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Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Ecosystems and Societies

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Editors:
  1. Shalini Dhyani

    1. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, India

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  2. Anil Kumar Gupta

    1. Centre for Excellence on Climate Resilience, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India

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  3. Madhav Karki

    1. Knowledge-Policy Management, CGED-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

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  • Introduces readers to the diagnosis and management of ecosystems and disaster risks using Nature-based Solutions
  • Provides options for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation by using ecosystem-based approaches and sustainable development tools
  • Features case studies, illustrations, success stories, upscaling perspectives and lessons learned from communities affected by disaster and climate adaptation at various levels

Part of the book series: Disaster Resilience and Green Growth (DRGG)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Opportunities and Advances to Mainstream Nature-Based Solutions in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Strategy

    • Shalini Dhyani, Madhav Karki, Anil Kumar Gupta
    Pages 1-26

  3. Decision Making Tools for Mainstreaming NbS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Scaling up Spring Revival in the Himalaya: Graduating from Spring-Centric to Aquifer-Centric Nature-Based Solutions

      • Sandeep Tambe, Subash Dhakal, Deepak Dhakal, Ghanashyam Sharma, Pem Norbu Sherpa, Himanshu Kulkarni et al.
      Pages 29-50

    3. Ecosystem-Based Integrated and Participatory Watershed Management

      • Mohan Prasad Wagley, Madhav Karki
      Pages 51-68

    4. Nature-Based Solution for Balancing the Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma: Lessons from Indonesia

      • Syed Ajijur Rahman, Himlal Baral
      Pages 69-82

    5. Wetlands as Buffers for Water-Mediated Disaster Risks: Policy and Programming Opportunities in India

      • Ritesh Kumar, Ridhi Saluja, Dushyant Mohil
      Pages 83-98

    6. Landscape Character Assessment: A Method to Include Community Perspectives and Ecosystem Services in Land-use Planning

      • Debbie M. F. Bartlett
      Pages 99-110

    7. Linking NbS with Water Management: A Case of South Megacities

      • Chandra Bhushan Kumar, Sonali Ghosh
      Pages 111-129

  4. Evidence and Examples of NbS Implementation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Forest Landscape Restoration as a NbS Strategy for Achieving Bonn Challenge Pledge: Lessons from India’s Restoration Efforts

      • Anushree Bhattacharjee
      Pages 133-147

    3. Guns and Roses: Forest Landscape Restoration as a Nature-Based Solution in Areas of Armed Conflict

      • Sonali Ghosh, C. Ramesh
      Pages 149-162

    4. Leveraging Conservation Benefits through Ecosystem-Based Services Approach and Community Engagement in Wetland and Riparian Ecosystems: The Case of Conserving Black-Necked Crane and White-Bellied Heron in Bhutan

      • Kinley Tenzin, L. Norbu
      Pages 163-183

    5. Geo-Information Tools in Implementing Nature-Based Solutions from High Altitude Wetlands: From Mapping to Decision-Making Support for Disaster Risk Reduction

      • Parul Srivastava, Neeraj Agarwal
      Pages 185-196

    6. Promoting Nature-Based Solution (NbS) Through Restoration of Degraded Landscapes in the Indian Himalayan Region

      • I. D. Bhatt, Vikram S. Negi, R. S. Rawal
      Pages 197-211

    7. Temporal Changes in Livelihood and Land Usage Patterns: Case Study of a Primitive Tribe, Van Raji, from Uttarakhand, India

      • Pankaj Tewari, Ripu Daman Singh, Pratap Nagarkoti, Surabhi Gumber
      Pages 213-228

  5. Advanced Institutional Provisions and Policies for NbS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. Nature-Based Solutions for Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems: Indian Experiences

      • Rooprekha Dalwani, Brij Gopal
      Pages 231-245

    3. Applicability of Nature-Based Solution Through Green Infrastructure Approach to Enhance Green Cover in Urban Transition Scenario

      • Shruti Lahoti, Ashish Lahoti, Osamu Saito
      Pages 247-265

    4. Climate Adaptive Agricultural Interventions for Food, Nutritional, Health and Livelihood Security

      • Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Ajeet Singh, Rajan Chaurasia, P. C. Abhilash
      Pages 267-288
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About this book

Over the past few decades, the frequency and severity of natural and human-induced disasters have increased across Asia. These disasters lead to substantial loss of life, livelihoods and community assets, which not only threatens the pace of socio-economic development, but also undo hard-earned gains. Extreme events and disasters such as floods, droughts, heat, fire, cyclones and tidal surges are known to be exacerbated by environmental changes including climate change, land-use changes and natural resource degradation. Increasing climate variability and multi-dimensional vulnerabilities have severely affected the social, ecological and economic capacities of the people in the region who are, economically speaking, those with the least capacity to adapt. Climatic and other environmental hazards and anthropogenic risks, coupled with weak and wavering capacities, severely impact the ecosystems and Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) and, thereby, to human well-being. Long-term resilience building through disaster risk reduction and integrated adaptive climate planning, therefore, has become a key priority for scientists and policymakers alike. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is a cost-effective approach that utilizes ecosystem and biodiversity services for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, while also providing a range of co-benefits like sustainable livelihoods and food, water and energy security. 


This book discusses the concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – both as a science and as art – and elaborates on how it can be applied to develop healthy and resilient ecosystems locally, nationally, regionally and globally. The book covers illustrative methods and tools adopted for applying NbS in different countries. The authors discuss NbS applications and challenges, research trends and future insights that have wider regional and global relevance. The aspects covered include: landscape restoration, ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, ecological restoration, ecosystem-based protected areas management, green infrastructure development, nature-friendly infrastructure development in various ecosystem types, agro-climatic zones and watersheds. The book offers insights into understanding the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the grass roots level and can help indigenous and local communities harness ecosystem services to help achieve them. It offers a unique, essential resource for researchers, students, corporations, administrators and policymakers working in the fields of the environment, geography, development, policy planning, the natural sciences, life sciences, agriculture, health, climate change and disaster studies.


Editors and Affiliations

  • National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, India

    Shalini Dhyani

  • Centre for Excellence on Climate Resilience, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India

    Anil Kumar Gupta

  • Knowledge-Policy Management, CGED-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Madhav Karki

About the editors

Dr. Shalini Dhyani is a Senior Scientist with the Critical Zone Group, Water Technology and Management Division of the CSIR-NEERI, India. She is the S. Asia Regional Chair for the IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management (CEM) and Lead Author of the Global Assessment on Sustainable use of Wild Species (2018-2021) by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Dr. Shalini has been working tirelessly to integrate and mainstream biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions in decision-making and policy planning.


Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta is a Professor and Head of the Environment, Climate and Disaster Risk Management Division and International Cooperation at the National Disaster Management Institute based in New Delhi. Dr. Gupta is known for pioneering contributions to climate change adaptation integration, including disaster management, concepts for and promotion of environmental sustainability, and ecosystem-based approaches to resilience and adaptation.


Dr. Madhav Karki is an expert on Natural Resources Management and the Executive Director and founder of the Centre for Green Economy Development, Nepal (CGED-Nepal), as well as an expert member of the Government of Nepal’s Environment Protection Council. He is a member of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Deputy Chair of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM).



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