Upcoming Webinar Schedule

Next webinar: Tuesday, April 9

This webinar will begin at 7am (UTC-7, Phoenix), 10am (UTC-5, New York), 3pm (UTC+0, London), 4pm (UTC+2, Cape Town), 10pm (UTC+8, Beijing). Please join the webinar via Zoom. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android.

NATURA WEBINAR #41

April 9, 2024

  • Yaella Depietri and Liav (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) | NBS Case Study in Tel-Aviv

    • Link to case study (LINK)

NATURA WEBINAR #40

March 27, 2024

  • Recap of the Global Roadmap (GRM) Workshop and All-Hands Meeting!

NATURA WEBINAR #39

January 8, 2024

  • Rebecca Tiernan (Arizona State University, Early Career Fellow) | Exploring Urban Nature and Resilience in Cape Town, South Africa

NATURA WEBINAR #38

December 12, 2023

  • Alannah Hofemeier (Plan Adapt, Berlin, Germany) | Participatory methods to plan and design Nature-based Solutions in the context of informal settlements

At the end of the webinar, Vanessa Champion will introduce the Journal of Biophilic Design of which she is the Founder and Editorial Director. The Journal of Biophilic Design celebrates biophilia in all its forms, through scientific contributions to nature photography.


NATURA WEBINAR #37 (recording)

November 14, 2023

  • Dr. Philip Levin (Director, National Nature Assessment at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy) | “Insights from National Nature Assessment”


NATURA WEBINAR #36 (recording)

October 10, 2023



NATURA WEBINAR #35 (recording)

September 12, 2023

  • Christopher Raymond and Team | *new network introduction* Transformative Cities

  • Rembrandt Zeigers and Gijs van Zonneveld | *talk* The challenge to achieve governance for scaling up rewilding at sea



NATURA WEBINAR #34 (RECORDING)

May 9, 2023

  • Kezia Ojal | *new network introduction* Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI)



NATURA WEBINAR #33

March 14, 2023

  • Joeri Morpurgo, Natural Capital Project | A Consolidated Urban Green Infrastructure Classification (CUGIC) for assessing biodiversity and ecosystem services

    • PRESENTATION (PDF)

  • Chris Kennedy, Urban Systems Lab | Partnering with Fungi to Benefit Forest Ecosystems in Central Texas



NATURA WEBINAR #32

February 14, 2023

TWG Annual Report Back (pt. 2) | NBS Global Roadmap, Design for Justice, and Urban Ecological Resilience working groups

  • NBS Global Roadmap TWG | Loan Diep (Urban Systems Lab)

  • Design for Justice TWG | Chingwen Cheng (UREx SRN)

  • Urban Ecological Resilience TWG | Erik Andersson (ENABLE, SMARTer Greener Cities)



NATURA WEBINAR #31(recording)

January 10, 2023

TWG Annual Report Back (pt. 1) | Utilizing the eLTER working group

  • Introducing the TWG "Utilizing eLTER" | Daniel Orenstein

  • SETS and long-term data gathering: Example from Copenhagen | Natalie Gulsrud

  • NBS and long-term ecosystem observation: Example from Crete | Nikolaos Nikolaidis and Marie Mimikou

    • PRESENTATION (PDF)



NATURA WEBINAR #30 (recording)

Dec. 13. 2022

  • Eric Butler, Clackamas River Basin Council, Portland (US)

  • Antonieta Peregrina (Iniciativa Río Tijuana), Carlos Agudelo, Carlos Sabogal (Universidad de La Salle), Duván López (RECNET)



NATURA Webinar #29 (recording)

Nov. 8, 2022

  • Björn Wickenberg, IIIEE/LU | Translation and Implementation of Nature-based Solutions in Cities – Experimentation, Learning and Knowledge Production

    • PRESENTATION (PDF)



NATURA Webinar #28

October 11, 2022

  • Jorge Morales-Guerrero, Katherine Weiss, and Mandy Kuhn, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability | Community visions of the Salt River - Rio Reimagined | Immersive, Interdisciplinary, Identity-based Team Science Experiences (IIITSE 2022)

    • PRESENTATION (PDF)

  • Carlos Romero and Isabella Pacenza | Climate extremes in human settlements: learning from communities (Resilient Urban Latin America Research Experience for Students (RULA-IRES)

