Nature-Based Solutions Initiative

We're thrilled to share that our paper ✨ Getting the message right on #naturebasedsolutions to climate change ✨ was the most-viewed article in #GlobalChangeBiology 2024! The message remains more relevant than ever ➡️ 🌎 Nature-based Solutions have the potential to help address climate change while supporting people and biodiversity locally... But only when implemented with 4 key principles for effective, ethical and sustainable #NbS: 1️⃣ NbS are not a substitute for the rapid phase out of fossil fuels and must not delay urgent action to decarbonize our economies. 2️⃣ NbS involve the protection, restoration or management of a wide range of natural and semi‐natural ecosystems; the sustainable management of aquatic systems and working lands; or the creation of novel ecosystems in and around cities or across the wider landscape. 3️⃣ NbS are designed, implemented, managed and monitored by or in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities through a process that fully respects and champions local rights and knowledge, and generates local benefits. 4️⃣ NbS support or enhance biodiversity, that is, the diversity of life from the level of the gene to the level of the ecosystem. Meanwhile, our 2020 paper 'Mapping the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for #ClimateChangeAdaptation', ranked as the 5th most-viewed article. 👉 Check out the #NbSGuidelines and explore the papers here: https://lnkd.in/enSJAbNi

Listen to NbSI's Aline Soterroni and Nathalie Seddon on why 'Net Zero needs Nature & Nature needs Net Zero' 🌿🌏 Recording now available! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e5cUM2_w Many thanks to Oxford Net Zero for hosting us on their 'Reality of Net Zero' series

🌱 Excellent news that the new Natural History GCSE has been confirmed in the UK 🎓 🎉 This marks an encouraging step towards reconnecting young people with the natural world around them, and the benefits this can bring both for human and ecological wellbeing. https://lnkd.in/eWaV_P9w

A new national forest is set to be created across the West of England - supported by £7.5M of government funding! 🌳 The Western Forest will be the first new national forest in 30 years, with plans to create 2500 hectares of woodland habitat by 2030 and plant 20 million trees by 2050, contributing to nature recovery and climate targets. Led by Western Forest UK, Forest of Avon https://lnkd.in/ee9Ty7BQ

Upcoming webinar: Supply Chain Sustainability Initiatives & reducing deforestation in cocoa production systems 🌳 🍫 Join UCAM Conservation and Development Lab to explore the conditions under which supply chain sustainability initiatives can lead to reduced deforestation and increased shade tree cover in cocoa production systems. The SUSTAIN-COCOA team unites 8 world-leading research institutes, including NbSI Research Fellow Will Thompson Sign up to attend below 👇

New research! Diverse tropical forests sequester more carbon than monocultures 🌳 Celebrating International Day of Forests, we're delighted to share a new paper, co-authored by NbSI’s Audrey Constance Wagner, showing how tree diversity can improve climate mitigation potential and resilience in tropical planted forests. “Tree diversity significantly increased aboveground carbon stocks and fluxes, with a 57% higher gain in aboveground tree carbon in five-species mixtures compared to monocultures 16 years after planting” 🔎 The study was conducted over 16 years at the Sardinilla site in Panama - the oldest tropical tree diversity experiment globally. These findings reinforce the crucial importance of prioritising tree diversity in tropical forest restoration initiatives. Read the full paper, published in #GlobalChangeBiology 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eYgQm4gc #ForestDay #IntlForestDay #ClimateMitigation #TreeDiversity

🌳 Halting deforestation is the single most important step Brazil can take to achieving net zero by 2050 #IntlForestDay2025 Protecting forests also means protecting the wellbeing of people and biodiversity who depend on them as life-support systems, from regulating water cycles to sustaining food security and livelihoods. #ForestDay Forests play a critical role in mitigating climate change by acting as carbon sinks. Research led by NbSI's Aline Soterroni finds that #naturebasedsolutions, primarily stopping deforestation and scaling up native vegetation restoration, could contribute to 80% of Brazil’s #netzero pledge. Explore the study here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ebKPtwXB This research was part of an Agile research sprint The Agile Initiative #IntlForestDay #GenerationRestoration #DiaInternacionalDasFlorestas #Amazon

📣 New Hub seeks to transform agricultural research towards a more sustainable and resilient future 🌾 Introducing the Agricultural Resilience Impact & Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) 🌾 Agriculture is both a fundamental pillar of our food system and a major driver of #biodiversity loss and #greenhousegas emissions worldwide. Led by Jennifer Lucey with Jing Zhang as Project & Knowledge Exchange Lead, the AGRIIH is designed to enhance the real-world impact of Oxford’s agricultural research by fostering close collaboration between academia, industry, and other stakeholders. 🤝 Get involved! We are currently building the AGRIIH community ➡️ Find out more and sign up to the mailing list here: https://lnkd.in/eniVqHg2 Department of Biology, University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford Oxford Martin School Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford #AgriculturalResearch #AgriculturalTransformation #FoodSystems

Scaling investment in Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Infrastructure 🌆 The Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford and the Global Center on Adaptation recently launched two useful resources to boost investment in #NaturebasedSolutions for climate adaptation: 📈The Finance Report - Outlines key opportunities to mobilise private finance for NbS for adaptation (by Dr Nicola Ranger & Dorian van Raalte, CFA) 🌏The Global Tool - Provides actionable, data-driven insights to help integrate NbS into infrastructure planning and enhance resilience Funding for NbS for adaptation must be urgently and significantly increased if we are to effectively address climate change and support #SustainableDevelopment… Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e94bzSCe

Upcoming webinar: Supply Chain Sustainability Initiatives & reducing deforestation in cocoa production systems 🌳 🍫 Join UCAM Conservation and Development Lab to explore the conditions under which supply chain sustainability initiatives can lead to reduced deforestation and increased shade tree cover in cocoa production systems. The SUSTAIN-COCOA team unites 8 world-leading research institutes, including NbSI Research Fellow Will Thompson Sign up to attend below 👇