Urban Biosystems. Proposals for the restoration of amphibian ecosystems in the contemporary metropolis

Workshop that was part of the Diploma Seminar in Systems, Technology, and Ecolandscapes at the School of Architecture and Design of the University of Morón. The workshop was organized by the University of Morón, the Urban Management subject of the Architecture degree program, and co-organized by Delft University of Technology (NL) and Delta Alliance International. It also received the sponsorship of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires.

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Generation and strengthening of capacities for the improvement of public policies with an environmental and climate perspective within the framework of the National Climate Change Cabinet

Course organized and managed by the Secretariat of Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Innovation, through the National Climate Change Cabinet, in collaboration with the organizations Eco House Global and Sustainability Without Borders. Class: Ecosystem-based Adaptation.

Nature - based Solutions.

Organized by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes anda Universidad Nacional de Jujuy.

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Extracurricular course carried out within the framework of the Diploma Bases and Tools for the Integral Management of Climate Change.

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Nature-based solutions: implications for design, planning, governance and economics.

Organized by Fundación Torcuato Di Tella, Delta Alliance Argentina, TUDelft and IFOU, under the auspices of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires, the SCA and CPAU.

Among the invited experts: Dr Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham (IUCN), Dr Niki Frantzeskaki (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Em.prof.dr.ir. Han Meyer (TUDelft, Deltastad), Dr Mark Scott (Univ. Dublin), Dr Chris Zevenbergen (IHE-TUDelft), Dr Helen Toxopeus (Naturvation, NL), and Msc. David Alvarez (Ecoacsa, Spain). Introducciones: Dr Verónica Zagare, Dr Fransje Hooimeijer, Kim van Nieuwaal, Dr Cynthia Goytía y Lic Hernán Carlino.

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Water Territories

UTDT, Buenos Aires.

Organized by Fundación Torcuato Di Tella and Delta Alliance Argentinean wing, under the auspices of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires. Representatives from different Argentine universities presented the productions of undergraduate and graduate workshops, to generate an area of reflection and proposals about the problems of the design and implementation of Nature-based Solutions in the country. Then, international experts from the Netherlands gave master classes on main aspects of the subject and presented experiences carried out in different countries.

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Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de San Martín and Universidad Nacional de Morón participated in the International Seminar and contributed to its organization.

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Parana Delta.

TUDelft, The Netherlands.

Organized by Delta Alliance Internacional, TUDelft and Deltares.

Speakers: Em.prof.ir.dr.Han Meyer (TUDelft), Dr Verónica Zagare (TUDelft) and Dr Patricia Trambauer (Deltares).  

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Innovative strategies in deltas and coasts, and mechanisms of implementation

UTDT, Buenos Aires.

Co-organized by Delta Alliance Argentinean Wing, Fundación Humedales - Wetlands International and Fundación Torcuato Di Tella, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires.

Speakers: Em.Prof.dr.ir. Han Meyer (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands), Dr. Machiel van Dorst (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) and Prof. PhD. Lisa Diedrich (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden).

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Workshop on citizen construction of proposals for the mitigation of floods and Climate Change in the Luján River Basin

Organized by Fundación Humedales / Wetlands International, Fundación Biosfera and Delta Alliance Argentinean Wing. Among the participants it is possible to mention: representatives of civil society organizations, environmental NGOs, residents of the watershed, technicians from government organizations, representatives of the consulting firm Serman & Asociados S.A. and professionals from the universities of Buenos Aires and Luján.

Speakers: Verónica Zagare, Serman & Asociados S.A., Adriana Anzolín. 

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Second Workshop: Urban and Environmental Scenarios for the Lower Paraná Delta.

Organized by the Instituto Superior de Urbanismo, Territorio y Ambiente (ISU) of the University of Buenos Aires, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), Fundación Humedales / Wetlands International and Fundación Cambio Democrático, within the framework of the actions of Delta Alliance Argentinean Wing, from the initiative of the Ecosystem Alliance for the sustainable management of wetlands and the Nairobi Work Program on the Effects, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, through the Fundación Torcuato Di Tella.

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Urban and Environmental Scenarios for the Lower Paraná Delta.

Organized by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policies (USA), the Fundación Humedales / Wetlands International Argentina, Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), Instituto Superior de Urbanismo, Territorio y Ambiente (ISU) of the University of Buenos Aires, and Fundación Cambio Democrático.

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This workshop was developed within the framework of the Project "Scenarios for a comprehensive approach to urban and environmental dimensions in the Lower Paraná Delta", funded through the 2012 call "Land Policies and Urban Development in Latin America", within the thematic axis “Climate change, environmental risk and use of urban land” of the Program for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policies (USA). The objective was focused on generating base knowledge for the design of comprehensive development policies for the study area through public participation and the interaction of the various actors involved in the territory.

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Participants: Dr Verónica Zagare (project leader), MScTom Massin, Dr Diego Sepúlveda Carmona, Dr Flavio Janches.

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