Research article2015Peer reviewedOpen access
Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe
Eggermont, Hilde; Balian, Estelle; Azevedo, Jose Manuel 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
Abstract
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 complementing traditional biodiversity conservation and management strategies, NBS integrate science, policy, and practice and create biodiversity benefits in terms of diverse, well-managed ecosystems.
Keywords
biodiversity; ecosystem services; research programming; social-ecological systems; societal challenges; sustainable management
Published in
GAiA
2015, Volume: 24, number: 4, pages: 243-248
Publisher: OEKOM VERLAG
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.24.4.9
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/119844