Biodiverse Cities

Accelerating action for biodiversity in @NorthSeaRegion cities to support ecosystem services & build nature-inclusive societies 🌱

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The stronger the biodiversity, the stronger the ecosystem services 💪 🌾

Stay tuned for our fact series to discover the many advantages of building #BiodiverseCities and find out more about our work 👉 https://t.co/dBKLbPShdV

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🌱 🌡 Looking to escape the heat this summer? Head to your nearest park!

As cities across Europe brace for heatwaves, green spaces offer their communities invaluable climate refuges.

Discover the many advantages of building hashtag #BiodiverseCities 👉 https://t.co/dBKLbPRJon

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🏙 🌱 How can cities be #PartOfThePlan to halt & reverse the loss of biodiversity?

This #BiodiversityDay we're delighted to share our approach to supporting the implementation of the #BiodiversityPlan through urban #NatureBasedSolutions 🐛

🎞️ Atypicalist, @IUCN & @GemDordrecht

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Find out more about this inspiring collaboration with an article by Marius Wittmann from the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (SUKW)!

#NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanResilience #Biodiversity #GreenCities #CitizenScience

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🤝 Co-creation & citizen science takes on an exciting role at the Secondary School Gröpelingen (NOG), where they have developed a framework to educate pupils on climate change & biodiversity loss to empower students to take action towards a better future.
https://t.co/CF0zztqaR3

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Combining Biodiverse Cities local planning & biodiverse nature-based solutions development with NOG’s curriculum “Climate – I Am Changing”, the approach is 3-fold: BioBlitz (citizen science), Dialogue Mapping (co-creation) & DIY Mobile Green Events (spatial experimentation) 🍃

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Making space for nature and biodiversity in cities is key to building urban resilience 🏡

Stay tuned for our fact series to discover the many advantages of building #BiodiverseCities and find out more about our work 👇
https://t.co/dBKLbPRJon

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The university is working with Aeres University of Applied Science Almere & University of Bremen on developing a new tool to do this.

Cities will test it locally with citizens, schools and business owners over spring and summer 🌞

📸: Sjoerd-Dirk Fiaschi-van der Est

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🐛🌾Taking steps towards better biodiversity monitoring! Our 2nd Transnational Peer Learning Programme Session looked at how to monitor biodiversity in cities & engage citizens in this, with @AarhusUni_int's workshop on scoring NBS pilots in terms of potential biodiversity value.

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Stay tuned to discover the winning solutions from this sprint that will be shared across the conference and across our Biodiverse Cities team!
https://t.co/USjCAqnFuB
#NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanResilience

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We’re in Lahti this week for the People and Planet conference, where we will co-create novel urban nature-based solutions in a creative sprint 🌱 🏃‍♀️

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🏡 All participants are welcome at this co-creative sprint as we search for biodiverse nature-based solutions that can provide food and shelter to key species and support small-scale natural ecosystems in densely built urban environments.

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Celebrate World Wetlands Day by learning about urban wetlands!💧🏡

Protecting & restoring urban wetlands in urban can have an extensive impact on revitalising biodiversity & ecosystem services 🌿

Learn more with resources from @ICLEI & @RamsarConv 👇
https://t.co/ltERO9XDXe

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#GreenInfrastructure can make a large contribution to #airpollution abatement in cities.🌳Mixed #hedges and #trees along 🚗 roads have shown to decrease☠️ #particulatematter concentrations by up to 50 percent.

#NBS #NatureFact
Find out more here ➡️ https://t.co/AeiiEMmwba

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ICYMI 📢 insights from our latest partner meeting in Bremen - where our team reunited to exchange ideas and progress towards our goal of addressing the biodiversity and climate crisis by helping the transition towards nature-inclusive societies🌲🚶‍♂️
https://t.co/WrvaiWhWyP

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🌳 Urban Air Upgrade! 🌍 Embracing biodiversity in cities isn't just about beauty, it's about cleaner air. 🍃

Diverse urban ecosystems sequester carbon dioxide, tackling pollution and boosting air quality.

Discover the many benefits of biodiversity 👇https://t.co/dBKLbPShdV

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Many city dwellers are unaware of the vast world of #biodiversity living right under their noses 🔍 which is why BioBlitzes offer such an exciting opportunity to get immersed in your local ecosystem.

We're excited to continue this tradition in our next meeting in @lillefrance!

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🐝 🌸 Keeping up with our BioBlitz tradition!

Each time our team meets, we embark on a mini #BioBlitz to document the wide range of biodiversity in our host city. Last week, our team captured some beautiful images of the plants, fungi, insects, and animals that call Bremen home.

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We wrapped up with a small awards ceremony, with the winners including:

🏅 Sjoerd-Dirk Fiaschi-van der Est for the best overall contributions to @inaturalist

📸 Pernille Villesen for the most aesthetic image

🍄 Karen Tvedt for the unique category of best camouflaged mushrooms