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This report has been prepared as part of an effort by IUCN to define its position on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and plan for future work to advance this concept and support effective implementation of NbS to enhance ecosystem services provision and address societal challenges. The report proposes a definitional framework for NbS, including a set of general principles for any NbS intervention. The report also defines the scope of NbS as an umbrella concept embracing a number of different ecosystem-based approaches.
Author/Contact:
Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham
Lead, Ecosystem Services Thematic Group, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) - IUCN
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Requirements:
- No requirements as such - useful to anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of NbS in theory and practice.
Advantages:
- Provide conservation and development practitioners, policy makers and researchers, as well as civil society organisations, with a useful basis for understanding what Nature-based Solutions involve and what they offer in terms of benefits for human and nat
- Contributes to development of operational framework for NbS
- Presents ten case studies of NbS applications from around the world
Constraints:
- No constraints.
DOI reference:
http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2016.13.en
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product
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