NBS BENEFIT #41: IMPROVED SOCIAL JUSTICE & SOCIAL COHESION

Nature-based solutions (NBS) bring communities together to work towards a common goal, such as healthy environments, clean air and water, and economic prosperity. Community groups can pressure governments to make changes in policy that result in improvements to public welfare. Input from minority groups and marginalized people is essential to resolve inequalities due to unjust …

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NBS BENEFIT #40: INCREASED PARTICIPATORY PLANNING & GOVERNANCE

A wide range of stakeholders can participate in the planning and governance of nature-based solutions (NBS), such as large-scale restoration of forests, wetlands, and shorelines, and small-scale implementation of green roofs and walls, rain gardens, and others. When stakeholders are involved in NBS projects, they become engaged in the process and involved in planning, decision …

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NBS BENEFIT #39: INCREASED INCOME

Economic benefits of nature-based solutions (NBS) come from energy savings, green jobs, increased productivity, improved health and happiness, and increased incomes, especially in agriculture. NBS help the environment and people. A 25-year reforestation project in the Poyang Lake watershed in China not only decreased erosion and increased carbon sequestration, it also increased the incomes of …

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NBS BENEFIT #37: IMPROVED CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

With children spending over seven hours each day on electronic devices, psychologists have named a new condition called nature-deficit disorder. Children are at risk of serious mental and physical health issues that can arise from a sedentary lifestyle. Research has shown that children who spend time in nature are smarter, happier, better behaved, and not …

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