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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: ' Assessing the impacts of nature-based solutions is essential to understand
    their effectiveness in addressing current interrelated societal challenges. Robust
    impact evaluation supports practitioners to understand and document the outcomes
    of nature-based solutions, resulting in improved quality, efficiency and effectiveness
    at various stages of nature-based solution implementation. Knowing which nature-based
    interventions are effective and at what cost is critical for decisions about the
    action itself, as well as for assessment of the up-scaling and/or replication
    potential of a given nature-based solution. This publication provides a summary
    of key principles in developing your impact evaluation framework, which includes
    the development of your theory of change, and the selection of appropriate indicators
    of impact and methods to obtain useful and high-quality data. Through the presentation
    of four European nature-based solution case studies, with diverse geographies
    and challenges, we illustrate how impact evaluation can be tailored to local contexts.
    We hope to inspire you to further explore the detailed information available in
    Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based Solutions: A Handbook for Practitioners,
    and the accompanying Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based Solutions: Appendix
    of Methods.'
citation:
  ama: 'Cardinali M, Dumitru A, Vandewostijne S, Wendling L, European Commission,
    eds. <i>Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based Solutions: A Summary for Policy
    Makers</i>. 1st ed. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2021.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2777/521937">10.2777/521937</a>'
  apa: 'Cardinali, M., Dumitru, A., Vandewostijne, S., Wendling, L., &#38; European
    Commission (Eds.). (2021). <i>Evaluating the impact of Nature-based Solutions:
    A Summary for Policy Makers</i> (1st ed.). Luxembourg: Publications Office of
    the European Union. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2777/521937">https://doi.org/10.2777/521937</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Cardinali M <i>et al.</i> (eds)</b> (2021) <i>Evaluating the Impact of
    Nature-Based Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers</i>, 1st ed. Luxembourg: Publications
    Office of the European Union.'
  chicago: 'Cardinali, Marcel, Adina Dumitru, Sofie Vandewostijne, Laura Wendling,
    and European Commission, eds. <i>Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based Solutions:
    A Summary for Policy Makers</i>. 1st ed. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the
    European Union, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2777/521937">https://doi.org/10.2777/521937</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Cardinali, Marcel, Adina Dumitru, Sofie Vandewostijne, Laura Wendling
    und European Commission, Hrsg. 2021. <i>Evaluating the impact of Nature-based
    Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers</i>. 1. Aufl. Luxembourg: Publications
    Office of the European Union. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2777/521937,">10.2777/521937,</a>
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Cardinali, M.</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Dumitru, A.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Vandewostijne,
    S.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Wendling, L.</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">European Commission</span> (Hrsg.): <i>Evaluating
    the impact of Nature-based Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers</i>. 1. Aufl.
    Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2021'
  havard: 'M. Cardinali, A. Dumitru, S. Vandewostijne, L. Wendling, European Commission,
    eds., Evaluating the impact of Nature-based Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers,
    1st ed., Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.'
  ieee: 'M. Cardinali, A. Dumitru, S. Vandewostijne, L. Wendling, and European Commission,
    Eds., <i>Evaluating the impact of Nature-based Solutions: A Summary for Policy
    Makers</i>, 1st ed. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2021.'
  mla: 'Cardinali, Marcel, et al., editors. <i>Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based
    Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers</i>. 1st ed., Publications Office of the
    European Union, 2021, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2777/521937">10.2777/521937</a>.'
  short: 'M. Cardinali, A. Dumitru, S. Vandewostijne, L. Wendling, European Commission,
    eds., Evaluating the Impact of Nature-Based Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers,
    1st ed., Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.'
  ufg: '<b>Cardinali, Marcel et. al. (Hgg.) (2021)</b>: Evaluating the impact of Nature-based
    Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers, Luxembourg, 1.'
  van: 'Cardinali M, Dumitru A, Vandewostijne S, Wendling L, European Commission,
    editors. Evaluating the impact of Nature-based Solutions: A Summary for Policy
    Makers. 1st ed. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2021. 36
    p.'
corporate_editor:
- European Commission
date_created: 2021-09-29T09:47:23Z
date_updated: 2023-03-15T13:50:06Z
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  last_name: Vandewostijne
- first_name: Laura
  full_name: Wendling, Laura
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