This catalogue of NbS from the World Bank aims to support policy makers, project developers, development professionals, urban planners, and engineers to identify potential NbS investments, and to start a policy dialogue on NbS in cities.

Manual showing how to survey a pond and assess its condition. The National Pond Survey method is a standard survey methodology, which can be used to gather physical, chemical and biological data for ponds.

This report presents general principles for conserving freshwater habitats.

This web page from AHDB’s knowledge library covers the basics of adding organic matter to soil, including the benefits, how much to add, how long it takes for the benefits to appear, the nutrient value, and links to further information.

Re-introducing beavers can be a powerful nature-based solution for tacking flood risk, improving water quality, dramatically increasing biodiversity and generating eco-tourism, but it can also lead to conflict and adverse impacts if it causes localised flooding or fells valued trees on farmland or other private land.

This report provides an evidence-based framework for hydrological, morphological and ecological monitoring and assessment of the success of habitat creation project on estuaries and coasts in Wales, though the authors invite feedback on whether it is thought to be more widely applicable in the UK.

This report for Natural Resources Wales aims to inform advisors, managers and regulators concerned with balancing the goals of coastal dune management for coastal protection and biodiversity. It tackles the problem of dunes becoming over-stabilized by vegetation (often deliberately, for coastal protection) leading to loss of biodiversity.

This report aims to inform better management of flood and coastal erosion management (FCERM) projects to maintain the biodiversity value of coastal vegetated shingle.

This online tool developed by the Agile Initiative helps users to select suitable indicators for monitoring the outcomes of nature-based solutions for soil health and biodiversity.

The Agile Funding Finder is a searchable database of some of the major funding options available to support Nature-based Solutions in the UK, currently including over 50 funding programmes.

The Agile Initiative has developed a system for generating maps of potential NbS and nature recovery opportunities using existing datasets and a series of simple rules. This is done using software written in Python, accompanied by a user guide.

This is guidance on how to ground-truth the Agile opportunity mapping tools. The Agile maps combine different national datasets and, if available, local habitat data, to indicate which types of NbS or nature recovery activity are most appropriate in different areas.