Nature-Positive Infrastructure Development

Overview
Course title: Nature-Positive Infrastructure Development – A four-part microlearning Playbook Edition as part of the Sustainable Infrastructure Series
Level: Introductory to Intermediate
Mode: On-demand
Language: English, with translations in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Price: FREE
Training hours:1.0 (comprises 4 X 15min microlearning videos)

This course is a four-part series based on the FIDIC WWF Playbook for Nature Positive Infrastructure Development. The course introduces the concept of nature-positive infrastructure and how to put nature and biodiversity at the heart of decision-making and design. With many infrastructure projects only focusing on minimising harm, this course provides practical guidance on going beyond just reducing negative impacts of projects to actively restoring and enhancing ecosystems focusing on conservation, regeneration and growth and embracing nature-positive approaches.

The course provides a simple guide for infrastructure practitioners to identify and select potential solutions for projects and to drive the progress towards nature-positive infrastructure development using examples of different project types, from various geographies and throughout the project lifecycle.

– Part 1 covers an overview of nature-positive infrastructure, the concept and need;
– Part 2 covers the benefits of biodiversity, carbon and resilience, as key factors driving increased uptake of nature positive solutions.
– Part 3 covers a sector focus on transport infrastructure; and
– Part 4 delves into a sector focus on buildings and public spaces through the application of nature-positive infrastructure principles.

Who should attend:
The course is tailored for professionals and infrastructure practitioners within the global infrastructure sector as well as designers, environmentalists, corporate executives, government officials, students, researchers, NGOs, consultants and anyone involved in infrastructure development.

Learning objectives:
– By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
– Understand the need for and concept of nature-positive infrastructure
– Use the FIDIC WWF Playbook for Nature-Positive Infrastructure Development and how to apply the principles and case studies to their projects
– Understand the benefits of biodiversity, carbon and resilience
– Recognise transport infrastructure typologies, explore solutions and key benefits and learn about how these have been applied to a project case study.
– Recognise the buildings and public spaces typology, explore solutions and key benefits, learn how these have been applied to a project case study and the application of nature positive solutions for replicable and scalable application