promoting Research Excellence in NAture-based soluTions for innovation, sUstainable economic GRowth and human wEll-being in Malta

Deliverables

Knowledge needs and synthesis for decision-making

Report on collaborative activities identified in response to knowledge needs, and formal synthesis of relevant knowledge for decision-making on at least one priority knowledge need

Report on the development of a blueprint for socially and economically viable nature-based solutions

This task will build on knowledge generated from WP3-5, including capacity-building activities and student research (WP3), the knowledge needs and knowledge synthesis (WP4) and the workshop and meetings with stakeholders (WP4 and WP5), to develop systemic approaches and methodologies that regenerate landscapes and leading to enhanced ecosystem services delivery and human well-being and quality of life, social cohesion and integration.

Evaluation Report of the ReNature higher education training

Evaluation Report for higher education training courses, expert visits and capacity-building organised by ReNature

ReNature Summer Schools Evaluation Report

An evaluation report of the two summer schools organised by ReNature.

Open-source compendium

A dedicated open-source compendium permitting the co-creation of knowledge through open-source innovation.

Public project presentation

Public project presentation: content and design of branding and marketing collateral (logo, leaflet, poster, templates, website)

The ReNature Nature-Based Solutions Impacts Toolbox

The ReNature Nature-Based Solutions Impacts Toolbox can be used to guide the design, development and implementation of new projects and policies.

Publications

Practical applications of ecosystem services in spatial planning: Lessons learned from a systematic literature review

Author(s): Davide Longato, Chiara Cortinovis, Christian Albert, Davide Geneletti
Published in: Environmental Science & Policy, Issue 119, 2021, Page(s) 72-84, ISSN 1462-9011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.001

Priority knowledge needs for implementing nature-based solutions in the Mediterranean islands

Author(s): Miriam Grace, Mario Balzan, Marcus Collier, Davide Geneletti, Judita Tomaskinova, Ruben Abela, Duncan Borg, Giulia Buhagiar, Lorinda Camilleri, Mario Cardona, Nikolas Cassar, Ralph Cassar, Ivana Cattafi, Daniel Cauchi, Claudia Galea, Daniele La Rosa, Eleni Malekkidou, Maria Masini, Paul Portelli, Gloria Pungetti, Matthew Spagnol, Joseph Zahra, Antoine Zammit, Lynn V. Dicks
Published in: Environmental Science & Policy, Issue 116, 2021, Page(s) 56-68, ISSN 1462-9011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.003

Assessing urban ecosystem services to prioritise nature-based solutions in a high-density urban area

Author(s): Mario V Balzan; Grazia Zulian; Joachim Maes; Michelle Borg
Published in: Nature-Based Solutions, 2021, ISSN 2772-4115
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2021.100007

Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Criterionfor the Diagnosis of Abiotic Environmental Stressof <i>Miscanthus x Giganteus</i> Hybrid

Author(s): Ján Tomaškin, Judita Tomaškinová, Hubert Theuma
Published in: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Issue 30/4, 2021, Page(s) 3269-3276, ISSN 1230-1485
Publisher: HARD Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/126874

Environmental management challenges in the 21st century: Assessment of protected areas management effectiveness in Slovakia.

Author(s): Tomaskinova, J., Tomaskin, J., Stastna, M., Theuma, H.
Published in: Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Issue Vol. 20, No. 4, 2020, Page(s) 802, ISSN 1311-5065
Publisher: Scientific Bulgarian Communication

New records of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Maltese Islands

Author(s): Mario V Balzan, David Genoud, Pierre Rasmont, Maximilian Schwarz, Denis Michez
Published in: Journal of Melittology, Issue 72, 2017, Page(s) 1, ISSN 2325-4467
Publisher: University of Kansas
DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i72.6626

Assessing urban recreation ecosystem services through the use of geocache visitation and preference data: a case-study from an urbanised island environment

Author(s): Mario V Balzan, Iain Debono
Published in: One Ecosystem, Issue 3, 2018, Page(s) e24490, ISSN 2367-8194
Publisher: Pensoft
DOI: 10.3897/oneeco.3.e24490

Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU - Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration

Author(s): Benjamin Burkhard, Joachim Maes, Marion Potschin-Young, Fernando Santos-Martín, Davide Geneletti, Pavel Stoev, Leena Kopperoinen, Cristian Adamescu, Blal Adem Esmail, Ildikó Arany, Andy Arnell, Mario Balzan, David N. Barton, Pieter van Beukering, Sabine Bicking, Paulo Borges, Bilyana Borisova, Leon Braat, Luke M Brander, Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva, Steven Broekx, Claire Brown, Constantin Cazacu,
Published in: One Ecosystem, Issue 3, 2018, Page(s) e29153, ISSN 2367-8194
Publisher: Pensoft
DOI: 10.3897/oneeco.3.e29153

