![Words of Eco-Logia – 21st May 2026
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EPISODE 7: What does Urban Functional Biodiversity refer to?
How do you feel when you come into contact with the green spaces of your city? Maybe more relaxed, regenerated and energetic! it is not by chance. #Urban Functional #Biodiversity is about various natural #species and their specific functional traits (e.g., nitrogen fixation, pollination, water retention) that maintain #ecosystems and provide essential #services in heavily populated areas. Boosting #climate regulation, favouring flood #control, reducing #pollution, providing recreational spaces and improving human #wellbeing, resilience and health are some of the most significant #benefits they generate.
Being inspired by #Nature’s balance helps #architects, #designers and urban #planners to select vegetation able to optimises specific ecological functions, such as #water infiltration or biodiversity support. Integrating interconnected #green spaces (e.g.: parks, green roofs) and #blue spaces (ponds, wetlands) promotes #habitat connectivity and strengthens urban biodiversity. Moreover, engaging local residents and stakeholders in the planning and management of urban nature, encourages a shared vision of the development of densely inhabited areas, boosting mental and physical health.
Main Strategies for Enhancing Urban Functional Biodiversity are:
· Biodiversity-Sensitive Design]: that is integrating native, multi-functional plant species into urban design, including vertical gardens and green roofs.
· Ecological Restoration: that is actively restoring urban green and blue spaces to enhance habitat diversity and ecological function.
· Inclusive Governance: that is engaging local residents and stakeholders in the planning and management of urban nature.
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Monaco's Mobility points straight to a more flexible, sustainable and accessible service.
- M Abti
- Jun 8, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 31, 2024
Strengthening the public transport service and improving its accessibility for users is a primary objective for the Prince's Government. On the 31st May 2024, Céline Caron-Dagioni, Government Advisor-Minister of Equipment, Environment and Urban Planning and a Governmental Delegation (Head of Cabinet of H.E. the Minister of State and her team) met the representatives of the Union des Commerçants et Artisans de Monaco - UCAM (Union of Monaco Merchants and Artisans) and the Association des Industries Hôtelières de Monaco - AIHM (Association of Monaco Hotel Industries) to share Monaco mobility objectives and debate on how to meet the traders' and professionals' needs in terms of commercial attractiveness and salary conditions.
According to the Energy Transition White Paper (March 2017), building up a full speed intermodality system is prior in order to provide Monegasques and visitors a widespread network of car parkings connected to public transport and other means of transport with reduced environmental impact. All that to reduce the use of cars to cover extremely short distances. Important steps forward have been made in recent months.
The new Les Salines parking area that has been recently unveiled in the presence of the Sovereign Prince aims to increase the number of parking spaces available to facilitate the connection with the historic center, for the benefit of the shops and the residents/citizens.
As for public transport, the development of the ClicBus Monaco project is expected to generate a positive domino effect. This on-request bus service, operated by the Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco in partneship with the Gouvernement Princier, entred in to force on the 25th March 2024, in some strategic districts (Fleurs, Plati and Annonciade) where to serve also restaurants and hotels clients to make it easier to transport them towards Place d'Armes, Fontvieille Centre Commercial, Monte-Carlo Tourisme and Place des Moulins. ClicBus, available 7 days a week, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:20 p.m. (and from 9:20 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., extended to 2:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays), can be booked via mobile app or by phone besides requesting it in person at the nearest bus stop, during service hours.
The meeting was fruitiful and marked the first step of a path of collaboration between private and public sector. Not by chance, a second rendezvous is scheduled for the second half of the year to take stock of the outcome after kicking off the latest mobility measures. ***
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By Maurice Abbati
Journalist; Editor; Communication, Media and Public Relations Specialist.
Lecturer and Author in English language of Technical Articles and the Manual: "Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet, a Journey into Eco-Communication" by Springer International Publishing.
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