Suchergebnisse

The deliverable "Nature Based Solution Science Briefs" outlines the context for the creation of four NBS policy briefs. These policy briefs are aimed at decision makers to encourage the uptake and application of NBS and contain key recommendations for their implementation. The content and recommendations of the briefs were derived from a review of the literature and the results of a survey disseminated to practitioners of NBS. The purpose of this survey was to gather evidence regarding the perceptions of NBS practitioners on working within the policy framework for implementing NBS, as well as different factors affecting the uptake and lack thereof of NBS in practice, and recommendations for how these could be overcome. These NBS policy briefs should be considered 'active' documents and will be updated throughout 2021 in light of planned consultations with key stakeholders engaged with delivery NBS. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824711.

Deliverable D4.5 provides a description and evaluation of the findings on the impact of citizen science in the case study sites. The MICS impact assessment approach was applied to the five MICS case study sites across Europe, each of which have differing levels of citizen science engagement and approaches to environmental management. The case study are: (i) Outfall Safari (UK): aims to use citizen science to detect and record pollution from surface water outfalls to gather evidence and report on pollution incidents; (ii) Riverfly Monitoring (UK): aims to monitor key macroinvertebrate species (riverflies) that are indicators of river water quality; (iii) Marzenego River NBS Project (Italy): aims to establish a monitoring program to gauge the effectives of NBS implemented within the Marzenego River catchment; (iv) The Creek Rákos Citizen Science project (Hungary): aims to use citizen science as a means of establishing the baseline condition of the Creek to identify suitable sites for restoration and promote public support for NBS; and, (v) The Carasuhat Wetland NBS Project (Romania): aims to establish a monitoring programme to gauge the effectives of wetland NBS implemented in the Danube Delta. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824711.