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Learn an approach for identifying your community’s coastal hazard issues, ecosystem services that can reduce hazard impacts, and nature-based solutions practices that can provide those services. Develop the beginnings of a community nature-based solutions plan.
Learning Outcomes
- Document coastal hazards affecting your community. Explore coastal hazard maps for your location.
- Identify ecosystem services that mitigate the impacts. Click through a visual and descriptions of the multiple benefits provided by nature.
- Understand nature-based solutions practices that provide essential ecosystem services. Explore the various practices available that provide services and reduce hazard impacts. Document these in the nature-based solutions plan provided.
- Explore how other communities are implementing nature-based solutions. Read peer-to-peer case studies.
- Find additional training to build off your work. Link to NOAA’s virtual and in-person Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards trainings.
Spanish Version
Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza para hacer frente a amenazas costeras: Conceptos básicos
