Nature Based Solutions Challenge

Our partner university Wageningen University & Research is organizing the Nature Based Solutions Challenge. We would like to invite students of CZU to form teams and participate in the challenge!

Will you design and implement a nature based solution, and positively contribute to the climate, biodiversity, and quality of life? In the Nature Based Solutions Challenge, you are challenged to come up with a nature-based solution and to implement it. A jury will select the teams that receive funding (2500 euro) and mentoring from experts to make their project into a success!

The challenge

Nature based solutions are actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Nature-based solutions are part of the answer to the biggest challenges of the 21st century, being climate change and biodiversity loss. 

In this challenge, your team will work on a nature-based solution in a local context addressing climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and biodiversity restoration, and thereby improving the quality of life. Furthermore, societal and economic impact are to be addressed too.

Who

You can participate with a team of at least two and up to five BSc and/or MSc students. It’s recommended to form a team of students with different disciplinary backgrounds. Fresh graduates are welcome to join the Challenge (maximum of one per team), though the graduation should take place not earlier than academic year 2020/2021.

The challenge is open to students from Universities (of Applied Sciences) worldwide.

Registration

You can apply by submitting a Concept Note (a format will be provided on this page) on your envisioned project, focusing on nature based solutions. We will open registration as from February 22 until April 13 (deadline of registration).

Timeline 

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Panel of experts of Wageningen University & Research:

  • Tim van Hattum - Program Leader Green Climate Solutions
  • Liesje Mommer – Leading the Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative
  • Cora van Oosten – Landscape Governance & Natural Resources Management Expert
  • Ivo Demmers - Head of Programme Food Security and Valuing Water Program

Inspiration:

To spark your creativity, we have collected some useful and interesting resources on nature-based solutions. They include many inspiring examples.

Youth Network Partners

Involving and preparing the next generation is a core task of WUR throughout its history. In the past years WUR has organized several youth engagement activities to incorporate the voice of a diverse international group of young aspirational young people. WUR is pleased to partner with the below Youth Networks in this challenge.

Information source: https://www.wur.nl/en/article/Nature-Based-Solutions-Challenge.htm 

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