Knowledge on the Nordics

Shaping the Nordic Future: Nature and Planning

October 11, 2022 nordics.info Season 1 Episode 19
Knowledge on the Nordics
Shaping the Nordic Future: Nature and Planning
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Listen to a dialogue between three environmental scientists about how nature-based solutions are used in the Nordics, their benefits and their downsides.  Editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe, talks to Isabel Seifert-Dähnn, an environmental economist from the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Johanna Alkan-Olsson, a Social Environmental Scientist, and Helena Hanson, an Environmental Scientist, both from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University in Sweden. All three scholars are part of S-ITUATION: Nature-Based Solutions in the Nordics.

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Sound credits include Heavy Rain by lebaston100 (some changes made e.g. cutting & changes to volume) on freesound.org.

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What are nature-based solutions & what are some examples?
What is NOT a nature-based solution?
What are the different uses of the term between countries? Isn't using nature what humans have always done?
Are there specific characteristics to nature-based solutions in the Nordics?
Differences between Denmark & Sweden
Case studies from Finland & Iceland
What are the challenges to implementing nature-based solutions?
What are the downsides of nature-based solutions?