ICLEI and Swinburne University have now conducted interviews with the first group of 9 CitiesWithNature Pioneer councils. The interviews are designed to learn about council priorities for nature-based solutions and to develop the best way for the research community and ICLEI to support their work. More interviews will be conducted in the coming months and at least one focus group webinar will be held to discuss the findings with interviewees.
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Australian councils are invited to apply for limited places to be in a Pioneer Group to work with ICLEI to tailor a high-value support program for urban greening and biodiversity. The first steps are for pioneers to register on the global CitiesWithNature website and then participate in a needs assessment research project conducted in partnership with Swinburne University.
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ICLEI Oceania is pleased to announce the Australian chapter of CitiesWithNature (CWN). CWN provides a global network and online platform with guidance tools, resources, peer-learning and events to promote the importance of “bringing nature back into our cities”.
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ICLEI Global has appointed Mayor Valérie Plante of Montréal as the world’s first Global Ambassador on Local Biodiversity. The science is in - it’s not too late to regenerate biodiversity.
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A new international scientific report warns of grave impacts to come as nature declines at an unprecedented rate. The report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) estimates that one million species are threatened with extinction today and that extinction rates are accelerating.
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