Abstract
(Englisch)
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NATURESCAPES addresses the pressing challenge of realising the transformative potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) forclimate change, biodiversity loss and social justice. Despite progress in the field, our knowledge of the synergies and trade-offs fromimplementing NBS at scale across diverse and interconnected landscapes is limited. At the same time, there remain challenges indesigning the governance arrangements, finance and forms of citizen engagement are needed while the value NBS for diverse socialactors is increasingly contested - especially where they seem to bring benefits to some and new forms of inequity and exclusion toothers. Advancing the transformative potential of NBS requires that we address these underlying challenges together – ensuring they areboth effective and just. NATURESCAPES will advance our understanding of how NBS across interconnected urban, rural and coastallandscapes generate benefits for diverse communities, particularly in areas of socio-economic disadvantage, inequity and risk. We willanalyse the synergies/trade-offs emerging for climate, biodiversity and communities in 30 ‘naturescapes’ across Europe, Latin Americaand the Caribbean (LAC) and the USA, including 12 in-depth case-studies focusing on the dynamics of implementation, creating newinsights and tools. In 7 of these cases we will co-design interventions with local collaborators that test transformative theories andpractices of change and identify how these can be replicated. Led by Utrecht University, the NATURESCAPES consortium bringstogether expertise across the sciences, social sciences and humanities from five European Universities, The Nature Conservancy, WWFand Grupo Laera (a leading consultancy in NBS and ecosystem services in LAC), and an international collaboratory of stakeholders.Together, we will adopt a transdisciplinary approach to take forward the realisation of NBS that are transformative for climate change,biodiversity and communities.
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