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Progress in Adapting to Climate Change: 2023 Report to Parliament

See key findings and priority recommendations made to the Government of the United Kingdom in March 2023 by the Climate Change Committee in support of the National Adaptation Programme.

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Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute

Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute, located at Vancouver Island University, is dedicated to community engagement, relationship building and knowledge sharing.

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Using OPAL surveys to explore the effects of urbanisation on invertebrate biodiversity in the UK

Learn about how a nation-wide survey and citizen science approaches can be used to better understand the relationship between urbanisation, vegetation and invertebrate diversity through the lens of the Bugs Count survey implemented in the UK.

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Field Studies Council (FSC)

Field Studies Council (FSC) is an educational charity based in the UK, which offers opportunities for people to learn about and engage with the outdoors. It aims to create a worl

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Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.

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Buglife

Buglife is a UK-based nature conservation charity. Buglife’s aim is to halt the extinction of invertebrate species and to achieve sustainable populations of invertebrates.

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Principles for just and equitable nature-based solutions

Explore the issues that must be addressed to help ensure that the design, governance and implementation of nature-based solutions (NbS) are just and equitable in the second of the SEI NbS briefs. The authors outline five principles to incorporate in NbS to achieve these goals, and present a case study from a semi-informal settlement in Kenya.

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Addressing scale in nature-based solutions

Explore the different dimensions of scale that could be better incorporated in the future design of nature-based solutions (NbS), and learn about some of the challenges associated with implementing NbS at scale, in this short SEI discussion brief.

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Assessing finance for nature-based solutions to climate change

Explore this assessment of funding for nature-based solutions aimed at developing countries, using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and learn about the extent to which this funding is being used effectively.

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Spotlight on social equity, finance and scale: Promises and pitfalls of nature-based solutions

Explore the equity, financial, and scalar dimensions of nature-based solutions (NbS) in this introductory brief; the first piece in a four-part series that critically analyses NbS and highlights key gaps in the existing literature. 

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IPBES Values Assessment - Decisions Based on Narrow Set of Market Values of Nature Underpin the Global Biodiversity Crisis

Explore the key findings of the IPBES Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature, and learn about the different ways in which nature has been, and is currently being, perceived and valued. To improve peoples' understanding of this, the report introduces a novel and comprehensive typology of nature’s values.

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Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent intergovernmental body established by States to strengthen the science-policy interfac

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The Natural Capital Project

The Natural Capital Project pioneers science, technology, and partnerships that enable people and nature to thrive.  

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Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) surveys

Discover how this citizen science resource can be used to support communities in carrying out their own urban environmental surveys on a range of topics, including air quality, biodiversity, and water quality.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C. that manages a

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Nature Kenya

Nature Kenya—the East Africa Natural History Society (EANHS)—is Africa’s oldest environmental Society.

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Human Adaptation to Invasive Species

A framework conceptualising autochthonous human adaptation to invasive species was developed based on the Human Adaptation to Biodiversity Change framework and a case study metasynthesis.

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Autochthonous human adaptation to biodiversity change in the Anthropocene

This Special Issue introduces human adaptation to biodiversity change as a science-policy issue, and Autochthonous adaptation as a concept.

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Integrating Community and Ecosystem-Based Approaches in Climate Change Adaptation Responses

Two emerging approaches to adaptation have gained currency over the past few years, namely Community-based Adaptation (CBA) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA). Each has its specific...

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Preserving the Velondriake region in Madagascar

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Building Actors and Leaders for Advancing Community Excellence in Development (BALANCED)

Along the southwest...

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Fundación Natura Bolivia

Our mission is to conserve critical ecosystems and improve livelihoods of the Bolivian population through the development of financial and non financial mechanisms.

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Governance Research Methods

From 2010 to 2011, SEI and WWF worked together on a research project looking at how governmental and civil society organisations can collaborate and learn collectively to address issues.... 

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Palau International Coral Reef Center

The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) is Palau's leading research institution with a mission to be a self-sustaining center of excellence, whose assets and facilities are directed

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Benin Environment and Education Society

The mission of Benin Environment and Education Society is to rehabilitate and improve the indigenous biodiversity of Benin wetlands system to the benefit of local communities and districts, as well

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