Living and thriving with Nature: Engagement tools for fostering social-ecological resilience and co-creating Nature-based Solutions

E-book

The synergistic approach of nature-based solutions (NbS) focusing on biodiversity, climate change resilience and wellbeing holds transformative potential through its inclusion of people and nature. It integrates local knowledges, values and needs while acknowledging the interconnections between humans and nature. Harnessing the transformative potential of working with people and nature requires actionable, principle-based tools that help us engage multi-level actors including decision makers and civil society in an inclusive and empowering manner.

This call for contributions is an NBRACER initiative that gathers effective, inclusive and just strategies for engaging diverse stakeholders in NbS design, implementation, and monitoring. It collects engagement tools that are practical, effective and meaningful that seek to connect, inspire and empower different actors in their climate resilient journeys.

Call for contributions

We invite short contributions of engagement tools within the field of social-ecological resilience and nature-based solutions that aim at one or several of the following:

Understanding the values, perceptions and interests of stakeholders particularly the private sector, farmers, local initiatives, schools, young people, NGOs;
Sharing insights and possible solutions for local application through innovative approaches;
Promoting dialogue amongst different actors and building community;
Bringing marginalized perspectives and voices into the conversation;
Collaborating and communicating in inclusive and just ways;
Co-creating place-based solutions together with local actors;
Building local capacities, raising awareness and promoting peer-learning;
Integrating different ways of knowledge including Indigenous, local, artistic;
Connecting to the natural world.

Instructions for authors

With this Toolkit we are aiming to create a collection of short contributions of approximately 1200 words that are useful for researchers, educators, practitioners and regional/local planners and managers working in the field of social-ecological resilience and nature-based solutions.

To facilitate applicability in diverse contexts, submissions should follow the following format and structure:

Title: Name of the tool