Effinature × UICN SfN
IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
Compared with IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions, Effinature covers the applicable biodiversity criteria as follows: NCO 4/4, EVO 3/4, HOR 4/4, HVE 3/4. The remaining Effinature criteria go beyond this framework's biodiversity scope.
With Effinature certification, you already meet UICN SfN
The Effinature NCO reference covers 4/4 of UICN SfN's applicable biodiversity criteria, and documents 49 additional criteria that UICN SfN does not require.
Inverse coverage per Effinature reference
Share of this framework's applicable biodiversity criteria covered by each Effinature reference. "And more" = Effinature criteria beyond the framework's scope.
NCO
4/4
+49 and more
EVO
3/4
+51 and more
HOR
4/4
+49 and more
HVE
3/4
+26 and more
Detailed correspondences (40)
| Framework provision | Effinature criterion | Relation | Confidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critère 1 NbS effectively address societal challenges (indicators 1.1 priority challenges of rights-holders/beneficiaries; 1.2 challenges understood and documented; 1.3 effects on human well-being identified, compared and evaluated) |
EFF-C-086
Indoor user well-being
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Related match | Medium | Indoor user well-being is a response to a societal challenge (health, living environment) that the NbS must identify and evaluate, but the NbS grain remains meta (overall human well-being). |
| Critère 1 NbS effectively address societal challenges (indicators 1.1 priority challenges of rights-holders/beneficiaries; 1.2 challenges understood and documented; 1.3 effects on human well-being identified, compared and evaluated) |
EFF-C-087
Sensory stimulation through landscaping
|
Related match | Medium | Sensory stimulation through landscaping contributes to human well-being, one of the societal challenges addressed by an NbS. |
| Critère 1 NbS effectively address societal challenges (indicators 1.1 priority challenges of rights-holders/beneficiaries; 1.2 challenges understood and documented; 1.3 effects on human well-being identified, compared and evaluated) |
EFF-C-089
Social bond and awareness
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Broad match | Medium | Social bonding and awareness respond to societal challenges (cohesion, health) that criterion 1 aims to address as a priority for the beneficiaries. |
| Critère 1 NbS effectively address societal challenges (indicators 1.1 priority challenges of rights-holders/beneficiaries; 1.2 challenges understood and documented; 1.3 effects on human well-being identified, compared and evaluated) |
EFF-C-090
Strengthening social bonds
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Related match | Medium | The strengthening of social bonding is a socio-economic benefit of the NbS that responds to a societal challenge. |
| Critère 1 NbS effectively address societal challenges (indicators 1.1 priority challenges of rights-holders/beneficiaries; 1.2 challenges understood and documented; 1.3 effects on human well-being identified, compared and evaluated) |
EFF-C-119
Feeding areas
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Related match | Medium | Feeding areas respond to the societal challenge of food security/quality, explicitly cited as a societal challenge by the NbS Standard. |
| Critère 1 NbS effectively address societal challenges (indicators 1.1 priority challenges of rights-holders/beneficiaries; 1.2 challenges understood and documented; 1.3 effects on human well-being identified, compared and evaluated) |
EFF-C-010
Needs assessment
|
Broad match | Low | The project's needs assessment is an upstream step which, on the NbS side, corresponds to identifying and documenting the societal challenges to be addressed. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-019
Assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation
|
Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities goes beyond the site scale and incorporates the wider landscape, which is the essence of the design-at-scale of criterion 2. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-061
Ecological continuities and habitat characterisation
|
Close match | High | The characterisation of ecological continuities at district/landscape scale responds directly to the scale logic of criterion 2. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-055
Urban continuities
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Related match | Medium | Urban continuities link the site to the wider territorial system, the scale dimension of criterion 2. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-026
Update of the district Ecological Coherence Indicator (ITCE district)
|
Related match | Medium | The update of the District Ecological-Coherence Baseline Index extends the analysis to the district scale, beyond the site. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-024
Update of the district CBSh (harmonised Biotope Area Factor: district)
|
Related match | Medium | The District CBSh places the site's performance within a district-scale framework, consistent with the design-at-scale. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-070
Environmental impact assessment
|
Related match | Medium | The environmental impact assessment identifies the project's risks, including beyond the footprint, echoing the risk management of criterion 2. |
| Critère 2 The design of an NbS is a matter of scale (2.1 economy-society-ecosystem interactions; 2.2 integration with other complementary interventions and cross-sector synergies; 2.3 identification and management of risks beyond the site) |
EFF-C-018
Stormwater management along roads
|
Broad match | Low | Stormwater management along roads articulates the site with the wider hydrological network, a scale dimension. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-060
Initial flora state
|
Close match | High | The initial flora state is the factual baseline assessment of the ecosystem required by indicator 3.1. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-073
Initial fauna state
|
Close match | High | The initial fauna state constitutes the baseline assessment of the ecosystem required by 3.1. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-052
Initial soil state
|
Close match | High | The initial soil state is a component of the factual assessment of the ecosystem and its degradation factors (3.1). |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-019
Assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation
|
Related match | Medium | The characterisation of habitats contributes to the baseline assessment of the ecosystem state. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-007
IVS determination
|
Close match | High | The Ecological Value Index (IVS) provides a measurable and comparable result of ecological quality, as required by 3.2. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-113
Update of the Ecological Coherence Indicator (ITCE)
|
Close match | High | The update of the Ecological-Coherence Baseline Index (ITCE) provides an over-time comparative measurement of the conservation results. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-036
Update of the Ecological Value Index (IVE management)
|
Close match | High | The update of the IVEgestion regularly measures and compares the conservation results in the management phase. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-099
Update of the CBSh (harmonised Biotope Area Factor)
|
Related match | Medium | The update of the CBSh measures the surface ecological performance, a comparable conservation result. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-062
Areas set aside for biodiversity
|
Close match | High | The setting-aside of areas for biodiversity aims at a net benefit to the ecosystem's integrity, the central objective of criterion 3. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-103
Implementation of a Structured Biodiversity Area (EBS)
|
Close match | High | The implementation of a Structured Biodiversity Area (EBS) materialises the improvement of the site's ecological integrity (3.4). |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-074
Fauna preservation programme
|
Close match | High | The fauna preservation programme aims at a net benefit to biodiversity, at the heart of criterion 3. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-063
Plant palette
|
Related match | Medium | The choice of a (native) plant palette strengthens ecological integrity through the reintroduction of previously present components (3.4). |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-020
Spontaneous flora
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Related match | Medium | Spontaneous flora supports ecological integrity and the return of natural components. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-102
Discovery of invasive alien plant species (EVEE) during works
|
Close match | High | The management of Invasive Exotic Plant Species on the worksite prevents an unintended negative consequence on nature, a requirement of indicator 3.3. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-013
Limiting the crushing of microfauna
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Related match | Medium | Limiting the crushing of microfauna avoids an unintended negative consequence of the intervention on nature. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-108
Fauna preservation
|
Related match | Medium | The preservation of fauna during the works phase limits the unintended negative impacts (3.3). |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-115
Pollution treatment and risk prevention
|
Related match | Medium | Pollution treatment and risk prevention limit the unintended negative consequences on the ecosystem. |
| Critère 3 NbS provide net benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem integrity (3.1 factual assessment of the ecosystem state and degradation factors; 3.2 measurable conservation results identified and evaluated; 3.3 monitoring of unintended negative consequences; 3.4 improvement of integrity and connectivity) |
EFF-C-017
Open-ground reservoir for street-alignment trees
|
Related match | Medium | The open-ground reservoir for alignment trees supports ecological connectivity (tree network). |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-065
Plant-heritage management plan
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Close match | High | The plant-heritage management plan is the established strategy serving as the basis for regular monitoring and evaluation (7.1). |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-069
Sustainable management of plant heritage
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Close match | High | The sustainable management of plant heritage establishes a continuous management framework, the foundation of criterion 7. |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-037
Flora monitoring
|
Close match | High | Flora monitoring is a monitoring/evaluation plan implemented over the life cycle (7.2). |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-044
Fauna monitoring
|
Close match | High | Fauna monitoring constitutes an operational monitoring and evaluation plan (7.2). |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-046
Monitoring of shelters
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Related match | Medium | Monitoring of shelters feeds the monitoring-evaluation plan of the intervention. |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-114
Worksite monitoring
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Related match | Medium | Worksite monitoring provides monitoring data allowing adjustment during the intervention. |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-036
Update of the Ecological Value Index (IVE management)
|
Related match | Medium | The periodic update of the IVEgestion allows iterative learning and the adaptation of management (7.3). |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-124
Effinature ecological assessment: End of operation
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Related match | Medium | The end-of-operation ecological assessment capitalises on the monitoring lessons, supporting adaptive management. |
| Critère 7 NbS are managed adaptively, on the basis of evidence (7.1 established NbS strategy; 7.2 monitoring and evaluation plan over the entire life cycle; 7.3 iterative learning framework for adaptive management) |
EFF-C-112
Worksite incident reports: fauna component
|
Related match | Low | The 'fauna-component' worksite incident reports document the deviations triggering a management response. |
Source & licence
- Publisher : IRICE (groupe NORMAXIS)
- Accreditation : Cofrac (Comité français d'accréditation) n°5-0655 rév. 1 (NF EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012), scope at www.cofrac.fr
- Dataset version : 9.1
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