German-American Nature-Based Solutions Exchange – GANBASE

The German-American Nature-Based Solutions Exchange (GANBASE) offers stakeholders in the field of nature conservation and environmental protection the opportunity to exchange ideas on nature-based solutions (NbS) across the Atlantic.

GANBASE aims to exchange approaches and experiences; to present excellent research and lighthouse projects from Germany; to demonstrate the integration of NbS into local, regional and national policy in Germany, as well as ideas on how these can be anchored in the USA; and to draw attention to the economic and socio-political aspects of NbS.

This takes place in the form of semi-annual visit programs, one program per year in the USA and one in Germany, with 10 people invited from each country. Other local stakeholders take part in individual program items such as workshops, excursions and practical activities like plantings.

In 2025, the focus was be on NbS in the coastal region, with a week in northern Germany and a week in the bayou and Gulf region in the USA in October.

In June 2025, we held two workshops and several days of field and practical activities in Bremen and Hannover in Northern Germany.

In October 2025, we visited the U.S. Gulf Coast with workshops in Galveston and New Orleans.

Slides and photos from the 2025 workshops can be found here.

For 2026, we have 10 spots on the US side and 10 for German participants. If you want to join GANBASE, please sign here.

Tentative dates for 2026 are as follows:

June 13 to 19, going to Eberswalde and Berlin

and

August 22 to 28, going to Minneapolis and Duluth

To stay informed about GANBASE and opportunities in 2026, submit your email here:

The project is supported by the Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany, funded by the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).