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Urban green spaces benefit both citizens and their surroundings
EFI focuses on the benefits of having forests and trees in our urban environment, which include improving public health, enhancing climate resilience, supporting biodiversity, and offering inclusive and accessible spaces that encourage community interaction and wellbeing.
What is a biocity?
A biocity is a new term created to describe a city that is “hosted by nature”.
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EFI Biocities webinar: Urban forests for climate change adaptation
Urban heat is rising, and green infrastructure is part of the answer. Explore how at the next EFI Biocities webinar on 30 September.
30 September 2026, 17:00–18:30
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Healthy Cities by Nature: How urban nature can become public health infrastructure
This brief examines how urban green spaces protect public health and how cities can embed nature into everyday planning, services, and education.
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Publications
Healthy Cities by Nature: How urban nature can become public health infrastructure
This brief examines how urban green spaces protect public health and how cities can embed nature into everyday planning, services, and education.
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EFI Strategy 2040
Responding to accelerating global change, EFI positions forests at the heart of efforts to build resilient societies and a healthy planet.
- Resilient forests
ESPON GILL methodology for quantifying the demand for green infrastructure at local level
A practical, step-by-step methodology to help local authorities quantify the demand for green infrastructure and integrate it into planning.
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Handbook of tools for informing and monitoring urban greening strategies and nature plans
A handbook of 59 digital tools to help urban planners and policymakers inform and monitor urban greening strategies and nature plans.
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News and blogs
Nature as cities' cooling infrastructure: EFI Biocities webinar explores urban forests for climate adaptation
Experts at EFI Biocities' second webinar shared how urban forests and nature-based solutions can help cities adapt to extreme heat.
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EFI Biocities webinar: Urban forests for climate change adaptation
Urban heat is rising, and green infrastructure is part of the answer. Explore how at the next EFI Biocities webinar. Register now!
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EFI Biocities launches webinar series highlighting nature’s role for healthier and more resilient cities
First webinar highlights how integrating nature into cities boosts wellbeing, supports policy, and reduces long-term health costs.
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Projects on this theme
Urban Nature Plans+
UNPplus helps European cities develop Urban Nature Plans, integrating biodiversity and green infrastructure into urban policies.
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ESPON GILL
ESPON GILL offers local authorities a practical way to pinpoint where green infrastructure delivers the greatest benefits.
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URBANA
The project focused on leveraging satellite data to generate urban analytics that support urban planning, and energy efficiency in European cities.
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UFOREST
Promoting Europe’s innovation capacity among universities, cities and businesses to deliver a new approach to Urban Forestry.
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CLEARINGHOUSE
Collaborative learning in research, information-sharing and governance on how urban forests support Sino-European urban futures.
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