The webinar organized by the Biovalue project, titled “Unlocking Biodiversity Value in Spatial Planning,” aims to present the project’s findings and initiate a dialogue on the opportunities for integrating economic and financial instruments into spatial planning processes and environmental assessments to enhance biodiversity value in society. During the event, 24 generic economic and financial instruments will be analyzed for their impact on biodiversity within the context of spatial planning and environmental assessment, exploring their transformative change potential.
Registration to participate in the event is open until November 15. Interested parties are kindly requested to register at the following link
Program:
Time | Activity |
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14:00 | Welcome and introduction to the BioValue project |
14:05 | Plenary session |
Presentation of the relevance of economic and financial instruments for spatial planning | |
Implications from the EU Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy | |
14:30 | Working sessions |
Discussion focused on 3 themes: | |
– Potential instruments to facilitate biodiversity enhancement in spatial planning and practical examples | |
– Factors preventing the use of economic and financial instruments in spatial development practices | |
– Actors and actions for developing and implementing economic and financial instruments to address challenges in spatial planning | |
15:10 | Plenary session |
Presentation of results and key elements emerging from the discussion rooms | |
15:20 | Q&A and final remarks |