infrastructure projectsDescription:To overcome challenges with lack of funding and space to apply NBS, public authorities can capitalise on large infrastructure projects by making funding or integration of NBS mandatory. | All nature types All NBS actions Infrastructure Land use | |||||
Promote and develop decision-making support toolsDescription:Enhancing such tools for NBS helps stakeholders effectively evaluate impacts, costs, and benefits. This can strengthen collaboration, improve decision quality, and build greater confidence in NBS. | All nature types All NBS actions | |||||
Promote cross-sectoral collaboration and partnerships with industry and private actorsDescription:Overcoming sectoral silos and fostering interdisciplinary efforts between municipalities/regions, industries and private sector are key for NBS policies to succeed. | All nature types All NBS actions Collaboration | |||||
Stormwater fees supporting NBS for stormwater managementDescription:Adopting or adapting stormwater fees, or water utility fees, can secure funding for nature-based solutions for stormwater management. | Infrastructure Issue-specific nature-based solutions Stormwater Urban ecosystems | |||||
Strengthening nature protection legislationDescription:Protected areas are still under pressure. Focusing on enforcement of restrictions to ensure the effectiveness of nature protection is fundamental. | All nature types Protection | |||||
Training programs for contractorsDescription:Including NBS in education relevant for becoming a contractor, or promoting in-service training on NBS for these professionals, can promote appropriate use and quality of NBS in construction projects. | All nature types Restoration Infrastructure Education | |||||
Utilise planning tools for green and blue-green infrastructureDescription:Existing planning tools, such as blue-green factor and guidelines for green structure can be adapted and supplemented to integrate NBS into zoning planning. | Infrastructure Issue-specific nature-based solutions Land use Urban ecosystems | |||||
Zoning overhaul: Revising local zoning plans to prioritise natureDescription:Updating or repealing old zoning plans can help municipalities in their strategy to use nature to address societal challenges and make building applications processing more efficient. | All nature types All NBS actions Land use |