In September 24. –26. 9. 2024, CETIP Network co-hosted in the Beskydy Living Lab the International Workshop „Nature Based Governance: Coevolutionary and transformative perspective on the biodiversity and climate crises“

Fifty-five researchers from three international scientific networks Earth System Governance, the Horizon Europe projects COEVOLVERS and the COST Action “Transformers“ met to discuss current and future knowledge on the governance of nature based solutions (NBS).

Chaired by Prof. Tatiana Kluvánková, PhD,  the workshop https://www.beskydy2024.eu/ focused on the four themes outlined in the 2018 Earth System Governance Science, as well as the research agenda of the Horizon Europe project COEVOLVERS. Targeting the Coevolutionary approach to unlock the transformative potential of Nature-Based Solutions for more inclusive and resilient communities.

Workshop explored how these efforts can lead to the co-creation of climate-resilient communities, governance models, techniques, and practices of NBS in a unique way to integrate multispecies democracy into the governance frameworks. “While the importance of NBS is well acknowledged, the intertwined dynamics of social and ecological processes, including multispecies perspective  and the relevance for governance, are still not well understood. Little attention so far has been given to how nature can inspire governance,” said Prof. Kluvánková. “The Beskydy 2024 workshop explores nature-based governance from co-evolutionary and co-creative perspectives, incorporating human and non-human views to find more effective pathways for transformation towards inclusive and resilient communities.”

The keynote speech was delivered by prof. Julia Leventon from CzechGlobe, who opened the first day in the conference room with  meaningful discussion on the  origin of nature based governance and relation to transformative change. Over the next two days, presentations were organized into five sessions: From Adaptation to Transformation (exploring the adaptive and transformative potential of Nature-Based Governance), Architecture and Agency of NBG, Transformative Learning and Behavior and Policy Change, Co-creation of NBG and Multispecies Justice.

The SlovakGlobe/CETIP Team  prepared five collective contributions and also presented their Living Lab in Beskydy, where they are co-creating a common-pool resource regime for the climate-smart management of water and forests. This regime is shared through an online space (beskydyonline.eu). The digital platform will enable the management of shared resources, foster communication and exchange of best practices, and enhance collective action in the Beskydy region, which spans the Czech and Slovak borders.

A special session, “NBS Exchange Practice,”  targeted at  interactive exhibition in a more relaxed and informal atmosphere and as a part of Wallachian cultural evening.  This was done in a graphic and documentary style, using audiovisual media or interesting installations and folklore performance of Velke Karlovice school. Five panelists presented Coevolvers living labs: Along with virtual commons in Beskydy LL, Sheep as fire eaters in Barcelona LL, Multispecies city in Tartu LL, the Healing Garden in LL Hungary or the Multispecies Justice as in the first Coevolvers small-scale pilot study from the Island of Cres, Croatia.  CETIP and IFE SAS introduced new behavioural game designed to  visualise language of predators and practice in multispecies justice.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under Grant Agreement No.101084220.