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In the Circle of Influence (figure left) you have defined the parties involved in your pilot and their degree of involvement. With this template you will identify and reflect upon your three key stakeholders.

The Manabas Coast project aims to test NBS enablers in diverse real-world contexts and bring them to a higher level of maturity. This involves exploring how NbS function at different spatial scales and in varying ecological and socio-economic conditions. To guide our learning and development process, we apply a shared Theory of Change (ToC). A key tool in this ToC is the Circle of Influence (CoI).

Powerpoint presentation on the circle of influence for NBS as presented during the partner meeting in Brugge, March 2024

Mainstreaming NbS for the project means practical demonstration through successful examples, straightforward and accessible guidance, and using cost-effective materials.

This two-pager summarizes the pilot experiences from MANABAS Coast in overcoming the barriers to upscaling and mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in coastal regions. The paper evaluates the results of the WP2 "How to Ecology" group.

The workshop “Nature Conservation and Coastal Flood Defence: How Much Salt Marsh Management Do We Want and Need in a Changing Climate?”, held on 10 October 2024 in Groningen, Netherlands. Over 60 participants from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France discussed salt marsh management in the context of climate adaptation.

NbS are being applied in many areas, with a lot of fragmented knowledge and information. To actively implement, upscale and mainstream NbS, a common understanding of their characteristics, benefits and impediments is necessary: the NbS Fundamentals.

This document provides an overview of the common language and shared principles on NbS, in order to establish a mutual understanding on this topic between partners within MANABAS COAST.

A short introduction and reflection on its relevance as an approach for mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions within the Interreg MANABAS COAST project.

An infographic slide deck on mainstreaming of NBS.