Name: Nature-based solutions in the Global South: Opportunities and limitations in Policy and Practice
Start: 2024-06-04T10:00:00-0400
End: 2024-06-04T11:30:00-0400

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Welcome to the Nature of Cities Festival 2024! A gathering to get inspired, to learn, to present, collaborate, or to meet hundreds of new best friends and urban nature co-conspirators. The Berlin segment is an all-inclusive multi-day experience featuring field-trips, in person talks, workshops, art interventions, a film festival, Farm-to-Table dinners, various opportunities for socializing, and much more. All of it takes place at the Atelier Gardens venue, and various other locations around Berlin.

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Nature-based solutions in the Global South: Opportunities and limitations in Policy and Practice

In this session, we will discuss the potential and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in the Global South. We will discuss the nuances of the concept, explore how it is being applied differently in various countries and interrogate its limitations in post-colonial contexts and in historically marginalised neighbourhoods.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Erich Wolff

Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University

Erich Wolff (he/him) is an interdisciplinary researcher and teacher working in Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. His work delves into citizen science, nature-based solutions and flood risk reduction. His publications examine the potential of citizen science and... Read More →

Franklin Kirimi

Senior Design Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative

Mr. Franklin Kirimi is a Landscape Architect, who has dedicated the last 5 years to the contextualization and sustainability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban informal settlements and in the urban context of sub-Saharan African cities. With a keen focus on overcoming challenges... Read More →