SLU project granted funding from the Driving Urban Transition (DUT) program

The aim of NATURO is to develop a strategic framework, including a process and methodology, for capacity building and empowerment of both local governments and civil society stakeholders to co-create nature-based solutions (NBS).

Specifically, the project will study how mosaic governance in combination with long-sighted and integrated planning and management of NBS can increase quality of life for marginalised groups by re-imagining and repurposing existing urban NBS in small-scale, local, co-development interventions – Micro Urban Living Labs. This will serve to strengthen both the social and ecological resilience of urban areas.

Naturo is by DUT categorized under the Circular Urban Economies Pathway (CUE) and Nature-based solutions (NBS). The total budget is 10,5 million SEK, of which 3,8 goes to SLU, over three years.

DUT has described some first insights to the call here:

First insights from DUT Call 2022