Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature

Published: March 25, 2025

In an increasingly urbanized world, urban biodiversity is people's primary contact with nature. However, as cities expand and densify, green blue spaces their are under pressure, risking declines in liveability. This Review discusses the benefits of multiple challenges it faces, identifies opportunities pathways towards developing sustainable, biodiverse for both humans The substantial biological richness that areas can harbour helps to mitigate environmental pressures, address adapt climate change, human health well-being. challenged by competition space, pressures declining engagement residents Understanding underlying mechanisms informs efforts create maintain high-quality blue–green infrastructure. Biodiversity-sensitive socially inclusive governance planning key biodiverse, cities. Urban policies should move cross-sectional approaches coordinate sectors such health, education, design. Developing shared environments nature contributes global conservation offers solutions social faced underpins ecosystem services cities, but faces from activities, nature, inadequate systems. provided biodiversity, its promotion conservation.

Language: Английский

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Explaining the Relationship Between the Per Capita Availability Level of Services Land Uses and the Number of Covid-19 Cases in Urban Areas

Regional Science Policy & Practice, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100177 - 100177

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Grassroots modalities of learning: creating and maintaining pluriversal knowing, being and doing for collective survival

Local Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 10

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Modeling metal uptake by selected vegetables from urban soils in Europe: uncovering key soil factors using partial least squares regression (PLS-R)

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 25

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Unconventional programmes to promote experiences with urban nature in Berlin

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 5, 2025

Abstract As more people live in cities, there is growing concern about the decline human–nature interactions, which negatively affect health and engagement with conservation efforts. Experiencing nature urban green spaces could counteract this trend. However, access to these often limited due a decreasing positive orientation of towards for challenging life circumstances—an important aspect environmental justice. This study examines seven programmes promoted by Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation foster interactions between Berlin, Germany, while highlighting importance biodiversity. We identify targeted groups, types used, participation programmes, challenges enablers their implementation. The target diverse ranging from general public ( Long Day Urban , Environmental Calendar Wild ) space visitors Rangers primary school children Nemo ), deprived neighbourhoods Experience Areas circumstances Companions ). provide wide range nature, natural remnants designed novel ecosystems. Most direct except video clips as multiplicator nature‐related activities. In 2023, number participants outdoor ranged 1400 42,000, website traffic digital was approximately 10 times higher. Since 2007, 324,000 have participated . Policy implications Biodiversity depends on support current future generations, yet challenged increasing disconnect citizens key justice issue. demonstrates that promoting run foundation collaboration stakeholders, can complement established education engaging including those facing circumstances. multi‐stakeholder governance Foundation, involving representatives legislature, executive organizations, facilitated co‐creation implementation institutions civil society actors. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Opportunities for microbiology citizen science: lessons learnt from three pilot projects

Access Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

Citizen science (CS) is the partnering of professional scientists and members public to answer real-world scientific questions. There has been huge growth in CS over past two decades, but uptake microbiology research has, thus far, relatively limited. In first part this article, we discuss how well aligned with research: sample collection methods can be simplified used a variety environments; projects are expected appeal participants as topics likely relevance people’s lives interests, including health people environment; also lead impact, identification new drugs or biotechnological solutions. second present our reflections on three pilot have recently completed. order for field grow, need share both their successes challenges they faced, so that others wanting use method learn from these experiences. We sampling yeast strains home brewing baking, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria home-grown produce microbes chopping boards. However, participation was limited by range factors, time available resourcing, which impacted ability generate knowledge wider impacts. provide recommendations wishing run projects, ensuring appropriate resourcing considering ethical implications projects.

Language: Английский

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Farmer participation and income analysis in small-scale irrigation systems during the Covid-19 pandemic in Lima Puluh Kota District

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 1469(1), P. 012038 - 012038

Published: March 1, 2025

Abstract The Integrated Participatory Irrigation Development and Management Project (IPDMIP) is critical in increasing agricultural production, national food security, farmers’ income by encouraging participation small-scale irrigation management. This study aims to assess the impact of IPDMIP program Lima Puluh Kota District, focusing on income, their managing networks, challenges faced during implementation. Data were collected through observation, interviews, questionnaires, archived project records. Thematic analysis was conducted for qualitative data, while descriptive statistics used quantitative data. results showed that average net farmers increased 10.28% after implementation IPDMIP. Farmer maintenance planning significantly from 6% 71%, jumped 20% 97%. However, Covid-19 restrictions affected capacity-building programs. Despite these challenges, success community-based management evident, providing benefits community farmer engagement improving income.

Language: Английский

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PlantPal: Leveraging Precision Agriculture Robots to Facilitate Remote Engagement in Urban Gardening

Published: April 24, 2025

Language: Английский

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Motivations, changes and challenges of participating in food-related social innovations and their transformative potential: three cases from Berlin (Germany)

Agriculture and Human Values, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 24, 2024

Abstract Dominant agri-food systems are increasingly seen as unsustainable in terms of environmental degradation, mass production or high food waste. In an attempt to counteract these developments and foster sustainability transitions systems, a variety actors engaging socially innovative models consumption. Using multiple case study approach, our examines three contrasting alternative economic the city Berlin: community gardens, app Too Good To Go (TGTG), cooperative supermarket. Based on 15 qualitative interviews, we provide insights into their transformative potential by exploring participants' underlying motivations, changes they have experienced, challenges for future development models. We find that participation gardens supermarket is similarly motivated social aspects dissatisfaction with existing access options, while TGTG users more financial reasons. Our shows change experienced mainly at individual level, e.g. building new relationships, changing cognitive framings, learning (new) practices, especially community-oriented settings. The individualization rather low lead systemic accounts changes. Yet, can prefigure regime change, describe resistance, cumulative incremental may spill over society. conclude order sustain this role drive transitions, it important up- outscale models; recommendations how mutually support development, establishment, protection.

Language: Английский

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Understanding how we can encourage front gardening: Analysing capability and opportunity factors from a nationally representative survey

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 96, P. 128364 - 128364

Published: May 14, 2024

Front gardens provide environmental and public health benefits to urban spaces, but are increasingly being covered with impermeable surfacing rather than plants greenery. To complement extend the exploration of motivations in literature on front gardening, we used data collected a national survey 1000 adults aged 20-64 England explore what capability opportunity factors affect whether people gardened their time they spent this. We found that feeling experienced affected someone gardened, not whilst greater general specific knowledge self-efficacy was associated all gardening behaviour. In terms factors, only time, convenience rental status were significant factors. Future interventions should build knowledge, experience self-efficacy, ensuring too time-intensive or inconvenient.

Language: Английский

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