Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
3 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: United States of America (27)
After 1996 and 2002 wildfires choked Denver's reservoirs with sediment, Denver Water and the US Forest Service treated 120,000+ acres of watershed …
USDA programme paying farmers to convert highly erodible cropland to permanent vegetative cover. 24.8 million acres (~10 Mha) enrolled; $1.8 billion in …
A 50/50 USACE-SFWMD project backfilled 22 miles of the C-38 flood-control canal and re-carved 44 miles of the Kissimmee River's original meanders, …
Seattle's ~100,000-acre Cedar River Municipal Watershed programme won EPA's rare 'Limited Alternative to Filtration' status in 2004, saving over $100 million in …
The Nature Conservancy has rewetted 37,000+ acres of pocosin peatland at Pocosin Lakes NWR, NC, and with TerraCarbon built the first ACR-approved …
Ten island watershed partnerships co-manage 2.6M acres of Hawaiian native forest through fencing and invasive/ungulate removal. ~US$2.5M annual state funding; US$12M leveraged …
Rather than build an $8–10bn filtration plant, New York City invests in protecting its Catskill/Delaware watershed — ~$2.5bn since 1997 — keeping …
The first Forest Resilience Bond raised US$4m in private capital from four investors to fund thinning and prescribed burns across 15,000 acres …
By protecting 75% of the Quabbin, Ware River and Wachusett watersheds as forested open space and buying about 1,500 acres a year, …
Largest statutory wetland offset market: 1,800+ mitigation banks in RIBITS (2013), restoring aquatic habitats across the US under CWA Section 404. Banking …
Under a 2011 EPA/PA DEP consent order, Philadelphia Water Department has built 3,850+ 'greened acres' of rain gardens, bioswales and green roofs, …
San Francisco's water utility keeps about 85% of the city's supply flowing from the pristine Hetch Hetchy Reservoir without filtration — a …
Since 1986 Minnesota has paid landowners a one-time fee for easements retiring marginal cropland, wetlands and prairie. State agency BWSR reports over …
OCWD and OCSD's Groundwater Replenishment System purifies treated wastewater via microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV/advanced oxidation, producing 130 million gallons/day for about …
Since the early 1990s, and expanded with a 1995 FEMA hazard-mitigation grant, Laguna Beach's fire department has paid contractors to graze goats …
Since 2005, Virginia's nutrient exchange lets dischargers trade nitrogen/phosphorus credits to meet Chesapeake Bay TMDL limits; in 2020 alone 316,330 lb N …
Washington, D.C.'s stormwater credit market lets developers buy tradeable credits from landowners who install green infrastructure, meeting part of their runoff-retention rules …
Since 2007 Pennsylvania's REAP tax-credit program has paid farmers 50-90% of BMP costs, awarding over $155M in credits across 8,500+ projects on …
Florida's SFWMD pays ranchers near Lake Okeechobee, under 10-year contracts, per acre-foot of water retained and pound of phosphorus kept from the …
Since California's first conservation bank in 1995, CDFW has approved 97 banks covering about 73,948 acres (2024), generating 1,406.9 new credits in …
A $200,000 Coca-Cola Foundation grant funded a 6.6-mile fence protecting 1,400 acres of native Koʻolau forest on Oʻahu from invasive species, safeguarding …
A NOAA-, state- and fishery-funded programme removed nearly 50,000 lbs of purple sea urchins from Sonoma-Mendocino reefs, cutting densities below the 2-per-square-metre …
Founded in 2008 by a public high school, Billion Oyster Project has restored 150–200+ million native oysters over 17–19 acres of reef …
Since 2017, California's CDFA has issued $105M+ in grants for 1,500+ farm projects using compost, cover crops and reduced tillage. Modelled reductions …
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