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✉️ Save the Date ✉️ Invasive Annual Grass Project Planning, Grants, and Implementation: A Webinar for Land Management Practitioners December 18 from 11-12:30 ET Join ENVU and other partners for part two of their invasive annual grass webinar series. This webinar will share real-world lessons learned from large-scale restoration projects including topics like: the importance of partnerships, developing shared goals, project site selection, acquiring funding, and communicating success to funders and beyond. Click here to access session one and to register for session two:

The research paper I have been working on for the past several months has now been published. This is a research paper primarily for developers in Michigan. It connects developers with various tools and resources for revitalizing brownfields, with some example projects that had success using these tools. Most of my writing was focused on summarizing these examples. You can download and read the entire article on the ICMA website here:  https://lnkd.in/gS8uyj84

I am delighted to be speaking at the Annual Conference of the Constructed Wetland Association, 16 - 17 October 2024. Together with my colleague David Naismith from Mott MacDonald we will be discussing how to support greater use of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the water industry - what barriers exist and how to overcome them. ❌ Barrier – different definitions for NbS. ✅ Enabler - Standardisation of naming conventions to provide clarity and avoid confusion among various stakeholders. ❌ Barrier – Lack of confidence in NbS, larger land requirement, tighter consents. ✅Enabler - Using hybrid systems to provide more robust treatment, meet tighter consents, and efficiently use the available space. ❌ Barrier – NbS being scoped out at early design stages. ✅ Enabler - We are currently preparing NbS selection tool to ensure NbS are not rejected during the optioneering selection process.   However, there are other barriers related to the fact that NbS often require significant capital investment, and discharge consents are becoming increasingly stringent. Key Discussion points 📌 How can we financially quantify the benefit of NbS within the water industry? 📌 How can we take a flexible approach to permitting taking into account the seasonal variability in the performance of NbS systems? I would love to hear your thoughts.

𝗔𝗧𝗠 | Justin Joshua Pungyan, IDIS Environmental Research Officer discusses the Data Analysis and Conclusion the Walk the Talk : A Presentation on the Results of the Citizen Walkability Assessment in Tagum City at the Tagum City Historical and Cultural Center. #IDIS #WalkTheTalk #CitizenWalkabilityStudy

With mandatory BNG rules now in force for all sites, I have been assisting the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with feedback gathering for the BNG Small Sites Metric tool.    The results to the three questions - which 52 SME developers have responded to so far - are below.   These meaningful findings are being used by DEFRA to help formulate and implement BNG metrics going forwards.    Many thanks to all those who have participated! The link to respond to the survey is here: https://lnkd.in/ebQfAq5s

📚 At the Land Portal, we are proud to support the accessibility and long-term sustainability of knowledge on land governance. We're thrilled to announce that the 2024 The World Bank Land Conference session materials are now available in our Land Library—hosting over 73,000 publications on land governance! 🤓 We've carefully curated and preserved over 100 PowerPoint presentations from 69 sessions, enriched with detailed metadata and abstracts to ensure key insights are easily accessible. This effort exemplifies our commitment to providing lasting, open access to critical land-related knowledge for decision-makers, policymakers, and stakeholders worldwide. 🌍 In an era of contested information, the Land Portal remains dedicated to making land governance insights freely available to shape informed, impactful policies for the future. 🔗 Explore the materials ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gQ-RZdeW #LandGovernance #OpenKnowledge #LandPolicy #SustainableDevelopment M.Mercedes Stickler Juergen Voegele Thea Hilhorst Klaus Deininger Jaap Zevenbergen

We are excited to announce the release of the ‘Building a Waterwise Economy’ report, an economic framework that aligns water resource incentives with economic development to shape future policy recommendations for Nevada. WaterStart, through the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED), partnered with SRI to develop the waterwise economic framework, hosting focus groups with stakeholders from across the state to identify challenges and opportunities related to economic development and water resource management. The report provides a series of recommendations to help GOED and its partners achieve these strategies: • In addition to finding strategic regional alignment, embrace a ‘not one size fits all’ approach. • Address procedural and knowledge gaps across the economic and water management ecosystem. • Grow Nevada’s reputation as a leader in water resource management to propel economic development. • Build on ongoing initiatives and efforts. Learn more about the report and its recommendations on our website: https://buff.ly/3Bpq03M

🌍 Celebrating Open Data Champions in the Land Sector! 🌍 Today, the Land Portal Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of the Open Data Champions Initiative! 🎉 This initiative highlights and celebrates extraordinary leaders around the globe who are advancing open data in the land sector—especially in the Global South. These champions are driving transformative change, using data to tackle some of the most critical land governance challenges of our time. The Open Data Champions Initiative builds on the foundation of our State of Land Information (SOLI) Program, which provides a global index of land data accessibility. Together, these efforts embody our commitment to making land data more transparent, actionable, and impactful for sustainable land governance worldwide. 🌟 Meet Our Inaugural Open Data Champions: 💡 Naome kabanda (Uganda): A leader in land administration reform, Naome transformed Uganda’s land sector from a colonial legacy system to a fully digitized registry, enhancing transparency and access. 💡 Royal Mabakeng Menare (Namibia): A researcher and educator, Royal collaborates with informal settlement communities to map land use, contributing vital data for evidence-based policymaking. 💡 Oumou Kalsom KHOULE SECK (Senegal): As Senegal’s Director of Spatial Planning, Oumou has been instrumental in building the country’s geospatial data infrastructure for equitable land use policies. 💡 Mahmoud Solomon (Liberia): Leading Liberia’s efforts to digitize land records, Mahmoud is paving the way for sustainable land management with public land information systems. 📖 Discover More Explore the inspiring stories of these Open Data Champions, their achievements, and their vision for a transparent future here: https://lnkd.in/eqSd6JpA #OpenDataChampions #LandData #SustainableGovernance #LandPortal

I have found Aotearoa's Coastal Change data really useful already in my work, and many people outside of the coastal discipline have also mentioned it and how useful it is for them as well. Thanks Resilience to Nature's Challenges, Emma Ryan, Mark Dickson, Murray Ford, Megan Tuck and team for this gift! I really enjoy when I get to use my knowledge of coastal processes and hazards and combine with my journey of learning about te ao Māori, such as to develop this guidance for tangata whenua about these data. Big thanks to Milly Grant-Mackie, Benjamin Jones and the whānau who shared case studies of how mana whenua have found the Coastal Change data useful for them. Some example applications include: 👉 Understand potential realistic future rates of erosion to start conversations to plan for papakāinga, marae, urupā and other wāhi tapu. 👉 Link with mātauranga-a-whānau/hapū/ iwi and your own tohu/ indicators of change.  👉Feed into coastal hazard assessments and climate adaptation planning to save costs on data gathering.  👉Consider potential impacts on mahinga kai and coastal taonga species.  👉A potential resource to assist with Treaty claims or to engage with authorities.

✅ Open source map for NYC’s empty tree pits, gardens, and more — released beta (in testing!); full version coming next month Next up: - Speedrunning the permitting process for planting one tree in NYC (target: October 23rd)