Nature-based Solutions
Nature-based Solutions
Retaining, slowing down and infiltrating water, nature does it best. Below you'll find an overview of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that help tackle both flooding and drought. From natural forests and grasslands to green roofs and wadis. Spotted something for your area? Sponge helps you turn ideas into action.
Read more about natural solutions:
- Developing natural grasslands
- Developing natural forests
- Food forest
- Making space for beaver activity
- Making room for natural floodplains
- Making room for meandering
- Raising the stream bed
- Lowering banks
- Removing drainage systems
- Planting scrub hedges and copses
- Standard orchard
- Wide infiltration strip
- Grafts
- Swales
- Keylines
- Converting (maize) fields on slopes into grassland or woodland
- Wadi
- Intercepting runoff on (sunken) roads
Global impact
Nature is our ally in tackling societal challenges such as climate change. Discover how the World Wide Fund for Nature works with partners on international projects using nature-based solutions.