GEMET
General
Multilingual
Environmental
Thesaurus
nature-based solution
Definition

cost-effective approach that uses nature to deliver a range of critical services (wetlands for flood mitigation, carbon sequestration, improved air quality) that provides environmental, social and economic benefits, helping to build resilience by bringing more natural features and processes into the cities, landscapes and seascapes through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions

Alternatives: NBS;
Other relations
Scope note

Scope note is not available.

Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15379