The document outlines a course launching in July 2017 focused on nature-based solutions and resilience assessments for urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. It emphasizes the importance of multi-actor dialogues for policy development and governance, highlighting various initiatives and tools such as the Thrive app and community eco-cultural mapping. Additionally, it promotes knowledge exchange between practitioners, policymakers, and scientists to enhance environmental governance and sustainability.

1. The course will launch in July 2017.
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Development of
practical tools
Nature-based solutions and
Resilience assessments help to
manage multiple social and
ecological benefits from landscapes
The mobile app introducing nature-based
solutions in urban areas
Solutions proposed in the Thrive app
are directed to improving life in cities
across sub-Saharan Africa while
promoting protection and sustainable
use of natural assets.
Discover the Thrive app developed
by ICLEI's Cities Biodiversity Center
with contributions from SwedBio
at www.thriveapp.co.za
The Multiple Evidence
Base approach
An approach for connecting
knowledge systems, building
dialogue and mobilizing existing
knowledge
The approach emphasizes the
importance of equitable and
transparent processes while bridging
across knowledge systems, as well as
the complementarity across
indigenous, local and scientific
knowledge systems. When combined,
these can generate insights for
governance of biodiversity and
ecosystems, as the evidence generated
constitutes an enriched picture for
policy decisions or joint problem
formulation and knowledge
generation.
Community eco-cultural mapping in Tharaka,
Kenya
Reports from the MEB pilot
communities in Ethiopia, Kenya,
Philippines and Thailand
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reports
Our mission is to enable knowledge generation, dialogue and exchange between practitioners, policymakers and scientists
for development and implementation of policies and methods – which contribute to poverty alleviation, equity, sustainable
livelihoods and social-ecological systems rich in biodiversity that persist, adapt and transform under global change.
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Multi-Actor Dialogue
Seminars
A methodology for transformative
social learning and conflict resolution
in multi-actor settings
Participants in the "Quito II" dialogue seminar
on finance for biodiversity
Improving the culture of dialogue
may be the biggest single opportunity
we have to identify genuine solutions
for a sustainable future. Dialogue
seminars gathering different actors
can be a mean for both personal and
systemic transformation for enhanced
environmental governance. SwedBio
has co-organised dialogues on topics
such as biodiversity financing
mechanisms, and integration of
resilience and biodiversity in the
SDGs. The policy context and
participants in these dialogues have
spanned from the local, national,
regional to global levels.
Reports "The biggest single
opportunity we have is
dialogue", "Biodiversity financing
and safeguards" and "Dialogue
Workshop on Assessment of
Collective Action in Biodiversity
Conservation"
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reports
Landscape Approaches
at SwedBio
SwedBio enables knowledge generation and dialogue across
practice, policy and science to develop and implement policies and
methods for resilient ecosystem management and governance
Find out more at http://swed.bio
An upcoming Massive
Open Online Course co-
developed by UNDP and
SwedBio on “Resilience
Principles and
Assessments” will
introduce social-ecological
resilience principles,
assessment and
management.