NatuReS’ Vision: Preserving Natural Resources

The Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS) enables private-public-civil society partnerships to manage the natural resources they need for sustainable growth and better livelihoods. The programme’s vision is a world where all stakeholders collaborate to sustainably utilise the planet’s life-supporting natural resources for inclusive and resilient economic growth.

• How NatuReS Helps in Managing Natural Resources
• Who is Behind NatuReS
• Our Connection to Sustainable Development Goals
• Additional partnerships
• NatuReS’ Monitoring and Evaluation System
• Achievements of NatuReS
• NRAF: NatuReS’ Guide to Sustainability Partnerships
• Building on IWaSP’s Successes

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NatuReS’ mission is to empower diverse stakeholders to work together towards inclusive and resilient economic growth.

To achieve this, NatuReS focuses on four working areas:

• Stewardship for Resilient Cities
• Stewardship for Resilient Economic Zones and Industrial Parks
• Stewardship for Resilient Circular Economies
• Stewardship for Resilient Catchments

In each of these areas, the program engages in several key activities, including:

• Supporting multi-stakeholder partnerships to address natural resource-related risks
• Promoting a culture of stewardship amongst all actors
• Sharing knowledge with stakeholders on the inter-connectedness of nature, economy and society, and the benefits of holistic, resilience-oriented solutions
• Developing innovative, locally tailored, multi-stakeholder approaches to increase participation and development
• Training and building capacity to encourage strong local ownership and an anchoring of stewardship in institutional practices and public policy
• Acting in ‘third-party’ support roles between governmental, business and community groups