ReNature

Here, you will find all public ReNature deliverables as well as all scientific publications resulting from or relevant to the project.

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Capacity-building and networking events for nature-based solutions and re-naturing in Malta

Authors: Tomaskinova, J., Dicks, L., Collier, M., Geneletti, D., Grace, M., Longato, D., Sadula, R., Stoev, P., Sapundzhieva, A. & Balzan, M.V.

Year: 2020

Journal: Research Ideas and Outcomes

Volume/Issue: 6

Publisher/Place: Pensoft Publishers

Pages: e60893

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.6.e60893

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Priority knowledge needs for implementing nature-based solutions in the Mediterranean islands

Authors: Grace, M., Balzan, M.V., Collier, M., Geneletti, D., Tomaskinova, J., Abela, R., Borg, D., Buhagiar, G., Camilleri, L., Cardona, M., Cassar, N., Cassar, R., Cattafi, I., Cauchi, D., Galea, C., La Rosa, D., Malekkidou, E., Masini, M., Portelli, P., Pungetti, G., Spagnol, M., Zahra, J., Zammit, A. & Dicks, L.V.

Year: 2021

Journal: Environmental Science & Policy

Volume/Issue: 116

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 56-68

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.003

Are field boundary hedgerows the earliest example of a nature-based solution?

Authors: Collier, M.J.

Year: 2021

Journal: Environmental Science and Policy

Volume/Issue: 120

Pages: 73-80

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.008

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Addressing present challenges in the life-cycle of wetlands management to successfully integrate sustainability and good governance

Authors: Tomaškinová, J., Tomaškin, J., Theuma, H., Alcántara Valero, A. F., & Attard, V.

Year: 2021

Journal: Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

Volume/Issue: 29(1)

Publisher/Place: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Pages: 48-60

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/jeelm.2021.14142

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Chlorophyll fluorescence as a criterion for the diagnosis of abiotic environmental stress of Miscanthus x Giganteus hybrid

Authors: Tomaškin, J., Tomaškinová, J., Theuma, H.

Year: 2021

Journal: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volume/Issue: 30(4)

Publisher/Place: HARD

Pages: 3269–3276

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/126874

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Mediterranean land system dynamics and their underlying drivers: Stakeholder perception from multiple case studies

Authors: Esgalhado, C., Guimarães, M.H., Lardon, S., Debolini, M., Balzan, M.V., Gennai-Schott, S.C., Rojo, M.S., Mekki, I. & Bouchemal, S.

Year: 2021

Journal: Landscape and Urban Planning

Volume/Issue: 213

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 104134

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104134

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Practical applications of ecosystem services in spatial planning: Lessons learned from a systematic literature review

Authors: Longato, D., Cortinovis, C., Albert, C., Geneletti, D.

Year: 2021

Journal: Environmental Science & Policy

Volume/Issue: 119

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 72-84

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.02.001

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ReNaturing Malta: Developing a capacity-building strategy for the mainstreaming Nature-Based solutions

Authors: Tomaskinova, J., Geneletti, D., Grace, M., Dicks, L.V., Collier, M., Sapundzhieva, A., Stoev, P., Alcantara Valero, A.F., Longato, D., Kato Huerta, J., Orta Ortiz, M.S., De Santis, L., Balzan, M.V.

Year: 2021

Journal: EDULEARN21 Proceedings

Publisher/Place: IATED Academy

Pages: 8975-8984

URL/DOI: https://renature-project.eu/getatt.php?filename=EDULEARN21_published%20article_ReNature_2147.pdf

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Assessing nature-based solutions uptake in a Mediterranean climate: insights from the case-study of Malta

Authors: Balza, V. M., Geneletti, D., Grace, M., De Santis, L., Tomaskinova, J., Reddington, H., Sapundzhieva, A., Dicks, V. L., Collier, M.

Year: 2022

Journal: Nature-Based Solutions

Volume/Issue: 2

Publisher/Place: Elsevier

Pages: 100029

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100029

Improving ecosystem assessments in Mediterranean social-ecological systems: a DPSIR analysis

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Pinheiro, A.M., Mascarenhas, A., Morán-Ordóñez, A., Ruiz-Frau, A., Carvalho-Santos, C., Vogiatzakis, I.N., Arends, J., Santana-Garcon, J., Roces-Díaz, J.V., Brotons, L., Campagne, S.C., Roche, P.K., De Miguel, S., Targetti, S., Drakou, E.G., Vlami, V., Baró, F. & Geijzendorffer, I.R.

Year: 2019

Journal: Ecosystems and People

Volume/Issue: 15:1

Pages: 136-155

URL/DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2019.1598499

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Assessing urban recreation ecosystem services through the use of geocache visitation and preference data: a case-study from an urbanised island environment

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Debono, I.

Year: 2018

Journal: One Ecosystem

Volume/Issue: 3

Pages: e24490

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.3.e24490

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How are cities planning to respond to climate change? Assessment of local climate plans from 885 cities in the EU-28

Authors: Reckien, D., et al.

Year: 2018

Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production

Volume/Issue: 191

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 207-219

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.220

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Assessing the capacity and flow of ecosystem services in multifunctional landscapes: Evidence of a rural-urban gradient in a Mediterranean small island state

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Caruana, J., Zammit, A.

Year: 2018

Journal: Land Use Policy

Volume/Issue: 75

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 711-725

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.08.025

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Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Potschin-Young, M., Haines-Young, R.

Year: 2018

Journal: International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management

Volume/Issue: 14/1

Publisher/Place: Taylor & Francis

Pages: 71-90

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2018.1439103

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Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU - Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration

Authors: Burkhard, B., et al.

Year: 2018

Journal: One Ecosystem

Volume/Issue: 3

Publisher/Place: Pensoft Publishers

Pages: e29153

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.3.e29153

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Flowering banker plants for the delivery of multiple agroecosystem services

Authors: Balzan, M.V.

Year: 2017

Journal: Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volume/Issue: 11/6

Publisher/Place: Springer Verlag

Pages: 743–754

URL/DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11829-017-9544-2

New records of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Maltese Islands

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Genoud, D., Rasmont, P., Schwarz, M., Michez, D.

Year: 2017

Journal: Journal of Melittology

Volume/Issue: 72

Publisher/Place: University of Kansas

Pages: 1

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i72.6626

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The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Maltese Islands

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Rasmont, P., Kuhlmann, M., Dathe, H., Pauly, A., Patiny, S., Terzo, M. & Michez, D.

Year: 2016

Journal: Zootaxa

Volume/Issue: 4162/2

Publisher/Place: Magnolia Press

Pages: 225

URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.2

Landscape complexity and field margin vegetation diversity enhance natural enemies and reduce herbivory by Lepidoptera pests on tomato crop

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Bocci, G., Moonen, A-C.

Year: 2016

Journal: BioControl

Volume/Issue: 61/2

Publisher/Place: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Pages: 141-154

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9711-2

Utilisation of plant functional diversity in wildflower strips for the delivery of multiple agroecosystem services

Authors: Balzan, M.V., Bocci, G., Moonen, A-C.

Year: 2016

Journal: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volume/Issue: 158/3

Publisher/Place: Blackwell Publishing Inc.

Pages: 304-319

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12403