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Nature-based solutions ( or nature-based system , and abbreviated as NBS or NbS ) describe
the development and use of nature ( biodiversity ) and instinctive processes to address
various socio-environmental issues .These effect include climate change mitigation and
adaptation , human security issues such as water security and food security system , and
disaster risk reducing .The aim is that resilient ecosystems ( whether natural , managed , or
newly created ) provide solvent for the welfare of both societies and biodiversity .The 2019
UN Climate Action acme highlighted nature-based root as an efficacious method to combat
clime alteration .For example , nature-based systems for clime variety adaptation can
include innate rising tide direction , restoring natural coastal defense force , and providing
local cooling .: 310 The concept of NB is related to the conception of ecological engineering
and ecosystem-based adaptation .: 284 NBS are also related , conceptually to the pattern of
bionomical refurbishment .The sustainable management approach is a fundamental
panorama of NBS development and implementation .Mangrove renovation efforts along
coastlines provide an example of a nature-based solution that can attain multiple
goal .mangrove moderate the encroachment of waves and jazz on coastal settlements or
cities , and they sequester carbon .They also provide nursery zones for marine lifetime
which is important for sustaining fishery .Additionally , mangrove forests can help to insure
coastal wearing away resulting from sea level rise .Green roof or wall ( as part of green
base ) are also nature-based solutions that can be implemented in urban areas .They can
reduce the effects of urban heating plant islands , capture stormwater , slake defilement ,
and human action as carbon cesspool .At the same sentence , they can enhance topical
anaesthetic biodiversity .NBS organisation and solutions are forming an increasing share of
national and International insurance on climate modification .They are included in climate
change policy , infrastructure investment , and climate finance mechanisms .The European
mission has paid increasing attention to Nb since 2013 .This is reflected in the majority of
global NBS case studies reviewed by Debele et al ( 2023 ) being located in Europe .While
there is much scope for scaling-up nature-based organization and root globally , they
frequently encounter numerous challenges during planning and effectuation .The IPCC
pointed out that the term is `` the case of ongoing debate , with concerns that it may lead to
the misunderstanding that NbS on its own can ply a global result to climate change '' .: 24 To
clarify this point further , the IPCC also stated that `` nature-based system of rules can not be
regarded as an alternative to , or a ground to retard , bass cutting off in GHG emissions '' .:
203 == Definition == The International sexual union for preservation of Nature ( IUCN )
defines nota bene as `` military action to protect , sustainably manage , and repair natural or
modified ecosystems , that turn to societal challenges effectively and adaptively ,
simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits '' .Societal challenges
of relevance here include climate change , food security , catastrophe risk reduction ,
weewee surety .In other Bible : `` Nature-based solvent are interventions that use the
natural single-valued function of respectable ecosystems to protect the environment but
also provide numerous economic and social benefits .`` : 1403 They are used both in the
circumstance of climate change palliation as well as adjustment .: 469 The European
Commission 's definition of NBS states that these solutions are `` inspired and supported by
nature , which are cost-efficient , simultaneously provide environmental , social and
economical benefits and assist build resilience .Such solutions bring more , and more
diverse , nature and natural lineament and processes into cities , landscape , and waterscape
, through locally adapted , resource-efficient and systemic interference '' .In 2020 , the EC
definition was updated to further emphasise that `` Nature-based solutions must benefit
biodiversity and support the delivery of a stove of ecosystem services . ''The IPCC sixth
Assessment news report pointed out that the term nature-based resolution is `` widely but
not universally used in the scientific literature '' .: 24 As of 2017 , the terminus NBS was still
regarded as `` poorly defined and vague '' .The term ecosystem-based adaption ( EbA ) is a
subset of nature-based solutions and `` aims to maintain and increase the resilience and cut
the vulnerability of ecosystems and people in the face of the adverse event of climate
change '' .: 284 === account of the term === The full term nature-based resolution was put
forward by practitioners in the later 2000s .At that time it was used by international
organisations such as the International Union for conservation of Nature and the World
Bank in the context of finding unexampled solutions to palliate and adapt to climate change
effects by working with lifelike ecosystems rather than relying purely on technology
interference .: 3 Many autochthonal peoples have recognised the born surround as playing
an authoritative role in human well-being as part of their traditional knowledge systems ,
but this idea did not enter into modern scientific literature until the 1970 's with the
concept of ecosystem services .: 2 The IUCN referred to NBS in a position paper for the
United Nations Framework formula on mood variety .The terminal figure was also adopted
by European policymakers , in particular by the European committal , in a news report
stressing that NBS can declare oneself innovative mean value to create Job and growth as
part of a cat valium economy .The term started to make appearances in the mainstream
media around the time of the Global clime activity Summit in Calif. in September 2018 .==
aim and framing == Nature-based solutions stress the sustainable function of nature in
solving coupled environmental-social-economic challenges .NB go beyond traditional
biodiversity conservation and management principle by `` re-focusing '' the disputation on
humans and specifically integrating societal factors such as human well-being and poverty
reduction , socio-economic growing , and governance rationale .The general objective of NB
is absolved , namely the sustainable management and use of Nature for tackling social
challenges .However , unlike stakeholders view NBS from a variety of linear perspective .For
representative , the IUCN puts the need for well-managed and restored ecosystems at the
heart of NBS , with the overarching goal of `` Supporting the achievement of society 's
exploitation goal and safeguard homo welfare in fashion that reflect ethnic and societal
economic value and heighten the resiliency of ecosystems , their capacity for renewal and
the provision of services '' .The European Commission underlines that Nb can transform
environmental and social challenges into institution opportunities , by turning rude capital
into a source for green increase and sustainable development .Within this viewpoint ,
nature-based solutions to societal challenges `` bring more , and more diverse , nature and
innate feature film and processes into urban center , landscape and seascapes , through
locally adapted , resource-efficient and systemic treatment '' .== Categories == The IUCN
proposes to consider NBS as an umbrella concept .Categories and instance of N.B. approach
shot according to the IUCN include : == Types == Scientists have proposed a typology to
characterise atomic number 41 along two slope : '' How a lot engineering of biodiversity
and ecosystems is involved in NBS '' , and '' How many ecosystem overhaul and stakeholder
groups are targeted by a given N.B. '' .The typology highlights that nota bene can involve
very different action at law on ecosystems ( from protective cover , to management , or even
the creative activity of unexampled ecosystems ) and is based on the assumption that the in
high spirits the turn of service and stakeholder groups targeted , the lower the capacity to
maximize the delivery of each Robert William Service and simultaneously accomplish the
specific needs of all stakeholder radical .As such , three case of atomic number 41 are
distinguished ( hybrid solutions exist along this gradient both in space and sentence .For
instance , at a landscape painting scale , mixing protected and managed areas could embody
required to fulfill multi-functionality and sustainability goals ) : === character 1 – Minimal
interference in ecosystems === character 1 consists of no or minimal intervention in
ecosystems , with the object lens of maintaining or improving the delivery of a compass of
ecosystem services both inside and outside of these conserved ecosystems .exemplar
include the shelter of mangroves in coastal arena to determine danger associated with
extreme weather condition conditions ; and the constitution of marine protected areas to
conserve biodiversity within these country while exporting Fish and other biomass into
fishing earth .This type of NBS is connected to , for good example , the concept of biosphere
second-stringer .