Mainstreaming biodiversity and nature-based solutions in higher education and TVET*
KEY POINTS- Foster interdisciplinary collaboration within and between institutions for higher education to improve education for biodiversity and nature-based solutions (NBS)
- Promote transdisciplinary collaboration between higher education, vocational training centres and society to mainstream biodiversity education and NBS.
- Create living labs to develop nature-based solutions that provide innovative ways of working with nature to address environmental problems.
Project overview
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Global goals
- 4. Quality education
- 6. Clean ater and satitation
- 13. Climate action
- 15. Life on land
- 17. Partnerships for the goals
Short summary
The eNaBls project is funded by EU Horizon 2020 and aims to enable society to bend the curve for biodiversity loss by developing knowledge of biodiversity and skills in the use of biodiversity as an alternative to technological solutions to environmental problems.
The project provides support for the EU biodiversity strategy 2030 and the Kunming-Montreal biodiversity strategy for 2030 through education and learning about biodiversity and nature-based solutions (NBS) at universities, colleges, vocational training schools, workplaces, and society at large.
The project will establish seven living labs at universities in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, Lithuania, Greece, and the Czech Republic. New ideas for working with nature will be tested in the real world with local authorities and citizens.
Educational and communication materials that build on the work of the NBS EduWorld project will be developed and disseminated through the NetworkNature project and the Association for European Life Science Universities (ICA).
Contribution from SLU Centre for Biological Diversity
The SLU Centre for Biological Diversity contributes with expert knowledge on how to apply systems thinking—that is, understanding how different parts of a system are connected and influence each other—in nature-based solutions and education for sustainable development.
Our participation is through the ICA network of european universities working in life sciences such as biology, medicine, agriculture, nature, and environment.
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* TVET=Technical and Vocational Education and Training