Saline wetland in Brijuni National Park, © Marko Vrdoljak

SAVE THE DATE – Third webinar on The economics of Nature-based Solutions: opportunities for the Mediterranean coastal wetlands

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This third webinar will summarise the first two webinars with a wrap-up of the methodology for socioeconomic and environmental assessment of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). It will also present the research results about NbS economic opportunities to favour policy decision-makers and business engagement. To support the statements, concrete feedback from the partners of the MAVA Foundation, will embody the presented methodology. Finally, there will an official launch of a common framework on the economics of NbS: “The guidelines on the Economics of NbS”.

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Webinar “Wetlands & Climate Change: Actions to protect blue carbon ecosystems and peatlands for mitigation and adaptation”

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The webinar is organised by the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands to promote dissemination and use of recent outputs prepared by the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Convention: Policy Brief No.5 on restoring drained peatlands, which is complemented by global guidelines for peatland rewetting and restoration (Technical Report 11) and a Briefing Note (No. 11) providing hands-on methodological guidance for restoring drained peatlands; as well as Briefing Note 12 on the contribution of blue carbon ecosystems to climate change mitigation.

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SAVE THE DATE – webinar on “exploring climate change impacts on Mediterranean coastal wetlands: risks and challenges’’

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We are pleased to invite you to join the webinar on “exploring climate change impacts on Mediterranean coastal wetlands: risks and challenges’’”.

This webinar is the 5th of the series of online webinars that aim to stimulate knowledge sharing and managers’ participation while addressing various topics and challenges related to wetland conservation and management in the Mediterranean region.

The economics of Nature-based Solutions opportunities for the Mediterranean coastal wetlands [1]

The economics of nature-based solutions: opportunities for Mediterranean coastal wetlands — #2/3

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During this webinar, the concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and the purpose of assessing the economics of those solutions through a cost-benefit analysis were introduced. The webinar showed the link between Ecosystem Services provision and Nature-based-Solutions implementation and how it is key to bring conservation practitioners and policy-decision makers together to improve nature preservation in ecological and economic planning.

Stagno di San Giovanni, 2015. Photo by Gianfranco, Wikimedia Commons

SAVE THE DATE – webinar on on the evaluation of ecosystem services and socio-economic importance of Mediterranean wetlands

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We are pleased to invite you to join the webinar on “the evaluation of ecosystem services and socio-economic importance of Mediterranean wetlands”.

This webinar is the 4th of the series of online webinars that aim to stimulate knowledge sharing and managers’ participation while addressing various topics and challenges related to wetland conservation and management in the Mediterranean region.

The economics of Nature-based Solutions opportunities for the Mediterranean coastal wetlands [1]

SAVE THE DATE – second webinar on The economics of Nature-based Solutions: opportunities for the Mediterranean coastal wetlands

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This second webinar will detail the methodology to perform a cost-benefit analysis. This will include how to assess ecosystem services aiming at providing the economic return on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) implementation. It will present relevant case studies of restoration projects and will discuss on how to communicate results to policy makers.

Webinar 3 on mapping and monitoring wetlands

SAVE THE DATE – webinar on mapping and monitoring Mediterranean wetlands: techniques, challenges and lessons learned

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We are pleased to invite you to join the webinar on “mapping and monitoring Mediterranean wetlands”.

This webinar is the 3rd of the series of online webinars that aim to stimulate knowledge sharing and managers’ participation while addressing various topics and challenges related to wetland conservation and management in the Mediterranean region.