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    Guimarães Spring Festival 2025 fills the Penha Mountain with nature, joy and over 2,000 visitors

    After being postponed for a week due to rain, the Guimarães Spring Festival 2025 took place on the 29th and 30th of March on the Penha Mountain, a vital ecological asset in Guimarães, featuring 10

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    Cieza celebrates its first BiodiverCity Festival: A week of nature, creativity and community

    From 17 to 24 March 2025, Cieza celebrated the first edition of the BiodiverCity Festival, a vibrant and participatory event organized by the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with Aguas

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    Forest Festival – BiodiverCity Festival in Limerick

    As part of the URBACT BiodiverCity project, Limerick City and County Council proudly presents the Limerick Forest Festival — a joyful celebration of Ireland’s National Tree Week taking place on Sunday

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    Testing Action Wildflower ID Swatch in Limerick

    Yellow flowers in a field

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    "our rationale for this testing action to create something unique to Limerick to assist LCCC staff and the public identify and record 25 species

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    Have you ever tried beehive therapy? Have you ever met a biodiversity officer?

    In this edition, we dive into the transformative work of Local Authority Biodiversity Officers in Ireland, explore urban beekeeping as a tool for engagement, and discover how public parks can evolve

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    How Did Biodiversity Become a Core Organising Principle of Urban Development in Guimarães, Europe’s Green Capital 2026?

    Urban biodiversity is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of sustainable city development. As cities continue to expand, the preservation and integration of biodiversity within urban landscapes

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    Biodivercity at the Inclusion4Schools Final Event

    As part of the BiodiverCity URBACT project, the Municipality of Vratsa participated in the final event of the Inclusion4Schools Horizon 2020 project, sharing their expertise in co-design and co

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    How can we maximalise conditions to get the full potential of exchange and learning?

    Thinking about “evergreen” challenges at the mid-term of the BiodiverCity network 

    “Very enriching experience for our municipality”. “The significant guidance provided by the URBACT Secretariat is very