Скачать или смотреть #CitiesOnTheFrontline

Ecosystems have long been treated as resources to extract from, rather than vital living systems we’re part of. Now, cities are feeling the pressure. Climate shocks, biodiversity loss and shrinking natural resources are pushing urban systems to their limits. It’s clear we need to rethink how we build and how we live with nature.

In the fourth session of Cities on the Frontline 2025, we explored how renaturing cities—bringing nature back into urban environments—can help restore ecosystems, build resilience and improve quality of life. This session highlighted how cities are embedding nature into urban planning through both high-level strategies and localized solutions that put biodiversity at the center of urban development.

-Gara Villalba, Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, presented how the NUTRISOIL project is regenerating urban soils by reusing organic waste and strengthening local food systems.

-María Angélica Mejía, Regional Curator for Latin America and the Caribbean at The Nature of Cities, shared how the BiodiverCities initiative is helping cities restore nature, support green economies and engage communities through citizen science.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction to the session
5:54 - Regeneration Urban Soils | Gara Villalba, Autonomous University of Barcelona
27:39 - Nature Restauration & Green Economies | María Angélica Mejía, BiodiverCities
41:00 - Q&A with panelists