Choose a Nature-Based Solution That Does Not Backfire
Evaluate a proposed nature-based solution for problem fit, biodiversity gain, stakeholder legitimacy, and adaptive management.
NbS screen The mangrove plan sounds right, but the team has not checked hydrology, local use, species suitability, or monitoring. Green-looking projects can create ecological or social risk when they skip system design. IUCN Global Standard Problem fit, ecosystem fit, legitimacy, adaptation A credible nature-based solution must solve a real challenge while producing biodiversity and people benefits in that context. Plant and announce Fast, visible, often fragile. The intervention works as resilience, biodiversity action, and community-aware governance. If the project cannot name the problem, the ecosystem logic, the affected people, and the monitoring trigger, it is not ready to be…
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