Be Innovative, Be Nature-based! NBS Hubs launch successfully in Italy and Poland

NetworkNature supports local network development to build long-lasting structures for NBS uptake, foster capacity building and knowledge exchange, build relationships and new partnerships, and address local specificities of barriers and opportunities for NBS. During the NetworkNature project, 6 NBS Hubs were launched – Nordic Region, Hungary, Portugal, Ukraine – and most recently in Italy and Poland, expanding this growing network of networks.

In May two NbS hubs launched in Rome, Italy and Wroclaw, Poland. The NBS Italy Hub has cleverly united under the slogan, Be Innovative, be nature-based. It launched at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche in Rome, and is coordinated by the Italian National Council of Research, Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems of the CNR. The Hub is composed primarily of municipalities and research institutes, engaged through a screening of the main Italian partners involved in the EU-funded NbS projects (until 2020).