Nature-Based Solutions for nutrient pollution mitigation and natural flood management

Increasing rainfall intensity results in nutrient pollution entering watercourses from diffuse sources across agricultural landscapes. Loss of soil from landscapes reduces biodiversity, releases carbon, and reduces agricultural capacity. In rivers, nutrient-rich sediment causes harmful algal blooms, reducing oxygen availability particularly during low flows. This reduces riparian biodiversity, lowers resilience to global warming, and damages ecosystems and economies dependent on freshwater provision.  .

Nature-based solutions are bespoke, scalable interventions designed to simulate natural processes for holistic environmental improvement. The integrated, low-intensity construction of NbS means that a wide variety of co-benefits accompany the desired outcome.