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Webinar: Landscape Restoration and Nature-based Solutions

With nature-based solutions, we aim to address the biggest challenges of the 21st century: climate change and biodiversity loss. In this webinar, experts and practitioners zoom in on the landscape restoration component of nature-based solutions. How do nature-based solutions contribute to nature-positive futures? And, what is happening around the world? Join this informative and inspirational event to learn more and be inspired.

Organised by WUR Student Challenges
Date

Tue 23 May 2023 14:00 to 15:00

Venue online webinar

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Speakers

Paul Chatterton (Landscape Finance Lab)

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Paul Chatterton is the lead and founder of the Landscape Finance Lab, a global platform for incubating and financing sustainable landscapes that spun out of the conservation organisation WWF in 2021. Paul is a specialist in the fields of sustainability, climate change, land use and biodiversity finance. Through the Lab, he supports a global community innovating on landscape solutions.

John Reich (Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research)

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John Reich joined FFAR because he strongly believes that advancements in agriculture will be key to maintaining our quality of life, and that the right investments at opportune moments will provide us with the necessary tools to overcome future challenges in agriculture. At FFAR, John works on building partnerships between the public and private sectors that targets pre-competitive research to advance agriculture science.

Tiasa Adhya (The Fishing Cat Project)

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Tiasa Adhya is an Indian conservationist committed to safeguarding the fishing cat and its wetland habitat in Asia. She works with multiple stakeholders including govt bodies, non govt partners, judiciary system, media, research institutions, student community and local residents and works to link Fishing Cat conservation with healthy wetlands and human sustenance.

Arthur Venturella (PURA — Regenerative Cultures and Nature-based Solutions)

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Arthur is a Mining Engineer, researcher, agroforestry consultant and educator. In 2018, he started community-based projects specifically with smallholder communities in Lombok, Indonesia; in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia; and in Bali, Indonesia. He is currently researching and developing community-based Productive Ecological Restoration practices in several ecosystems and teaching Syntropic Agroforestry wordwide through the impact business PURA.

Moderators

  • Nina Maaswinkel, IAAS The Netherlands and WUR student
  • Mirjam Troost, WUR Student Challenges

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