Nature-based Solutions Initiative

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🌿Join us for a wonderful talk this week with visiting scholar Rutendo Lerato Ngara! "From Cognitive Justice to Ethical Repair: Towards Climate Resilience through Indigenous and Gendered Knowledge Systems"

➡️In person: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
➡️Online: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a1274b...

The authors, including Aline Soterroni, link the projections to different levels of Brazil’s Forest Code implementation.

💡Critically, the paper shows that to prevent the steep biodiversity declines in the Cerrado, additional complementary measures are needed alongside Brazil’s Forest Code

A close up image of a dandelion-like plant in the Cerrado, Brazil

🚨Climate change & weak policies endanger Brazil’s Cerrado endemic flora🌿

A new study uses scenario modelling to examine the dangerous feedback loop between land-use change and climate change for the world’s most biodiverse savanna

Read more: www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/climate...

There is still time to join the October 2025 cohort!

Apply here ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

🌍🎓 "Twice a year we bring together a truly global, cross-sector cohort for an intensive, highly interactive exploration of the very latest science and practice on nature-based solutions." - Prof Nathalie Seddon

Featured in University of Oxford #ClimateEducation:
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...

🌿Participants will be equipped with practical frameworks and examples for designing or evaluating investment-ready NbS🌿

Course details:
📍 Online, interactive sessions
📅 21st October - 18th December
🕛 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1 - 3pm UK time

How can #NaturebasedSolutions balance bankability and integrity? 🌱

Explore the governance and financing of NbS projects on our NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course 🌍

Led by @wwf.org.uk NbS team

Apply now (deadline 13th October 2025) ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

🌿 Shaping the future with #NaturebasedSolutions: Policymaking for NbS🌿

🎓 Join our October 2025 NbS Foundation Course to explore the science, practice, policy, governance and financing of nature-based solutions.

Apply here (Deadline 13th Oct): www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

The core challenge of #naturefinance: how can we green finance and finance green? 🌿💰

Join expert Professor Nicola Ranger on the upcoming NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course – currently open for applications
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

Led by expert Dr Erin Gray, we will examine how we can value nature, with a focus on #ecosystemservices including the methods, frameworks and tools, as well as the challenges for making valuation decision-relevant

Apply to join Oct 2025 course: www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

How can we better capture nature’s values for decision-making?🌱
Explore this crucial question & more on the upcoming
NbS Foundation Course, currently open for applications: www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

Including insights from the recent paper on NbS for #economicrecovery⬇️

Currently being debated in the House of Lords, the Bill is intended to speed up planning and deliver new housing and infrastructure...

But the proposed mechanisms in Part 3 risk enabling the destruction of some of England’s most precious habitats and species 🏗️🌳

Read the priority amendments 👆

How can the Planning and Infrastructure Bill bring positive outcomes for people and #naturerecovery?

➡️ New Briefing Note highlights priority amendments to make the Bill less damaging and more nature-positive 📜

Read here: www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/plannin...

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View of the tree canopy from the Amazon Rainforest.

Land-based carbon dioxide removal #CDR options have strong emphasis in the EU’s roadmap to #netzero, but at what cost? 🌎

A new study shows how the EU climate neutrality strategy may undermine nature-based mitigation goals in the Global South

➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/potenti...

Scholarship applications are still open for our NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course - October 2025! 🎓

Apply using the scholarship application form 👉
forms.office.com/e/LwspKBp5uW

⏰ Applications close Tuesday 2nd September.

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AGRIIH shared early progress on their collaborative agricultural resilience work at #BES Nature, Farming & Food Symposium, and #Groundswell 2025🌾

Find out more & sign up to get involved:
www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/agriih-...

Welcoming applications for our next NbS to Global Challenges course - October 2025 🌏
For professionals seeking a solid understanding of #naturebasedsolutions, their implementation in practice & 'what good looks like'

Find out more & apply ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

Shade trees hold diverse values to cocoa farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria 🌳

A new #mixedmethods study published in #AgroforestrySystems by NbSI’s Zoe Brown found that cocoa farms host a rich diversity of native & economically valuable trees

➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/shade-t...

Critically, the ruling provides a tool to operate #climatejustice and demand accountability and action from the countries, corporations and governments causing climate harm.

Read more in our latest blog: www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/icj-adv...

The #ICJAO makes clear that States are legally required to implement ambitious climate action, and failure to do so could breach international law.

This global milestone follows six years of campaigning by law students from the Pacific Islands and lobbying led by Vanuatu.

📢 A historic win for climate justice: New ruling from the 'World Court' opens the door for ambitious climate action 🌏

The International Court of Justice delivered an advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations in respect to climate change

➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/icj-adv...

How do we measure success in the fight to save nature? | University

'Biodiversity supports the very fundamentals of human life, but its multi-faceted nature means it is easy for aspects of it to be in decline without us even realising.'

@naturebasedsols.bsky.social's Dr Emily Warner discusses the challenges of measuring biodiversity.

#OxfordClimate

"How do we measure success in the fight to save nature?" 🌱
New Expert Comment by NbSI's Dr Emily Warner for @ox.ac.uk

#Naturebasedsolutions projects won't find success without strong ecological monitoring, but this is not always an easy task.

Read the full article ➡️ www.ox.ac.uk/news/feature...

Last few days to apply to join our team as Executive Education & Administrative Assistant 🌿

If you are a people person with strong organisational skills, we'd love to hear from you!

Find full details and how to apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Deadline Friday 8th August 12:00 UK time

Professor Nathalie Seddon - Championing nature in a changing world Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity an Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative, discusses her career and the importance of working with nature in the bid to tackle the climat...

🌍 | Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity @biology.ox.ac.uk ‬ and Founding Director of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social, champions the importance of working with nature in the bid to tackle the climate crisis.

Learn more about her career and research ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...

#OxfordClimate

🌱 We are welcoming applications for the next #NaturebasedSolutions to Global Challenges foundation course: October 2025

Learn the fundamentals of NbS from experts on policy, governance, finance and more.

Find out more ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

YouTube video by Oxford Biodiversity Network Nature-based Solutions for Societal Transformation. - Prof Nathalie Seddon

'Nature-based Solutions for Societal Transformation' is one of our most viewed talks this year. Challenging narrow approaches that reduce Nature-based Solutions to offsets or isolated projects, calling for integrating Indigenous & Local Knowledge for just, transformative change.

Join our next NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course - October 2025 (online) 📚

Taught by world-leading experts, you will explore the science, policy, practice, resourcing and governance of #naturebasedsolutions 🌍

Find out more & apply ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based...

📣 We’re hiring! Executive Education and Administrative Assistant

Join the dynamic Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) team, driving global impact in climate, biodiversity, and human well-being.

🌿 Find out more & apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

⏰ Deadline 12 noon Friday 8th August

📢 More than 150 UK academics are calling on the Prime Minister to invest in nature - read the open letter and add your signature here ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/leading...