Nature-based Solutions Design Guide for Te Moananui Oceania

The document "NUWAO Nature-based Solutions Design Guide for Te Moananui Oceania" is a comprehensive tool to support planners, designers, and policymakers in creating nature-based urban spaces to enhance human health and well-being as well as ecosystems.

Key contents of the guide:

• Objective: To develop nature-based solutions (NbS) centered on indigenous knowledge to support climate change adaptation and improve well-being in the Te Moananui Oceania region.
• Philosophy: NbS in this region is not just a technical solution, but must be linked to culture, interconnected living ecosystems, and indigenous worldviews, where human health is inseparable from ecosystem health.
• Search method: The guide includes approximately 100 NbS strategies, organized into 5 categories for easy reference: (1) interconnected ecological domains; (2) impacts of climate change; (3) social issues; (4) geographical location; and (5) alphabetical order.

Principles for effective NbS implementation:

• Leadership and participation: Prioritize the leadership and decision-making roles of indigenous peoples; they should be considered partners rather than just stakeholders.
• Equity: Ensure equitable outcomes and provide community benefits socially, economically, and environmentally.
• Contextualization: Solutions need to be appropriate to the cultural, linguistic, and post-colonial context of Te Moananui Oceania.
• Sustainability: Focus on long-term resilience, regeneration, and awareness of the political implications of climate change adaptation actions.