Catalogue of Nature-based Solutions

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Nature-based solutions

Title Type Ecosystem Services SDGs
Re-vegetation of riverbanks Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Air quality regulation, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Soil formation and composition, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Seed dispersal, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 12 SDG 13 SDG 2 SDG 15 SDG 6 SDG 14
Re-meander rivers (where they have been artificially straightened) to help reduce speed and height of flood peaks Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 13 SDG 6 SDG 15 SDG 12 SDG 2 SDG 14
Restore grassland/low input arable in drinking water catchments Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Water purification, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Soil formation and composition, Pest and disease control, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Seed dispersal, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 13 SDG 6 SDG 15 SDG 12 SDG 14 SDG 2
Use engineered reedbeds/wetlands for tertiary treatment of effluent Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Water purification, Maintaining populations and habitats, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Seed dispersal, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 15 SDG 2 SDG 14 SDG 6 SDG 12 SDG 13
Target ponds/wetland creation to trap sediment/pollution runoff in farmed landscape Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Water purification, Maintaining populations and habitats, Pest and disease control, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Seed dispersal, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 2 SDG 15 SDG 13 SDG 14 SDG 12 SDG 6
Constructed wetlands and built structures for water management Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Water purification, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Pest and disease control, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Seed dispersal, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 12 SDG 14 SDG 13 SDG 2 SDG 6 SDG 15
Rivers or streams, including remeandering, re-opening Blue corridors Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 2 SDG 12 SDG 13 SDG 14 SDG 6 SDG 15
Floodplain restoration and management Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 6 SDG 15 SDG 12 SDG 14 SDG 2 SDG 13
Create new intertidal habitat through afforestation, or planting of saltmarsh or seagrass at appropriate elevations in the tidal frame Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 2 SDG 12 SDG 13 SDG 14 SDG 15 SDG 6
Restore micro-topography, creek networks, sediment inputs, and nutrient exchange in abandoned aquaculture ponds. Design and management of new ecosystems Food, crops, wild foods and spices, Water, Carbon sequestration, Erosion prevention, Flood protection, Maintaining populations and habitats, Nutrient dispersal & cycling, Recreation, Intellectual and aesthetic appreciation SDG 13 SDG 12 SDG 2 SDG 14 SDG 15 SDG 6