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Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – What are They and What are the Barriers and Enablers to Their Use?

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dc.creator Price, Roz
dc.date 2021-07-13T11:03:09Z
dc.date 2021-07-13T11:03:09Z
dc.date 2021-05-05
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:47:37Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:47:37Z
dc.identifier Price, R.A. (2021). Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – what are they and what are the barriers and enablers to their use? K4D Helpdesk Report. Institute of Development Studies. DOI: 10.19088/K4D.2021.098
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16737
dc.identifier 10.19088/K4D.2021.098
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198564
dc.description This rapid review examines literature around Nature-based Solutions (NbS), what are NbS, the pros and cons of NbS, design and implementation issues (including governance, indigenous knowledge), finance and the enabling environment. The breadth of NbS and the evidence base means that this rapid review only provides a snapshot of the information available, and therefore does not consider all types of NbS, nor all sectors that they have been used in. Considering this limited scope, this report highlights many issues, some of which are that Covid-19 has highlighted the importance of NbS, Pros of NbS include the low cost compared to infrastructure alternatives; the flexibility in addressing multiple climate challenges; potential co-benefits such as better water quality, improved health, cultural benefits, biodiversity conservation. The literature also notes the cons of NbS including slow adaptation or co-benefits, very context specific making effectiveness difficult to measure and many of the benefits are non-monetary and hard to measure. The literature consulted suggest a number of knowledge gaps in the evidence base for NbS effectiveness including lack of: robust and impartial assessments of current NbS experiences; site specific knowledge of field deployment of NbS; timescales over which benefits are seen and experienced; cost-effectiveness of interventions compared to or in conjunction with alternative solutions; and integrated assessments considering broader social and ecological outcomes
dc.description FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation K4D Helpdesk Report;1006
dc.rights https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
dc.rights © Crown copyright 2021
dc.subject Climate Change
dc.subject Environment
dc.subject Finance
dc.subject Governance
dc.subject Water
dc.title Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – What are They and What are the Barriers and Enablers to Their Use?
dc.type Helpdesk


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