Watershed Management & Ecosystem Restoration


Multifunctional nature-based watershed management & ecosystem restoration

Interview with Kristyna Pelikanova (European Investment Bank)

Kristyna Pelikanova is Civil Society Officer in SG/CR/CS - Civil Society Division of European Investment Bank.

Interview included the following questions:

  1. How would you define Nature-Based Solutions?
  2. Do NBS approaches help achieve environmental goals?
  3. What are the benefits of integrating NBS into urban areas?
  4. How is climate change affecting businesses and why should they care?

Interview with Anna Levonmaa, landscape architect in the city of Tampere

Anna Levonmaa is Landscape Architect at Tampereen kaupunki - City of Tampere.

Interview included the following questions:

  1. What are Nature-Based Solutions and have you implemented in your city?
  2. What are the benefits to implementing NBS in your city?
  3. Are there still significant gaps in research, which are hindering NBS propagation?
  4. What NBS would you like to see implemented in your municipality?

Interview with Marcus Collier about co-creation and innovation with NBS

Marcus Collier is Coordinator of Connecting Nature and Assistant Professor in School of Natural Sciences of Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin.

Interview included the following questions:

  1. How would you say NBS offer new ways of meeting existing challenges?
  2. Are there still significant gaps in research which are hindering NBS propagation?
  3. How effective is a co-creation project compared to a traditional retro-fitted plan?
  4. What is your next project?
  5. What is your key message about NBS?

Blended capital for nature-based infrastructure, O. Perera - ThinkNature Webinar 3

This recording concerns the second presentation about blended capital for nature-based infrastructure, presented by Oshani Perera during the third ThinkNature webinar at 17/5/2019 about "Financing and Business Models for NBS". This webinar invited NBS existing and potential practitioners (businesses such as start-ups, NGOs, etc.) to discover the economic aspect of NBS.

The business case for NBS projects, J. Jurik - ThinkNature Webinar 3

This recording concerns the first presentation about the business case for NBS projects, presented by Juraj Jurik during the third ThinkNature webinar at 17/5/2019 about "Financing and Business Models for NBS". This webinar invited NBS existing and potential practitioners (businesses such as start-ups, NGOs, etc.) to discover the economic aspect of NBS.

Blended capital for nature-based infrastructure - ThinkNature Webinar 3

Submitted by Somarakis Giorgos on May 22, 2019 - 4:20pm

This document concerns the second presentation about blended capital for nature-based infrastructure, presented by Oshani Perera during the third ThinkNature webinar about "Financing and Business Models for NBS". This webinar invited NBS existing and potential practitioners (businesses such as start-ups, NGOs, etc.) to discover the economic aspect of NBS.

The business case for NBS projects - ThinkNature Webinar 3

Submitted by Somarakis Giorgos on May 22, 2019 - 4:14pm

This document concerns the first presentation about the business case for NBS projects, presented by Juraj Jurik during the third ThinkNature webinar about "Financing and Business Models for NBS". This webinar invited NBS existing and potential practitioners (businesses such as start-ups, NGOs, etc.) to discover the economic aspect of NBS.