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Dear IUCN Team,
I’d like us to explore the possibility of having a practical experience on the UNI during our live sessions.
Why?
One of the striking features of UNI is its adaptability, i.e. the wide range of options it offers cities to assess and track their ecological performance. However, we are not witnessing such diversity with real cases in the course. By real cases I mean those cities already implementing the UNI listed here https://www.iucnurbannatureindexes.org/en/login
How? Here some ideas on how to bring this experience to the course.
Example with Module 4. Habitat Status
I find quite challenging to measure indicator 3.3 Shorelines and riverbanks so why not bringing a City Representative from the cases listed at https://www.iucnurbannatureindexes.org/en/login to see how they measured and reported back some of these indicators in real life. This could be 30 additional minutes after the keynote speaker and Q&A, on voluntarily basis. Or maybe, the theoretical block at the beginning could be shortener in sake of balancing out the practical block.
Example with Module 1. Consumption Drivers
While listening to Jennifer’s presentation, I wondered how low-income cities are measuring their ecological footprint. Why not introducing two different approaches to measure the same module by two cities with different capacity and income level?
Example – General
It would also be beneficial to listen to the testimony of some city or cities on the benefit of implementing this UNI – to what extend it has been transformative in the way the work with different stakeholders, report on their biodiversity plans, etc.
Kindly evaluate the feasibility of this proposal and I would love to hear from my colleagues as well. Let’s keep the conversation open!