Nature for Nature / You / Society
Explore, Imagine, Score and Share ideas for Greener, more Biodiversity Friendly cities
Why are we doing this?
Urban biodiversity matters for climate resilience and quality of life. We invite you to share your ideas, score your neighbourhood’s biodiversity, and help planners design better Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Together, we bridge community knowledge and urban nature.
See how you can participate
Before you start, please read the information sheet about the privacy & consent here.
(Step 1) Score the Biodiversity
Take a photo of a public space where you stand. Rate its biodiversity and how you use it.
(Step 2) Try AR Scenario
Use our AR tool to add trees, flowers, or habitats to real places. Visualise your ideas.
(Step 3) Share your idea
Tell us your AR experience. Your input helps planners and policymakers design better green spaces.
The research behind it
This research forms part of the EU-funded C-NEWTRAL project, which seeks to advance data-driven approaches for supporting participatory planning and implementing Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The overarching aim is to investigate how digital tools, specifically a mobile and web-based application integrating Augmented Reality (AR) and biodiversity scoring, can facilitate meaningful citizen engagement in urban biodiversity enhancement and how these bottom-up insights can be effectively integrated into top-down urban planning and policy-making processes.
© All plant images by Mikkel Eye
This platform is part of the C-NEWTRAL project, led by University College Dublin in collaboration with Heidelberg University, Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Helsinki, the University of Bologna, and the University of Girona. It explores how digital tools can bridge citizen input with policy and planning to advance climate-neutral cities.
Privacy and Consent
We respect your privacy. Any information or images you share will be stored securely and used only for research and analysis by the project team at University College Dublin and its partners. All data will be anonymised before analysis. Using this platform, you consent to your data being collected and used for research following ethical guidelines and GDPR. For more details or to withdraw your data, please contact: coordinator@c-newtral.eu
EU funding statement
C-NEWTRAL Doctoral Network
This project is funded by Horizon Europe - MSCA Doctoral Networks (DN)
Disclaimer
This platform is part of an academic research project under the EU-funded C-NEWTRAL programme. All activities and data collection are conducted solely to research urban biodiversity and participatory planning. No commercial use is intended.
