Catalogue: PES & Nature-Based Solutions clear
Madison's sewerage district meets phosphorus limits by funding farm and nonpoint reductions across the Yahara watershed rather than a $78–124M plant upgrade; …
Three million tonnes of London Crossrail tunnel spoil raised farmland before the sea wall was breached in 2015. RSPB reports 650+ ha …
Since 2000 the Knepp Estate has replaced intensive farming on 1,400 ha with free-roaming grazers and natural regeneration; surveys report breeding birds …
Ten years of University of Exeter research on wild beavers on the River Otter: storm peak flows ~30% lower on average, 6 …
Two century-old dams (32 m and 64 m) were removed in 2011–2014, reopening 70+ miles of habitat; salmon have recolonised upstream reaches …
Created to compensate for the Diama and Manantali dams, Diawling National Park's engineered dikes and sluices reflood the Senegal River delta yearly; …
Colombo's remaining marshes, about 17% of the city area, are managed as flood infrastructure holding close to 40% of annual rainfall. Ramsar …
Since 2011, Brasília's water regulator ADASA and utility Caesb have paid producers in the Pipiripau basin to restore riparian buffers and control …
Since 2011, Asociación Mangle and coastal communities reopened over 10 km of silted tidal channels in Jiquilisco Bay, letting hundreds of hectares …
France's marine natural park around Mayotte (est. 2010) protects a 1,300 km2 double-barrier-reef lagoon - 480 km2 of coral, 700 ha of …
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 …
Since 2004 Switzerland's SDC has organised Mongolian herders into 1,500+ Pasture User Groups (90,000+ households) for rotational grazing. Monitoring credits it with …
A €51M rehabilitation of Beira's silted Chiveve River created a 47-hectare mangrove-lined park with a tidal flood-control outlet, giving over 550,000 residents …
Nepal received its first-ever REDD+ results-based payment - US$9.4 million from the World Bank's FCPF - in November 2025, after independently verifying …
Sheffield turned a redundant dual carriageway into the UK's largest retrofit SuDS scheme (2014-2022): swales cut peak flow up to 80% in …
The EU-funded GreenDanube LIFE project (2006-2010) cleared 12.2 hectares of invasive Amorpha fruticosa and added 953.5 hectares of Danube floodplain to Natura …
Shenzhen verified 38,745 t of mangrove-protection carbon sink at Futian Nature Reserve (2010-2020) and auctioned 3,875 t in China's first mangrove carbon-credit …
Under Catalonia's 2020 Emergency Drought Plan, advanced-treated effluent from the El Prat plant is pumped 8km upstream into the Llobregat River — …
Since 1994 Vietnam Red Cross mangrove replanting across eight coastal provinces has re-established roughly 9,000-12,000 hectares of forest, cutting wave heights from …
A randomised trial across 171 Punjab villages found that paying farmers a share of their no-burn payment upfront cut satellite-detected crop-residue burning …
Australia's AU$20m Reef Builder programme rebuilt over 60 hectares of near-extinct shellfish reefs at 13 sites nationwide; a 2025 survey of its …
Kigali is rehabilitating five degraded urban wetlands (491 ha: Gikondo, Rwampara, Nyabugogo Lower, Kibumba, Rugenge-Rwintare) into flood-control eco-parks under a $27M GEF/World …
Toronto's 2009 bylaw made green roofs mandatory on new mid-to-large buildings, delivering 1,200+ green roofs and 450,000+ m² of coverage, linked to …
Oslo requires new developments to hit a minimum 'Blue-Green Factor' score for stormwater, vegetation, biodiversity and recreation; a peer-reviewed study found wadi-based …
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