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Information about your current or potential NbS projects will be used to inform future IRIS priorities and activities. The people and products of IRIS could potentially help advance your NbS project. Fill out the form below to tell us about your project.
Briefly stated, NbS are actions or interventions taken to conserve, restore, or engineer nature for the benefit of people and nature. The White House defines NbS as “Actions to protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural or modified ecosystems to address societal challenges, simultaneously providing benefits for people and the environment.”
Nature-based Solutions can take many forms and provide a diversity of functions. Examples may include:
Restored floodplains that reduce risks to people and property while providing habitat for wildlife and recreational value for communities.
Pictured: Yolo Bypass, Sacramento, CA
River islands that support navigation infrastructure, fish and wildlife, and recreation.
Pictured: Horseshoe Bend Island, Atchafalaya River, Louisiana
A city park that supports groundwater sustainability and drought resilience, provides bird habitat and supports community health and wellbeing.
Pictured: Gilbert Riparian Preserve; Gilbert, Arizona
IRIS and its collaborators are supporting project teams across the US and around the world to advance their Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects through consultation, technical support, research, training and education, and communication and engagement with stakeholders, among other activities.
Information about your current or potential NbS projects will be used to inform future IRIS priorities and activities. The people and products of IRIS could potentially help advance your NbS project. Fill out the form below to tell us about your project.