UGPplus: Enhanced Urban Greening Plans for Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Society
UNPplus is an Horizon Europe project investigating how to sustain the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law through the development of Urban Nature Plans, thanks to the contribution of partners from heterogeneous fields such as urban studies, ecology, natural sciences, economics and politics, together with five different cities: Barcelona, Paris, Belgrade, Burgas and Mannheim.
The project is based on the premise that to make significant progress in biodiversity mainstreaming, it is necessary to consider three fundamental aspects:
- The promotion of bottom-up initiatives, particularly those led by cities and communities, which can effectively integrate national plans for sustainable development and green growth strategies at national level.
- The implementation and enhancement of appropriate methodologies and capacity-building programs to actively engage all societal stakeholders, with particular attention to market operators, citizens, and local government actors, in order to carry out coordinated actions aimed at restoring the most compromised elements of natural environments.
- A continuous commitment to promoting nature-based solutions through identifying connections and addressing disconnections between biodiversity conservation and social, economic, and technological challenges.
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