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Nature-based Solutions to address global societal challenges - IUCN publication

Author/Contact:

Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham

‎Lead, Ecosystem Services Thematic Group, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) - ‎IUCN

minacs@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

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Resource description:

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.

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