The challenge of pursuing economic development whilst providing co-benefits to biodiversity and people is particularly felt in islands, which depend on external markets and tourism and are susceptible to natural disasters and climate change whilst having a constrained adaptation capacity.
NbS can be used to tackle key societal challenges whilst avoiding or mitigating the negative impacts of local and global stressors that threaten ES of small-medium islands.
Working Group Leaders
- – Prof. Mart Külvik, Leader
- » Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
- – Dr. Shiri Zemah-Shamir, Co-Leader
- » IDC Herzliya, Israel
- – Prof. Stoyan Nedkov, Co-Leader