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• The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-Based Solutions for Water

Date

January, 2018

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Abstract

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are inspired and supported by nature and use, or mimic, natural processes to contribute to the improved management of water. An NBS can involve conserving or rehabilitating natural ecosystems and/or the enhancement or creation of natural processes in modified or artificial ecosystems. They can be applied at micro- (e.g. a dry toilet) or macro- (e.g. landscape) scales. Attention to NBS has significantly increased in recent years. This is evidenced through the mainstreaming of NBS into a wide range of policy advances, including in water resources, food security and agriculture, biodiversity, environment, disaster risk reduction, urban settlements, and climate change. This welcome trend illustrates a growing convergence of interests around the recognition of the need for common objectives and the identification of mutually supporting actions – as illustrated best in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through its acknowledgment of the inter-dependency of its various Goals and targets.

Citation

WWAP (United Nations World Water Assessment Programme)/UN-Water. 2018. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2018: Nature-Based Solutions for Water. Paris, UNESCO.Nature-based solutions (NBS);circular economy;Water;Conservation;natural ecosystems

Publisher

This report is published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water.

Rights Holder

© UNESCO 2018

URI

https://knowledgehub.pksf.org.bd/collections/MnBpeVB4M1huM08vWFVUQ3lJdTdBQT09