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The UNA has collected nature-based solutions in several phases:
  • As part of the Naturvation H2020 project, 1000 projects were included from 100 European cities (2017-2021);
  • A collection of 120 climate-focused global cases was funded by the British Academy (BA) in preparation for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 (2021);
  • An extension of 100 Asian projects was supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) to increase ASEAN member states’ capacity to implement nature-based solutions (2022).

Projects

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Forest areas
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Environmental quality Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Water management (SDG 6)
Blue infrastructure Parks and urban forests
Münster, Germany

Climate change adaptation for humid forests

Forests fulfil several important climate functions, they are carbon sinks, regulate the local climate or buffer heatwaves and cloudbursts. Based on climate projections,…
Budget€2,000,000 - €4,000,000
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Community Garden on Campus
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Regeneration, land-use and urban development Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3) Economic development and employment (SDG 8) Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Community gardens and allotments
Münster, Germany

Community garden on campus

Urban gardening or gardening in the city is a form of agriculture that is about more than just producing food: community gardens involves also social, cultural and political…
BudgetUnknown
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Image of the wetland
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Water management (SDG 6) Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Blue infrastructure
Craiova, Romania

Conservation of biodiversity at the Cilieni Pond

This NBS was implemented in 2012 in order to conserve the biodiversity in the natural protected area of the Cilieni Pond and in order to ensure the sustainable development of…
Budget€50,000 - €100,000
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The "Secret Garden" on the former parade ground. Sketch: Lorenzen Architects
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Regeneration, land-use and urban development Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Grey infrastructure featuring greens Parks and urban forests Community gardens and allotments Green areas for water management
Münster, Germany

Conversion of the former military base into a garden town

After its abandonment by the British military in 2012, the development of a new utilization concept and plan for the former military base in Gremmendorf was encouraged by the…
BudgetUnknown
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Green parking spaces
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Craiova, Romania

Ecological parking spaces

As a consequence of the rehabilitation of a highway that connects Craiova to Bucuresti, the municipality of Craiova implemented ecological parking spaces in the areas that…
BudgetMore than €4,000,000
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MUNSTER PROMENADE AND AASEEPARK
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Regeneration, land-use and urban development Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3) Economic development and employment (SDG 8) Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Blue infrastructure Parks and urban forests
Münster, Germany

Educational nature trail

The Aa promenade, created in 1950 to provide the citizens of Muenster with a green experience trail in the inner city, was redeveloped in the 90s with several planting…
Budget€100,000 - €500,000
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Green facades programme city of Münster
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Nature on buildings (external)
Münster, Germany

Green facades programme city of Münster

As an open root space, climbing plants usually only need a small floor area. Such planting areas can be cut out in a semicircular shape
directly on the facade, for…
Budget€10,000 - €50,000
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Green roof test spaces at the university of Munster
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Water management (SDG 6) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Nature on buildings (external) Grey infrastructure featuring greens Green areas for water management
Münster, Germany

Green roof research at the University of Münster

The aim of ReWaM was to show ways how different forms of use of water bodies can be reconciled with their protection in order to sustainably maintain the diversity and…
Budget€2,000,000 - €4,000,000
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View from inside the building during intervention
Health and well-being (SDG 3) Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Nature on buildings (external)
Craiova, Romania

Malmo Office Tower

The Malmo Office Tower is a building of offices built having in mind the example of the Swedish city of Malmo. The building is the only green building in Craiova and it has…
BudgetMore than €4,000,000
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View of the wetland
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Cultural heritage and cultural diversity Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Blue infrastructure
Craiova, Romania

Management plan for the protection of the Ciuperceni

This NBS is implemented on a nature reserve site, Ciuperceni-Desa, a protected area that has habitat types with natural eutrophic lakes, oligotrophic seawaters, panonic salty…
BudgetUnknown
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View of the park during
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3) Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Parks and urban forests
Craiova, Romania

Nicolae Romanescu Park Rehabilitation

The largest park that Craiova has (third in Europe and second in Romania), the Nicolae Romanescu park is a historical area which includes green space, a hippodrome, a lake…
BudgetMore than €4,000,000
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Work during implementation
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Grey infrastructure featuring greens Parks and urban forests
Craiova, Romania

Planting Tree Month

This NBS is part of a national campaign that was first implemented in 1936 and it deals with an entire month through which local authorities alongside public institutions…
BudgetUnknown
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Renaturierung der Münsterschen Aa
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Water management (SDG 6) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Blue infrastructure
Münster, Germany

Renaturalization of the Aa stream in the Münster area

The renaturalization of streams is a common strategy for improving the ecological quality of water bodies as mandated by the European Water Directive. For that reason, parts…
Budget€500,000 - €2,000,000
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resident's park Grünschleife in Münster
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Regeneration, land-use and urban development Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Parks and urban forests Community gardens and allotments Blue infrastructure
Münster, Germany

Residents park city district Grünschleife

The city department for green space, environment and sustainability and the foundation citizens for Münster initiated a citizen-based intervention which aims at turning the…
BudgetUnknown
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View of the garden plot
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Community gardens and allotments
Craiova, Romania

School Vegetable Garden

In 2014, a high school in the center of Craiova decided to transform a part of its space into a vegetable garden, National Pedagogical College "Stefan Velovan". The…
Budget€10,000 - €50,000
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Image of the park
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Parks and urban forests
Craiova, Romania

Tineretului Park

The Tineretului Park is a special vegetation and touristic area, a forest park stretched over an area of ​​over 60 hectares, on the left bank of the Jiu River. It was…
Budget€10,000 - €50,000
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