Utilisation of plant functional diversity in wildflower strips for the delivery of multiple agroecosystem services

Author(s): Mario V. Balzan, Gionata Bocci, Anna-Camilla Moonen
Published in: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Issue 158/3, 2016, Page(s) 304-319, ISSN 0013-8703
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12403

Flowering banker plants for the delivery of multiple agroecosystem services

Author(s): Mario V. Balzan
Published in: Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Issue 11/6, 2017, Page(s) 743-754, ISSN 1872-8855
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-017-9544-2

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: A SWOT analysis of the ecosystem services framework

Author(s): J.W. Bull, N. Jobstvogt, A. Böhnke-Henrichs, A. Mascarenhas, N. Sitas, C. Baulcomb, C.K. Lambini, M. Rawlins, H. Baral, J. Zähringer, E. Carter-Silk, M.V. Balzan, J.O. Kenter, T. Häyhä, K. Petz, R. Koss
Published in: Ecosystem Services, Issue 17, 2016, Page(s) 99-111, ISSN 2212-0416
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.11.012

How are cities planning to respond to climate change? Assessment of local climate plans from 885 cities in the EU-28

Author(s): Diana Reckien, Monica Salvia, Oliver Heidrich, Jon Marco Church, Filomena Pietrapertosa, Sonia De Gregorio-Hurtado, Valentina D'Alonzo, Aoife Foley, Sofia G. Simoes, Eliška Krkoška Lorencová, Hans Orru, Kati Orru, Anja Wejs, Johannes Flacke, Marta Olazabal, Davide Geneletti, Efrén Feliu, Sergiu Vasilie, Cristiana Nador, Anna Krook-Riekkola, Marko Matosović, Paris A. Fokaides, Byron I. Ioannou
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 191, 2018, Page(s) 207-219, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.220

The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Maltese Islands

Author(s): MARIO V. BALZAN, PIERRE RASMONT, MICHAEL KUHLMANN, HOLGER DATHE, ALAIN PAULY, SÉBASTIEN PATINY, MICHAEL TERZO, DENIS MICHEZ
Published in: Zootaxa, Issue 4162/2, 2016, Page(s) 225, ISSN 1175-5326
Publisher: Magnolia Press
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.2

Landscape complexity and field margin vegetation diversity enhance natural enemies and reduce herbivory by Lepidoptera pests on tomato crop

Author(s): Mario V. Balzan, Gionata Bocci, Anna-Camilla Moonen
Published in: BioControl, Issue 61/2, 2016, Page(s) 141-154, ISSN 1386-6141
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-015-9711-2

Assessing the capacity and flow of ecosystem services in multifunctional landscapes: Evidence of a rural-urban gradient in a Mediterranean small island state

Author(s): Mario V Balzan, Julio Caruana, Annrica Zammit
Published in: Land Use Policy, Issue 75, 2018, Page(s) 711-725, ISSN 0264-8377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.08.025

Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

Author(s): Mario V. Balzan, Marion Potschin-Young, Roy Haines-Young
Published in: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, Issue 14/1, 2018, Page(s) 71-90, ISSN 2151-3732
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2018.1439103

Improving ecosystem assessments in Mediterranean social-ecological systems: a DPSIR analysis

Author(s): Mario V. Balzan, Ana Martins Pinheiro, André Mascarenhas, Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez, Ana Ruiz-Frau, Claudia Carvalho-Santos, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis, Jeroen Arends, Julia Santana-Garcon, José V. Roces-Díaz, Lluís Brotons, C. Sylvie Campagne, Philip K. Roche, Sergio de Miguel, Stefano Targetti, Evangelia G. Drakou, Vassiliki Vlami, Francesc Baró, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer
Published in: Ecosystems and People, Issue 15/1, 2019, Page(s) 136-155, ISSN 2639-5908
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2019.1598499

A framework to explore the effects of urban planning decisions on regulating ecosystem services in cities

Author(s): Chiara Cortinovis, Davide Geneletti
Published in: Ecosystem Services, Issue 38, 2019, Page(s) 100946, ISSN 2212-0416
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100946

