Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
A new sea mouth opened in Sept 2000 restored Chilika's salinity; reported fish and prawn landings rose from ~1,600 t/yr to ~14,000 …
Since 1990s a Maharashtra village combined watershed works, a deep-borewell ban, grazing/tree-felling bans and an annual water budget; reported groundwater at 11–12 …
Two EU LIFE projects widened and re-connected the Lech's gravel riverbed in Tyrol; bedload transport and gravel-bank birds recovered, though most outcomes …
Four-landowner partnership restoring ~600 km² of the Cairngorms on a 200-year vision; partner-reported progress since 2019 includes 8,219 ha of conifer removal, …
Groundwater-charge-funded farmer cooperations: 70 cooperations, ~279,000 ha, ~EUR 18m/yr; shallow-well nitrate 55→45 mg/l since 2000, but 36% of sites still exceed 50 …
Singapore treats used water with microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV to produce NEWater, from five plants now meeting about 40% of national …
The Pact targets 15 Mha restored by 2050, favouring natural regeneration; a satellite study found 4.47 Mha regenerated 1985–2019 but 1.37 Mha …
Ireland's largest European Innovation Partnership paid 1,600+ farmers on 46,000+ ha in six hen harrier SPAs by annual habitat scorecard, plus a …
NYC DEP builds rain gardens, infiltration basins and permeable paving to keep stormwater out of combined sewers; the 2021 milestone certified 1,181 …
After the 1957 flood the Turia was diverted south of Valencia and the dry riverbed became a ~9–10 km linear park of …
Completed in 2013–14, Medmerry replaced failing shingle defences with a 7 km set-back embankment and a deliberate breach, creating ~183 ha of …
Village-built earthen johads in semi-arid Alwar raised well levels and revived the Arvari river; figures are largely NGO-reported and exact aquifer gains …
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 …
Announced June 2026, Haleon's 3-year Basin Champion tie-up with the Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund will help 7,660 farmers restore 131 ha of …
Mauritius's Odysseo Foundation restores mangroves and runs the Indian Ocean's first seagrass nursery at Le Morne; a 2026 peer-reviewed chronosequence study found …
Guyana's Forestry Commission built a national satellite MRV system that verified a 0.068% deforestation rate, earning $190M from Norway (2009-2015). The same …
England's Rural Payments Agency verifies Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship payments using near-daily Planet satellite imagery and LiDAR height data, delivered …
France's MAEC scheme pays Occitanie farmers €153–204/ha in five-year contracts to graze wildfire fuel breaks; one Gard farmer earns ~€9,000/year for 60ha, …
Indigo Ag pays US farmers to adopt cover crops and reduced tillage, then sells verified soil-carbon credits to buyers like Microsoft — …
A municipal PES scheme in São Paulo state pays smallholders to restore riparian forest and protect springs in the Ribeirão Guaratinguetá watershed, …
A 30-year, six-island survey (1994-2024, PeerJ) found giant clams under traditional village fa'asao closures reached larger average sizes (17cm) than in federal …
Bogotá's Secretaría de Ambiente delivered 13,000 m² of green roofs and vertical gardens by mid-2018 (against a 20,000 m² by-2020 target), while …
Battir's dry-stone terraces near Bethlehem are fed by the hakura system, a time-shared spring-water rotation among village families. UNESCO inscribed the 348-hectare …
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