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© ICLEI 2016 www.iclei.org The intersection of natural assets, municipal planning and resilience building Reflections from UNA Africa Secretariat
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The intersection of natural assets, municipal planning and resilience building
Reflections from UNA
Africa Secretariat
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CITIES
By 2050, just over 30 years from now, we will have to build once more the same urban capacity as we
have built over the last 4000 years
URBANISATION = MANY CHALLENGES
City councils will need to meet basic service needs as well as support development which is built on equity, sustainable resource
consumption & rich biodiversity
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African Cities…
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Urban Natural Assets for Africa
(UNA) Programme
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Participating Cities
Nacala & Quelimane, Mozambique
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Objectives
•Increased understanding of the socio-economic importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services
•Mainstreaming of biodiversity and ecosystem services into local land use and development policy and planning systems
• Enhanced coordination and engagement within the project cities
•Alignment of project related activities and outputs with international policy processes
• Locally appropriate, scalable project implementation
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Put simply….
Protecting natural assets in African cities through various means…….ONE and the MOST important is through embedding
them in PLANNING SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
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Waste management at the Lilongwe river
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Recommendations and opportunities to harness public-
private engagement for the implementation of nature based
solutions
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Planning for and planning with biodiversity
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Working with communities
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The value of urban natural assets
when planning for resilient
African cities:
Considerations and decision-making processes
COMING SOON…
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