Stakeholder pathway

Educators & students

Learn about nature restoration and its wider impacts

Nature restoration connects ecology with economics, society, policy and decision-making.

NatuRISE will develop accessible resources to help learners understand these connections and explore how restoration choices can affect people, places and ecosystems.

What can you use NatuRISE for?

  • Learn about nature restoration
  • Understand restoration benefits and trade-offs
  • Explore real-world restoration challenges
  • Use project resources in teaching and learning
  • Explore evidence, models and case studies
  • Develop a broader understanding of the links between nature, society and the economy

Relevant case studies

Central Hungary

Exploring the socio-economic, cultural and recreational dimensions of forest restoration and the trade-offs between different ecosystem services and land-use objectives.

  • Key stakeholders: WWF-Hungary and relevant local and regional actors
  • NatuRISE focus: cultural and recreational values, restoration trade-offs and stak

Ljubljansko Barje

Exploring how wetland and grassland restoration interacts with land management, local livelihoods and the different benefits and costs experienced by stakeholders.

  • Key stakeholders: Krajinski park Ljubljansko barje (KPLB) and relevant local actors
  • NatuRISE focus: wetland and grassland restoration, carbon, distributional impacts, land management

Greece

Exploring restoration choices in a context where agricultural production, ecosystem condition and local socio-economic priorities need to be considered together.

  • Key stakeholders: Greek sub-national authorities and local stakeholders
  • NatuRISE focus: agricultural impacts, restoration measures, farm-level effects and territorial outcomes

Gelderse Poort

Exploring the socio-economic implications of freshwater ecosystem restoration and the interactions between ecological objectives, land use and wider economic impacts.

  • Key stakeholders: Rijkswaterstaat and relevant regional and local actors
  • NatuRISE focus: ecosystem restoration, land use, ecosystem services, socio-economic impacts

How can you engage?

Students and educators can follow project events, access learning resources and participate in relevant webinars and capacity-building activities.