An Introduction to NbS
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are interventions designed around the management, conservation and enhancement of natural resources that yield multiple environmental, social and economic benefits and co-benefits.
- NbS is an umbrella term that encompasses various approaches that put nature at the centre of designing solutions that build climate resilience and create sustainable economies.
- IUCN categorizes al l NbS under five approaches—Ecosystem Restoration, Issue-specific Ecosystem-Related, Infrastructure-Related, Ecosystem-based management and Ecosystem protection.
- Simple solutions, such as using native vegetation in place of concrete for controlling soil erosion and reducing water runoff along road embankments, to restoration of landscape-scale watersheds to improve water quality and availability, ....
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