Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
21 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: United States of America (52)
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 …
Madison's sewerage district meets phosphorus limits by funding farm and nonpoint reductions across the Yahara watershed rather than a $78–124M plant upgrade; …
Two century-old dams (32 m and 64 m) were removed in 2011–2014, reopening 70+ miles of habitat; salmon have recolonised upstream reaches …
Since 1981, New Jersey's Pinelands Development Credit programme lets landowners in the 1.1M-acre Pinelands Reserve sell development rights to builders elsewhere, permanently …
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 …
Since 2014 a 100+ signatory network, with TNC as fiscal agent, has treated 251,000 acres of Rio Grande headwater forest toward a …
Four Klamath dams were removed by 2024; Chinook now pass former dam sites and spawn in Upper Basin tributaries, with 360+ river …
In 1980 Montgomery County, Maryland downzoned 93,000 acres to create its Agricultural Reserve, letting farmers sell Transferable Development Rights to builders elsewhere; …
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 …
NYC DEP builds rain gardens, infiltration basins and permeable paving to keep stormwater out of combined sewers; the 2021 milestone certified 1,181 …
Arcata (California) completes conventional wastewater treatment with 307 acres of constructed wetlands that double as a wildlife sanctuary; 300+ bird species recorded …
Portland's Green Streets use bioswales and street trees to manage runoff at source; the Tabor to the River basin programme was planned …
Indigo Ag pays US farmers to adopt cover crops and reduced tillage, then sells verified soil-carbon credits to buyers like Microsoft — …
Seattle Public Utilities rebuilt a residential block (completed 2001) with vegetated swales instead of piped drainage. Two years of SPU/EPA-documented monitoring found …
Open full copilot Grounded in cited practices — always check the sources.
.jpg)
