Adriano Bressane is a professor at São Paulo State University (UNESP) and visiting professor at the University of Coimbra through the CAPES PrInt Program (Process n. 88887.9365872024-00). For his research, he receives regular funding from FAPESP (Process n. 2023-03387-5) and through the universal call of CNPq (Process 401721-2023-0), conducting projects in the field of nature-based solutions (NBS). His research is applied to urban green space management, the promotion of healthy, resilient, and sustainable cities, pollution control, the restoration of degraded areas, urban drainage management, and natural resource management. Furthermore, his work contributes to climate change mitigation, the enhancement of ecosystem services (supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural), and disaster prevention.