Gap description:
1 - There remains an ongoing imperative to enhance and delineate the boundaries within the terminology and application of NbS. In some cases, distinguishing precisely between the three NbS types can be challenging, primarily due to the nuanced and overlapping nature of interventions that hardly fit into a single category.
2 - Increased clarity on what qualifies as NbS – and what does not – would help researchers and policy-makers understand, evaluate, and implement NbS
Year:
Citation:
1 - Lozano, J. E., Nainggolan, D., Kofler, V., Kernitzkyi, M., Staccione, A., Bidoli, C., Mysiak, J., & Zandersen, M. (2025). Nature-based solutions: Typologies, ecological processes and benefit valuation approaches across landscapes. Nature-Based Solutions, 8, 100268.
2 - Biodiversa+ & UNEP-WCMC. (2024). Do nature-based solutions promote transformative change for sustainable use and management of biodiversity in socio-ecological systems? An evidence based approach (Knowledge Synthesis D4.8). Biodiversa+
Sources:
Source type:
- Scientific Literature
- Grey Literature
Societal challenges:
- Knowledge, and Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Transformation