    • PRESENTATION (PDF)



NATURA Webinar #27

September 13, 2022

  • Katinka Wijsman, Utrecht University | What do we mean by justice in sustainability pathways? Commitments, dilemmas, and translations from theory to practice in nature-based solutions

  • Jennifer Rae Pierce, Urban Biodiversity Hub | Global Targets & Local Practices for Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions



NATURA Webinar #25 (Recording)

May 10, 2022

  • Melissa Ingaruca Moreno, Clair Cooper, and Laura Costadone | Early-Career Fellowship presentations (presentation)



NATURA Webinar #24 (Recording)

March 8, 2022

  • David Iwaniec | *network introduction* SETS Convergence Project (presentation)



NATURA Webinar #23 (Recording)

February 8, 2022

  • Clive Davies | *network introduction* European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) (presentation)



NATURA Webinar #22 (RECORDING)

January 11, 2022

  • Mike Treglia and Emily Emily Maxwell | new Nature Conservancy Report: The State of the NYC Urban Forest (Presentation)

    • Link to report (link)



NATURA Webinar #21

December 14, 2021

  • TWG: Urban Informalities

  • TWG: Design for Justice

  • TWG: Global Roadmap



NATURA Webinar #20 (Recording) (chat)

November 9, 2021

  • TWG: Global to Local

  • TWG: Urban Nature

  • TWG: Nature based Pathways



NATURA Webinar #19

October 12, 2021

  • Nea Pakarinen | ICLEI Europe



NATURA Webinar #18

September 14, 2021

  • Rik De Vreese | CLEARING HOUSE and European Forest Institute

    • Presentation (PDF)

NATURA Webinar #17

August 10, 2021

  • Erik Andersson (Smarter Greener Cities)

    • Presentation (PDF)

  • Paul Mahoney (Oppla)

    • Presentation (PDF)



NATURA Webinar #16

July 13, 2021

  • Tadhg MacIntyre (GoGreenRoutes)

  • Manuel Colón (Intemperie Studio)



NATURA WEBINAR #15

June 8, 2021

  • Russell Galt (IUCN Urban Nature Alliance)

    • Presentation (PDF)

NATURA Webinar #14

May 11, 2021

  • Elvia Melendez Ackerman (San Juan ULTRA Network)

  • Christopher Raymond (VIVA Plan and ENVISION Project)

    • Presentations (PDF)

NATURA Webinar #13

April 20, 2021

  • Henrik Dahl and Per Andersson (Future Position X Network)

    • Presentation (PDF)

  • Matteo Giusti (BIG Project)

    • Presentation (PDF)

  • Stephan Barthel (Future Proof Cities Project and FAIRTRANS Project)

    • Presentation (PDF)



NATURA Webinar #12

March 23, 2021



NATURA Webinar #10

January 19, 2021

  • PlanAdapt | Mariana Vidal Merino

  • Western Center for Metropolitan Extension & Research (WCMER) | Brad Gaolach



NATURA Webinar #9

December 15, 2020

  • ReNature | Mario Balzan

  • International and Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem Critical zone and Socio-ecological Research project (ILTER and eLTER-RI) | Daniel Orenstein and Kinga Krauze



NATURA Webinar #8

November 17, 2020

  • Central Arizona-Phoenix and Baltimore Ecosystem Studies Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP-LTER and BES-LTER) project | Dan Childers and Emma J Rosi



NATURA Webinar #7

October 20, 2020



NATURA Webinar #6

September 15, 2020



NATURA Webinar #5

August 11, 2020



NATURA Webinar #4

June 9, 2020

  • ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Center and Cities with Nature | Timothy Blatch

  • UNESCO Chair of Sustainability (UNESCOSOST) and Recycling the City Network (RECNET) | Jordi Morató and Duván Hernán López



NATURA Webinar #3

May 12, 2020



NATURA WEBINAR #2

April 14, 2020

  • Future Earth Urban Knowledge Action Network (KAN) and The Nature Conservancy North American Cities Program | Giles Sioen

  • Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN), ASU | Nancy Grimm



NATURA WEBINAR #1

March 17, 2020

NATURA introduction and welcome from the coordinating Committee Team.