{"id":80117,"date":"2024-11-29T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=80117"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:17:51","slug":"nature-based-solutions-in-the-favelas-presented-in-parallel-event-to-the-g20-social-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=80117","title":{"rendered":"‘Nature-Based Solutions in the Favelas’ Presented in Parallel to the G20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Participants engage in debate at the launch of the publication Nature-Based Solutions in Peripheral Areas<\/em>. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On November 14, the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN<\/a>)*, in partnership with the National Secretariat for the Peripheries (SNP<\/a>) of Brazil’s Ministry of Cities<\/a>, hosted the launch event<\/a> for the publication Nature-Based Solutions in Peripheral Areas: Advances in the Regulation of a New Public Policy<\/em><\/a>. With support from GIZ Brasil<\/a>, the Expanded Monitoring Working Group (GTAA) has been developing this initiative since October 2023. In addition to the Sustainable Favela Network, the project involved the Sustainable Peripheries Institute<\/a>, the University of Bras\u00edlia (UNB)’s Peripheries Research and Extension Group<\/a>, the National Observatory for the Right to Water and Sanitation (ONDAS<\/a>), the Urban Bioconnection Alliance<\/a>, SEMASA Santo Andr\u00e9<\/a>, the World Bank Brazil<\/a>, the Network for Antiracist Adaptation<\/a>, and independent researcher Erich Wolff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The launch event was held in parallel with the G20 Social Summit<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s Gamboa<\/a> neighborhood, at Zona Imagin\u00e1ria<\/a>\u2014an atelier featuring a permanent exhibition of images portraying the history of Brazil’s first favela, Provid\u00eancia<\/a>, located nearby. The event aimed to expand the discussion on public policies for climate adaptation in peripheral areas through the Living Peripheries Program<\/a> and marked an important step towards innovation in urban development using Nature-based Solutions (NbS<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The event brought together practical NbS experiences implemented in favelas by members of the Sustainable Favela Network. These were represented by Alessandra Roque (Agroecological Provid\u00eancia<\/a>), Luis Cassiano (Green Roof Favela<\/a>) from Parque Arar\u00e1<\/a>, Ot\u00e1vio Alves Barros (Vale Encantado Cooperative<\/a>), Roberto Fonseca (Horto Natureza<\/a>), and Alan Brum (Roots in Movement Institute<\/a>) from Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a>. Raissa Monteiro (GIZ Brasil), along with National Secretaries Adalberto Maluf<\/a> (National Secretariat for Urban Environment and Environmental Quality<\/a>, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change<\/a>) and Guilherme Sim\u00f5es<\/a> (National Secretariat for the Peripheries<\/a>, Ministry of Cities<\/a>), also attended the event. They emphasized the federal government\u2019s commitment to advancing solutions to address the climate crisis in peripheral areas and favelas, which are disproportionately vulnerable to climate impacts.<\/p>\n

What Are Nature-based Solutions (NbS)?<\/h3>\n
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Luiz Arend Filho, coordinator of the Department for Mitigation and Risk Prevention at the National Secretariat for the Peripheries, Ministry of Cities, speaks during the launch of the publication Nature-based Solutions in Peripheral Areas<\/em>. Photo: B\u00e1rbara Dias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luiz Arend Filho\u2014coordinator of the Department for Mitigation and Risk Prevention<\/a> at the National Secretariat for the Peripheries, Ministry of Cities\u2014introduced Nature-based Solutions (NbS) during his talk<\/a>, highlighting their benefits not only for favelas and peripheries but for society as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cNbS are actions that broach social challenges, holding benefits for communities and the ecosystems involved\u2026 For example, when it rains, part of the water infiltrates the ground, while the rest produces surface run-off. When there is urbanization, with concrete and tarmac, less water infiltrates, and more water runs off surfaces. When intense rains produce more water, what is the traditional solution? To increase river capacity, channels, or add concrete. If urbanization continues and exceeds predictions\u2026 there’s even more water. Then, still within a traditional approach, what\u2019s done? The overflow is put into a big reservoir, using even more concrete. Is there an alternative? Yes, there is. The alternative is NbS. What does [traditional] urbanization do? With more water, less water infiltrates, and more water runs off the surface. What do Nature-based Solutions do? They hold the water, infiltrate the water, and reverse what urbanization has done.\u201d \u2014 Luiz Arend Filho<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the event, Luiz Arend Filho, National Secretary for Peripheries Guilherme Sim\u00f5es, and National Secretary for Urban Environment and Environmental Quality Adalberto Maluf launched the publication Nature-Based Solutions in Peripheral Areas<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n