A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland

Author(s): Lorna J. Cole, David Kleijn, Lynn V. Dicks, Jane C. Stout, Simon G. Potts, Matthias Albrecht, Mario V. Balzan, Ignasi Bartomeus, Penelope J. Bebeli, Danilo Bevk, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Róbert Chlebo, Anželika Dautartė, Nikolaos Emmanouil, Chris Hartfield, John M. Holland, Andrea Holzschuh, Nieke T. J. Knoben, Anikó Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Yael Mandelik, Heleni Panou, Robert J. Paxton, Theodora
Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020, ISSN 0021-8901
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13572

Soil Respiration Dynamics, as a New Approach in Nature-based Solutions for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in the Terrestrial Biosphere

Author(s): Judita Tomaskinova, Milada Stastna, Jan Tomaskin, Helena Hnilickova, Frantisek Hnilicka
Published in: Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Issue 20/2, 2019, Page(s) 802-810, ISSN 1311-5065
Publisher: Scientific Bulgarian Communication

A performance-based planning approach integrating supply and demand of urban ecosystem services

Author(s): Chiara Cortinovis, Davide Geneletti
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 201, 2020, Page(s) 103842, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103842

Mediterranean land system dynamics and their underlying drivers: Stakeholder perception from multiple case studies

Author(s): Catarina Esgalhado, Maria Helena Guimarães, Sylvie Lardon, Marta Debolini, Mario V. Balzan, Sabine C. Gennai-Schott, Marian Simón Rojo, Insaf Mekki, Salah Bouchemal
Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning, Issue 213, 2021, Page(s) 104134, ISSN 0169-2046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104134

Assessing Ecosystem Services Supplied by Agroecosystems in Mediterranean Europe: A Literature Review

Author(s): Mario V. Balzan, Renata Sadula, Laura Scalvenzi
Published in: Land, Issue 9/8, 2020, Page(s) 245, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land9080245

ADDRESSING PRESENT CHALLENGES IN THE LIFE-CYCLE OF WETLANDS MANAGEMENT TO SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

Author(s): Judita Tomaškinová, Ján Tomaškin, Hubert Theuma, Andrés F. Alcántara Valero, Vincent Attard
Published in: Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, Issue 29/1, 2021, Page(s) 48-60, ISSN 1648-6897
Publisher: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
DOI: 10.3846/jeelm.2021.14142

Are field boundary hedgerows the earliest example of a nature-based solution?

Author(s): Marcus J. Collier
Published in: Environmental Science & Policy, Issue 120, 2021, Page(s) 73-80, ISSN 1462-9011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.008

Building capacity for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into environmental policy and landscape planning

Author(s): Mario V Balzan, Judita Tomaskinova, Marcus Collier, Lynn Dicks, Davide Geneletti, Miriam Grace, Davide Longato, Renata Sadula, Pavel Stoev, Anna Sapundzhieva
Published in: Research Ideas and Outcomes, Issue 6, 2020, Page(s) e58970, ISSN 2367-7163
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/rio.6.e58970

ReNature: creating the first nature-based solutions compendium in the Mediterranean

Author(s): Sapundzhieva A, Balzan MV, Tomaskinova J, De Santis L, Collier MJ, Williams J, Dicks L, Grace M, Geneletti D, Demirova I
Published in: Research Ideas and Outcomes, Issue 6, 2020, Page(s) e59646, ISSN 2367-7163
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/rio.6.e59646

Capacity-building and networking events for nature-based solutions and re-naturing in Malta

Author(s): Tomaskinova J, Dicks L, Collier M, Geneletti D, Grace M, Longato D, Sadula R, Stoev P, Sapundzhieva A, Balzan MV
Published in: Research Ideas and Outcomes, Issue 6, 2020, Page(s) e60893, ISSN 2367-7163
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/rio.6.e60893

Place-based Assessment of Small Islands' Ecosystem Services

Author(s): Balzan M.V., Potschin, M. & Haines-Young, R.
Published in: Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services, Issue 2016, 2016, ISBN 978-1-138-02508-0
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.1.3415.7845

Nature-based solutions: new challenges for urban planning

Author(s): Davide Longato, Davide Geneletti
Published in: AESOP 2019 Conference - Book of Papers, 2019, Page(s) 3785-3792, ISBN 978-88-99243-93-7
Publisher: Università IUAV di Venezia

EDULEARN21 Proceedings

Author(s): Luis Gómez Chova, Agustín López Martínez, Ignacio Candel Torres
Published in: EDULEARN Proceedings, 2021, Page(s) 8975-8984, ISBN 978-84-09-31267-2
Publisher: IATED
DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2021

Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities

Author(s): Davide Geneletti, Chiara Cortinovis, Linda Zardo, Blal Adem Esmail
Published in: Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-20024-4
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20024-4

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