1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. To create more green spaces in the city to reduce the environmental pressure and increase city resilience in fighting climate change.
2. To promote sustainable urban development by ecosystem services provided by Blue-Green-Infrastructure.
3. To improve the green and blue landscape connectivity for biodiversity conservation and water purification.
4. To provide health and wellbeing benefits gained through the Blue-Green-Infrastructure.
5. Creation and restoration of wetlands to improve resilience against climate change disasters.
6. Reconnect roads, rivers, ponds and lakes [1, 2].
2. To promote sustainable urban development by ecosystem services provided by Blue-Green-Infrastructure.
3. To improve the green and blue landscape connectivity for biodiversity conservation and water purification.
4. To provide health and wellbeing benefits gained through the Blue-Green-Infrastructure.
5. Creation and restoration of wetlands to improve resilience against climate change disasters.
6. Reconnect roads, rivers, ponds and lakes [1, 2].
Quantitative targets
Creation of 1 botanical garden, 1 forest-wetland park, 1 agricultural park. [1, 2]
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
Trees, including native species, were planted in the areas where no to very few trees existed. In some areas, trees were planted to create urban forests (dense plantations with selective species). Existed wetlands or ponds were restored. A few new wetlands were constructed. These were done in a way that the BGI elements create a green corridor and habitats for different species. Conservation and protection plans were made for existed and newly planted trees. Water plants near the wetlands were of special attention as they help water purification. Empty and not in use grey infrastructures were demolished and reforested. Furthermore, pathways for bicycling were also built for citizens to promote green transport. The project is ongoing and more tree plantations and wetland conservation are under development. [1, 2, 3]
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
A green lung for the city of Yiwu was created with urban forest parks, tree rows, wooded riverbanks, ponds and lakes, natural and semi-natural water bodies and hydrographic networks (i.e., river corridor, lake banks, pond), ornamental trees, botanical garden, and bioswales with trees and constructed wetlands. These together created a green corridor that provided habitats for different species. [2, 3]
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
As it is an ongoing project, this project is expected to be a good field lab for Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions (UF-NBS) and serve as an example to be developed in other cities across the globe. [2]
