Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
21 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: United States of America (52)
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 …
NYC Parks and the New York Restoration Project planted one million trees by late 2015, two years early. Reported 20% canopy growth …
The 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement lets Imperial Valley farm-water conservation supply up to 200,000 acre-ft/yr to San Diego for up to 75 …
Since 2001 MMSD has paid willing landowners for wetlands and floodplain with water-absorbing soils; ~6,100 acres are protected, estimated to hold ~3.3 …
Maryland pays farmers a per-acre incentive purely to plant winter cover crops for nutrient-runoff control — the largest, longest-running state cost-share program …
DWSD and the Detroit Land Bank Authority turned four Cody Rouge vacant lots into bioretention gardens in 2015, each capturing up to …
A NASA-USGS-EDF consortium turns Landsat/ECOSTRESS satellite data into free field-level irrigation-use estimates; since 2023 California's Delta water agencies use it instead of …
TNC's parametric wind-speed insurance for Hawai'i's coral reefs, running since 2022 with Munich Re and WTW, triggered its first-ever payout - a …
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 …
A 2011 aerial rat eradication on Palmyra Atoll (Island Conservation/TNC/USFWS) preceded a peer-reviewed study showing native tree seedlings rose from under 150 …
Largest tidal-wetland restoration on the US West Coast: 15,100 acres of salt ponds targeted, over 3,300 acres opened to tides so far, …
A cluster randomised trial of 541 Philadelphia vacant lots (cleaned-and-greened vs. trash clean-up vs. untouched) found reduced gun violence and burglary nearby …
A 1992-94 test paid Palo Verde farmers $620/acre/yr to fallow 20,215 acres, saving ~186,000 acre-ft at ~$135/acre-ft; since 2005 a 35-year deal …
During a severe drought Wichita Falls ran an emergency direct potable reuse system from July 2014 to July 2015, achieving 9.2/12.3/9.3-log virus/Giardia/Crypto …
Since 2004 Clean Water Services has offset the heat load of its Tualatin Basin treatment plants with 221 riparian planting projects (~660 …
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