Seminar ‘Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas’

Date/Time
Date - 03/06/2021
10:00 - 17:00


The Ministry of the Environment of Estonia and the Environmental Investment Centre are inviting you to the virtual seminar ‘Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Areas’ on Thursday, 3 June 2021 at 10:00 – 17:00 (Estonian time).

 

The working language of the seminar is English.

 

Please confirm your attendance https://bit.ly/2RxR6P9.

 

During the last few years, nature-based solutions (NBS) have gained a lot of attention in the International community, as well as in Estonia. The use of NBS in urban areas is often significantly more cost-effective than building large-scale technical systems on their own, and the benefits of using them range from protection of biodiversity to climate change adaptation.

The main goal of this seminar is to raise awareness on how the use of NBS in urban areas can bring great benefits to both people and the environment and show where the implementation of NBS has already worked.

 

Topics covered and discussed:

  • the importance of nature-based solutions;
  • practical examples of nature-based solutions;
  • importance of biodiversity in urban areas;
  • creation, management and monitoring of wetlands;
  • project “Putukaväil”;
  • project “LIFE UrbanStorm”.

 

List of speakers:

Russel Galt – Head of Urban Alliance – IUCN

Andro Mänd – President of the Estonian Association of Architects

Meelis Pärtel – Professor of Botany at the University of Tartu

Mart Meriste – Nature conservation biologist

Karin Bachmann – Landscape architect

Tanel Mätlik – Project manager of UrbanStorm

Raimond Tamm – Deputy Mayor of Tartu

Ragne Maasel – LHV „ESG and Corporate Sustainability“ manager

Tuul Sepp – Associate professor of animal ecology at the University of Tartu

Teele Kaljurand – Lääne-Harju parish environmental adviser

Outi Wahlroos – Finnish NBS practitioner

Pärtel-Peeter Pere – Urban strategist

Bart Stoffers – City Deal Public Space programme leader

Andrus Treier/Helen Sulg – Environmental Investment Centre

Putukaväil team

 

The event will be moderated and the audience will have a chance to ask questions.

 

Everyone is welcome to participate!

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