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Bonn: Green UN City on the Rhine
Nourishing Ground for Partnerships
Susanne NoldenDepartment of International Affairs
and Global Sustainability
Green International City …
Medium-sized city in the middle of Europe (318,000 inhabitants) 20,000 years of human settlement, rich heritage and extended
nature/landscape conservation areas (more than 50 % of city surface) Beautifully located in the Rhine Valley
Shaping a Sustainable Future: Our Players 19 UN Organizations UNFCCC, UNCCD, IPBES, CMS, UNSSC,
GCDT 150 Sustainability Stakeholders Venue of UNFCCC COP 23Our Partnerships City & Civil Society: BioStation Bonn City & Region: Chance 7 Cities & Academia: BLUES – Blue
Green Solutions for Cities Academia & Stakeholders & City:
BION Network City to City: Environmental Learning
Center in Cape Coast, Ghana
Bridging the Gap between Civil Society Engagement and Institutional Conservation: Biological Station Bonn Rhein Erft Founded in 2001 by the City of Bonn
Members: stakeholders engaging in nature protection, agriculture, forestry, conservation
Merger with Rhine-Erft-District in 2012 Volunteers and officials share responsibilities 100% public funding for work and strategy
plan by City and State External funding for further projects in
nature and species conservation Continuous assessment of fauna and flora Conservation of endangered species Services for farmers and consulting on eco-
friendly agriculture Awareness raising and education
Conservation and Protection Areas > 50 % of Bonn
Close cooperation with surrounding jurisdictions
City to Region: Chance 7
National programme chance.natur Project under National Biodiversity
Action Plan Cooperation and co-funding between
national, subnational and local level Bonn-Rhein-Sieg: Cooperation of
several jurisdictions in an area of 11,400 hectares
Overall strategy: increasing the valueof biodiversity in the Siebengebirge area
Project goal: conservation of culturallandscapes and their species
Kohlkaul Meadows Project Acquisition of grounds Extensive management Goal: conservation of wildflowers
and endangered insects
Ennert-Rabenley-Kuckstein Project Clearing of non-indigeneous woods Green spaces with goats Clearing the rock from bushes in
order to protect sun-loving specieslike smooth snake, wall lizard andbreeding birds like buntings
BLUES – Blue Green Solutions for Cities Study and project on nature-based
solutions increasing urban resilience Academic partners (Lead: Imperial
College for Natural Sciences, UK) Cities: London, Paris, Budapest, Bonn Framework: Horizon 2020
Programme
Rheindorf Stream: Flood Protection via Renaturalization (Horizon 2020 EU) Heavy rains and rapid stream floods
endanger lives and infrastructures Lack of retention areas Benefit: knowledge exchange and
consulting, support of fundingacquisition, transfer to otherplanning areas
Network of Biodiversity stakeholders(55 partners, 9 workgroups)
Multidisciplinary, systematicapproach to research andconservation of biodiversity at all levels (local, national, international)
Showcases improvement ofinteractions between civil society, science and politics (Science-PolicyInterface)
Pooling of scientific expertise Specific collaborations and joint
projects Information platform
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Identifying common interests and motivations
Partnership Bonn – Cape Coast, Ghana: New Environmental Learning Centre Joint renaturalization project of Fosu
Lagoon Lagoon provides water, fish, food and
quality of life in the region Awareness raising to avoid future
pollution and to sustain Fosu Lagoonas habitat for life under water and on land
Partnerships: Run by local initiative Two interns work with Ghanian
colleagues Addressing communities and youth
in a number of initiatives
Contact: [email protected]