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And the winners are...
On 29 November 2023, 62 teams from around the world joined the Nature-Based Future Challenge. Their assignment? To develop an innovative, nature-based perspective for one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world, the Bangladesh delta region. After two selection rounds, eleven teams made it to the Grand Finals. On 11 June 2024, Team Delta Harmonics was announced the winner of the Challenge by unanimous vote of the jury. Team Delta GO! came second, and Team Deltability placed third. The Special Partners Prize was awarded to Team Terraqueous. Would you like to discover the ideas of the ten finalists and learn more about the Challenge? Check the NBF Challenge magazine. The next edition of the Challenge will take place in the 2025/26 academic year and will focus on the Mississippi Delta.
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At Wageningen University & Research top scientists and students from all over the world join forces to work on projects that make a difference to the quality of life. With a focus on climate change and biodiversity loss, we are committed to harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions.
WUR experts have been actively engaged in this field for over two decades and have successfully pioneered numerous projects that have influenced policy and paved the way for large-scale implementation, both within the Netherlands and internationally. Nature-based Challenge is an unique initiative of Wageningen University & Research giving students from all over the world an opportunity to work on this important topic.
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Nature-based Future Challenge: the winning team designed context-specific solutions
The jury commended Team Delta Harmonics for tackling the complex problems of the Bangladesh River Delta at the root by focusing on the upstream region. The team competed with ten other international student teams and won the first prize of € 9...
Nature-based Future Challenge: expert coaches help students to dream pragmatically
Industry experts coach each team competing in the Nature-based Future Challenge. Specialists in ecology, landscape architecture, international governance, and all the other aspects of nature-based solutions lend their insight to help the student te...
Nature-based Future Challenge: ‘The best teams tackle the problems at their source’
After the first selection moment, twenty student teams remain to compete in the Nature-based Future Challenge and envision a nature-positive future for the Bangladesh River Delta. Two members of the selection committee explain what set these teams ...
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