Nature-based solutions : new influence for environmental management and research in Europe

• Author(s): Eggermont, Hilde ; Balian, Estelle ; Azevedo, José M. N. ; Beumer, Victor ; Brodin, Tomas ; Claudet, Joachim ; Fady, Bruno ; Grube, Martin ; Keune, Hans ; Lamarque, Penelope ; Reuter, Katrin ; Smith, Matt ; van Ham, Chantal ; Weisser, Wolfgang W. ; Le Roux, Xavier
• Date: 2015
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4170
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Biodiversity; Ecosystem Services; Research Programming; Social-ecological Systems; Societal Challenges; Sustainable Management
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório da Universidade dos Açores

Description

Greening roofs or walls to cool down city areas during summer, to capture storm water, to abate pollution, and to increase human well-being while enhancing biodiversity: nature-based solutions (NBS) refer to the sustainable management and use of nature for tackling societal challenges. Building on and comple- menting traditional biodiversity conservation and management strategies, NBS integrate science, policy, and practice and create biodiversity benefits in terms of diverse, well-managed ecosystems.