Development of green infrastructure in EU regions
Green infrastructure is an emerging concept in many European regions where new ways to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem protection are combined with other land-use objectives, such as agriculture, forestry, recreation, mitigating and adapting to climate change, etc. Examples of innovative approaches to effective application of the green infrastructure at local and regional level already exist, particularly in terms of methodologies, tools, process management, and implementation of green infrastructure solutions in wider contexts. At local and regional level green infrastructure solutions can contribute significantly to implementation of regional policies where all or some of the objectives can be achieved through nature-based measures. The benefits go beyond biodiversity as such solutions have positive impacts on regional economies, public health, and resilience of the transport systems.
In this policy brief, experts from the Policy Learning Platform on Environment and resource efficiency have identified examples of projects where regions used the European Territorial Cooperation programmes to drive their policies on green infrastructure.
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