Cities

The capacity of cities as landscapes to support biodiversity is accepted as one of the critical steps necessary to halt global biodiversity loss and also address the other two aspects of the triple planetary crisis, climate change and pollution. The intent of the report is to communicate opportunities for the integration of nature and biodiversity into the building scale, through the measures implemented within the individual building structure.

As a typical coastal city, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, faces serious societal challenges such as the impact of climate change, overexploitation of natural resources, and loss of biodiversity. Xiamen is implementing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) by strengthening ecological protection, promoting ecosystem restoration, building sponge city, supporting sustainable community development and green transformation of mines, while encouraging funding and diverse public participation.

The IUCN Urban Alliance, a broad coalition of IUCN constituents concerned with the urban dimensions of nature conservation, has unveiled a new knowledge product for measuring the ecological performance of cities: the IUCN Urban Nature Indexes (UNI).

L’Alliance urbaine de l’UICN, une large coalition d’entités constitutives de l’UICN concernées par les dimensions urbaines de la conservation de la nature, a dévoilé un nouvel produit de connaissance pour mesurer la performance écologique des villes : les Index de nature urbaine de l’UICN (en anglais « Urban Nature Indexes » ou INU). Composé de six thèmes et de cinq « sujets indicateurs » imbriqués dans chaque thème, les INU ont pour but d’aider les décideurs politiques, les parties pren

La Alianza Urbana de la UICN, una amplia coalición de Miembros de la UICN preocupados por las dimensiones urbanas de la conservación de la naturaleza, ha presentado un nuevo producto de conocimiento para medir el desempeño ecológico de las ciudades: los Índices de Naturaleza Urbana (INU) de la UICN. El INU, compuesto por seis temas con cinco temáticas anidadas en cada tema, una para cada indicador, pretende ayudar a los responsables de la formulación de políticas, a las partes interesada

The IUCN Urban Alliance, a broad coalition of IUCN constituents concerned with the urban dimensions of nature conservation, has unveiled a new knowledge product for measuring the ecological performance of cities: the IUCN Urban Nature Indexes (UNI).