This cutting-edge project is designed to support the daily challenges that local governments in Africa experience around protecting and revitalising their urban natural assets, in particular, in their coastal zones.
This project is funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), through SwedBio at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
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NEW BOOK | Urban Ecology in the Global South
We're proud that lessons from #UNARivers & #UNACoasts feature in a chapter on #urbangovernance for green and blue infrastructure, providing critical examples of #Africancities taking #ClimateAction4Africa.
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[WEBINAR] Join us to learn what actions cities & regions are taking #ForNature - with examples from @CityofCT, Tirana, @ManCityCouncil, Delhi, @cityofurbana, @COSAGOV, & #UNARivers & #UNACoasts project-cities.
DATE: 6 May, 10:00 & 15:00 UTC+2
Register: http://buff.ly/3nHacxX
The importance of our city leaders once again highlighted today at The Fifth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity, looking specifically to our Urban Natural Assets programme.
Read impact stories from the #UNARivers and #UNACoasts projects here: https://cbc.iclei.org/impact-stories/
Do you want to champion nature-based planning in your city? The Urban Natural Assets Handbook Series is your 101 guide to #PlanWithNature.
Explore the different handbooks here:
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@Mayors4Climate, @BN_IntKatS, @MetabolicHQ, @UNEP, @RUAF, @circleeconomy, @GGKPlatform, @Swedbio, @sthlmresilience, #equity, #CircularEconomy, #GreenForum, #community, #PlanWithNature, #UNARivers, #UNACoasts
What if we saw INFORMAL as UNSERVICED?
Our Urban Natural Assets Programme used this reframing to encourage #NatureBasedSolutions in peri-urban settlements: https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/working-with-informality/ #PlanWithNature
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
7 years in the making - 2 minutes to watch!
Here’s how to #PlanWithNature in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6-D-yrBU7k
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
How would you better include women in the nature & urban development space? Here are some methods that our Urban Natural Assets Programme cities used to promote #GenderEquality.
#PlanWithNature: https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/impact-story-urban-resilience-for-all/
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
Our Urban Natural Assets Programme used @Minecraft to enable community participation in building an urban park. Can you think of other innovative ways to #PlanWithNature & solve old challenges?
https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/impact-story-embracing-innovation-and-experimentation/
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
WATCH how UNA used innovative solutions to work with officials & planners in 8 African cities to better #PlanWithNature:
Feat. @KobieBrand @MegganSpires @JulieGoodness @Pippin_Anderson & more
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
Local actions + global agendas = more traction. READ how UNA #cities designed scalable & replicable local #nature-based interventions linked to the broader global agenda.
#PlanWithNature: https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/impact-story-supporting-local-action/
#UNARivers #UNACoasts @Swedbio @sthlmresilience @UNBiodiversity
Our Urban Natural Assets Programme equipped over 2000 people to #PlanWithNature in their cities.
By sharing this knowledge with just 1 or 2 people, that’s an extra 4000 champions for urban nature-based solutions in Africa: https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/impact-story-capacity-building/
#UNARivers #UNACoasts @Swedbio
Need tips on how to #PlanWithNature? Our Urban Natural Assets Programme is sharing our 7 years of experience in 8 #Africancities:
Feat. @KobieBrand @MegganSpires @JulieGoodness @Pippin_Anderson
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
How can we bring together different levels of government to co-produce ways to #PlanWithNature?
READ how UNA used interactive workshops & resource-creation to do this in #Uganda & #Malawi: https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/impact-story-mainstreaming-in-practice/
#UNARivers & #UNACoasts funded by @Swedbio @sthlmresilience
UNA Coasts overall objectives are to:
Improve knowledge and understanding of the key challenges and opportunities that urban coastal zones experience
Examine the potential for natural assets to offset these challenges to maximise the opportunities
Design a tailor-made coastal natural asset management plan through co-production and transdisciplinary engagement with the two project cities and key local stakeholders
Mobilise project activities through alignment with international policies and processes (such as the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals)
Identify entry points to enhance sustainable livelihoods at the local level
*using the same methodology and steps as UNA Rivers
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