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Storing water in soil decreases the negative impacts of droughts. Several grey measures are available, and include measures based on the use of technology in agriculture, e.g. no-tillage, or cropping systems implemented to reduce water runoff. Runoff, depending on soil characteristics, can be delayed by tillage methods combined with plants having a high root density and lush surface cover. Conservation tillage, including both no-tillage and minimum tillage, is the practice of limiting or eliminating tillage practices (ploughing in particular), leaving some of the previous season's crop residues on the soil surface. It reduces evaporation...
Gravitational natural hazards such as snow avalanches, rockfalls, shallow landslides and volcanic activity represent a risk to mountain communities around the world. In particular, where documentary records about these processes are rare, decisions on risk management and land-use planning have to be based on a variety of other sources including vegetation, tree-ring data and natural hazard process models.
This paper used a combination of these methods in order to evaluate dynamics of natural hazards with a focus on snow avalanches at Valle Las Trancas, in the Biobío region in Chile. Along this valley, natural hazards threaten not only the...
Ecosystem-based measures have a high potential to replace or build on engineered solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), not only in rural but also in urban areas. Based on the case study of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this working paper reveals the potential for implementing such ecosystem-based measures to protect informal settlements. These so-called favelas are often located on steep slopes and therefore prone to landslides that are triggered by heavy rainfall events. Deforestation and land degradation, inadequate infrastructure and ongoing informal building activities are additionally exacerbating...
On the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction, 13th of October, 2020, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR), with the support from the European Union, launches two new educational products to increase capacity on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.
How do we address the climate emergency and the increasing risk of disasters in a holistic way while improving the health and well-being of people and the planet?
This is the main question answered in the new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), called Nature-Based...
Welcome to our new EWN Videos Page. This page will provide videos that highlight EWN’s projects, collaborations, and news. The people who are moving EWN forward share their ideas and projects that are advancing practice and nature-based solutions to deliver economic, environmental and social benefits. We are proud to share these stories. If you are interested in receiving notifications about postings of future videos, please provide us with your contact information using the Contact Us feature.
The public facing Natural Infrastructure Opportunities Tool (NIOT), developed in collaboration with the Natural Infrastructure Initiative, focuses on identifying natural infrastructure and beneficial use opportunities. Through map-based visualizations of environmental, geomorphic, and sediment conditions, as well as upcoming USACE projects, and an interface for users to add their resource needs and resource availability, this portal will help discover natural infrastructure connections and inspire innovative opportunities.
The aim of the viewer is to provide a data informed perspective for multiple stakeholders with the goal of finding...
The overall objective of this platform is to “consolidate and facilitate access to the large dispersed evidence-base on the effectiveness of NBS for addressing climatic impacts on people and economic sectors, and thereby support global efforts to design and implement robust targets for nature in climate change and development policy”.
A multi-stakeholder communication platform supporting the understanding and promotion of Nature based Solutions (NbS).
A continuous dialogue & interaction on NbS to:
steer dialogue through forums and debates
identify, communicate & promote successful NbS
identify regulatory, economic & technical barriers
foster collaboration at local, regional, national & EU levels
develop synergy with other projects on NbS