National research programme Nature-based Solutions (PEPR SOLU-BIOD)

Co-piloted by CNRS and INRAE, the SOLU-BIOD programme aims to promote scientific approaches to the design, implementation and evaluation of Nature-based Solutions. It also aims to encourage the emergence of a new economic sector with strong social and environmental benefits.

The climate crisis and the decline in biodiversity are forcing our societies to reinvent themselves. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are approaches to protecting, restoring or managing ecosystems that make it possible to respond effectively to a range of societal challenges and have positive social, environmental, economic and biodiversity impacts.

France has a high level of research into biodiversity, but meeting the challenges of deploying NbS requires a national effort to structure and lead. The national research programme on Nature-based Solutions therefore aims to encourage the development of innovative and ambitious research into NbS as a systems approach.

The national research programme is funded by the France 2030 investment plan to the tune of €44.2 million over a period of 9 years (2023-2032). It is being conducted in close collaboration with the public research community and a large number of stakeholders in society.

This programme will tackle the barriers limiting the development of NbS in France by tackling three challenges:

• Organisational challenge: How can the French scientific community working on NbS be structured?
• Scientific challenge: How can we guide the design, management and assessment of NbS in the context of global change?
• Knowledge transfer challenge: How can we maximise access to knowledge and expertise and adapt the NbS theme to university and vocational training?

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