Florika Fink-Hooijer
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Florika Fink-Hooijer is a senior EU official at the European Commission. She is director-general of the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority.
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Nature-based solutions
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Nature-based solutions describe the development and sustainable use of natural processes and biodiversity to address diverse socio-environmental issues. These issues include climate change mitigation,
Florika Fink-Hooijer
…Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022, and a key deliverable under the European Green Deal, further solidifying her role as a global advocate for nature-based solutions and smarter resource management. In her capacity as Director-General for Environment, Fink-Hooijer also oversaw the revision of the Environmental Crime…
Example of a nature-based solution in water resource management: this riparian buffer protects a creek in Iowa, United States, from the impact of adjacent land uses.
Mangroves protect coastlines against erosion (Cape Coral, Florida, United States).
Coastal habitat protection at Morro Strand State Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Schematic presentation of the NBS typology.