Nature-based Solutions - IUCN
Apr 4, 2024 · Nature-based Solutions address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems, benefiting people and nature at the same time. They target major challenges like climate change, disaster risk reduction, food and water security, biodiversity loss and human health, and are critical to ...
Nature-based solutions - Wikipedia
Nature-based solutions (or nature-based systems, and abbreviated as NBS or NbS) describe the development and use of nature (biodiversity) and natural processes to address diverse socio-environmental issues. [1]
What are nature-based solutions and how can they help us …
Aug 12, 2024 · Nature-based solutions are based on the notion that when ecosystems are healthy and well-managed, they provide essential benefits and services to people, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, securing safe water resources, making air safer to breathe, or providing increased food security.
Federal agencies have pioneered nature-based solutions on federal lands and waters, in federal facilities, and in partnership with communities, companies, and Tribal, state, local,...
What Exactly Are 'Nature-based Solutions'? - World Resources …
Dec 4, 2023 · Broadly, nature-based solutions are actions to protect, conserve, restore, and sustainably use and manage ecosystems in a way that addresses social, economic and environmental challenges while simultaneously benefiting human well-being and biodiversity.
Nature-based Solutions | FEMA Disaster Resilience Hub
Nature-based Solutions integrate natural features and processes into disaster risk reduction, creating sustainable and cost-effective ways to protect people and property. From restoring wetlands to planting urban trees, these solutions protect communities from natural hazards while offering co-benefits like cleaner air, cooler cities and ...
Nature-Based Solutions - Homepage | Global Program on Nature-Based …
May 22, 2023 · Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are effective and adaptive interventions to protect, manage, and/or restore natural or modified systems, including coastlines, cities, watersheds, and rivers.
Nature-based Solutions for climate - IUCN
Nov 16, 2022 · The latest IPCC report demonstrated that nature-based solutions such as reducing the destruction of forests and other ecosystems, restoring them, and improving the management of working lands, such as farms — are among the top five most effective strategies for mitigating carbon emissions by 2030.
Figure 1 “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” (IUCN, 2016)
IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
Jul 20, 2023 · The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions guides users to design and implement NbS in a way that allows nature to deliver its valuable ecosystem services. In addition, the Global Standard sets clear benchmarks to measure the progress of NbS.