Nature-based solutions for a biodiverse and just future

How do we ensure that nature-based solutions deliver lasting results for biodiversity and climate while advancing justice and human rights?

Date: 16 October 2026

Time: 09:00 - 12:00

Language: English

Location: Alnarp, Online

Join us for a hybrid event at SLU Alnarp showcasing four research projects funded under the Biodiversa+ BiodivNBS call. Just before the UN Biodiversity COP17 in Yerevan, this event will discuss a shared challenge: strengthening, scaling and governing nature-based solutions so they work for present and future generations of people and other living beings.

Biodiversa+, Europe's biodiversity research funding partnership, supports transnational projects that generate knowledge and tools to halt biodiversity loss and strengthen nature-based solutions 

The morning will open with reflections from Elin Weyler (Formas) on BiodivNBS and Sweden's role in future Biodiversa+ calls, followed by Lovisa Lagerblad and colleagues from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket).

Four project teams will then present their work:

  • DEFEND-BIO (RWI- Lund University, Claudia Ituarte-Lima) – Exploring how biosphere defenders can use legal and governance tools to advance just sustainability transformations
  • GREENHANCEnbt (SLU, Geovana Mercado) – Examining how urban agriculture can be enhanced to boost human wellbeing, community connection, and biodiversity
  • inSALSA (SLU, Sajeevan Radha Sivarajan) – Advancing sustainable agribiologicals through living labs in sub-Saharan Africa
  • WildCrop (SLU, Johan Stenberg) – Investigating rewilding of crop-bodyguard interactions to support the green transformation of agriculture

The programme will conclude with a panel debate centred on three questions that connects the four projects: what does it take to move nature-based solutions from research and living labs into everyday farming, urban planning, and policy? Who is responsible for ensuring they deliver real, lasting biodiversity gains rather than short-term fixes? And who ultimately benefits when they succeed? 

Programme

09:00 

  • Welcome
  • Elin Weyler, Formas 
  • Lovisa Lagerblad, Naturvårdsverket
  • Presentation, DEFEND-BIO
  • Presentation, GREENHANCEnbt 

10.15 Short break

  • Presentation, inSALSA 
  • Presentation, WildCrop
  • Panel debate
  • Wrap up 

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  • Anna Manourová, Coordinator of the SLU Breeding Network
    Department of Biosystems and Technology