1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Sintra
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Reflorestação do Parque da Pena
Short description of the intervention
Mercedes-Benz helps in the Reforestation of the Park of the Pena, in Sintra: "As part of its social responsibility actions, and as a socially responsible company and involved in its community, the Daimler Group in Portugal decided to intervene and help in the reforestation of the Pena Park in Sintra after it was flogged in 2013 and 2015 By violent storms that caused the fall of more than 2000 trees." (ref 1)
Address

Parque da Pena
Sintra
Portugal

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Natural Heritage Area/Untouched nature
Public Greenspace Area
Website of the intervention
https://www.ipressjournal.pt/mercedes-benz-patrocina-reflorestacao-no-parque-da…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2017
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2017
End date of the intervention
2017
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
Social Corporate Responsibility of the Daimler Group.
Environmental rehabilitation of the area damaged by severe storms.
Engagement of company employees in social action.
Replanting of tree cover, reforestation of the Pena Park. (ref 1)
Quantitative targets
40 volunteers from Daimler Group Companies. (ref 1)
200 Pseudotsugas planted(ref 1)
Monitoring indicators defined
Amount of tree cover rehabilitated;
Number of trees planted;
Number of volunteers taking part in the action (1);
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Preservation of natural heritage
Implementation activities
Planting of 200 Pseudotsugas by 40 volunteers
Opportunity to use Ardennais horses as a traditional means of transportation to survey the work being carried out. (ref 1)
Type of NBS project
Maintenance and management of urban nature
Ecological restoration of ecosystems
Protection of natural ecosystems
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
200
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Educational or biodiversity trails
Cultural (museum, concert areas)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Maintenance of genetic diversity
Cultural services
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Private sector/Corporate/Company
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Led by non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Mercedes Benz as a member company of the Daimler group led the intervention through volunteer action in order to cooperate with Sintra Parks. (ref 1)
Key actors - initiating organization
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Citizens or community group
Land owners
Private sector or company
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The intervention is part of the Daimler group corporate social responsibility strategy. The company releases “environmental statements” about its operations and actions to work sustainably and help in environmental conservation. (ref 1 and 2)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The presence of Sintra as a Cultural Landscape on the UNESCO World Heritage list was a catalyst: “The importance of reforestation of the affected areas of the Pena Park is essential because it is part of the cultural landscape of Sintra.” The World Heritage list represents a network of sites recognized for their cultural or natural value, as part of the network they share preservation experience (ref 1)
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Unknown
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
Type of fund(s) used
Donations
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of land
Provision of goods
Provision of labour
Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Private sector (businesses, financial institution)
Business models
Green densification model
Urban offsetting model (biodiversity or water)
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Private for-profit actor (e.g. firm, insurer)
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Social
Cultural innovation
Please specify social innovation
The mobilizing of 40 volunteers to help in a project needed by the city after damaging storms is part of the Dailmer company social responsibility actions and is then strengthening to the company culture.
Aside from organizing the voluntary action of 40 employees, the reports also highlights Sintra Park’s system of operation with horses as an environmentally friendly means of transportation. During the process of the intervention, the horses were used to move logs and survey the site. (ref 1)

Novelty level of the innovation
Ambiguous (e.g. multiple interpretations)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The intervention is carried out at a park that has seen multiple rehabilitation projects parallel, due to the heavy storms in 2013 and 2014. For this reason, it fits into but is not determined by the other rehabilitation projects.
Replicability/Transferability
The innovation is not referred to as being transferred to new initiative(s)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Unknown
Description of environmental benefits
Daimler company issued no reports on the environmental benefits or any other impacts as of August 2020.
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Daimler company issued no reports on the economic benefits or any other impacts as of August 2020.
Social and cultural impacts
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
Daimler company issued no reports on the social benefits or any other impacts as of August 2020.
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Environmental quality
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
Voluntary work opportunities
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of August 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Mercedes-Benz ajuda na Reflorestação do Parque da Pena, em Sintra
Mercedes-Benz ajuda florestação do Parque da Pena
List of references
1. Garcia, Tiago (2017), LinkedIN, Mercedes-Benz ajuda na Reflorestação do Parque da Pena, em Sintra, Available at https://pt.linkedin.com/pulse/mercedes-benz-ajuda-na-refloresta%C3%A7%C3%A3o-do-parque-da-pena-tiago-garcia (Accessed 23-6-2020)

2.AutoMonitor (2017), Mercedes-Benz ajuda florestação do Parque da Pena, Available at https://automonitor.sapo.pt/2017/01/26/marcas/mercedes-benz-ajuda-florestacao-do-parque-da-pena/, (Accessed 23-6-2020)
Comments and notes
Comments
Very few information offered by the Daimler company. Other sources scarcely mention the NBS.
Pictures of the NBS
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