Nature-based Solutions
In the ongoing debate about how to tackle the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality, one term has recently been getting particular attention among policymakers, corporations and international conservation organizations – ‘Nature-based Solutions’, or NbS.
First mentioned by the U.N. in 2009, NBS were broadly defined by the IUCN, the global conservation authority, in 2016.
What is Nature-based Solutions?
- As per IUCN, ‘Nature-based solutions are actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural and modified ecosystems in ways that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, to provide both human well-being and biodiversity benefits’. Examples range from tree planting ....
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