Natural flood management for disaster risk reduction

Carlos Telón applies WWF's Flood Green Guide to restore mangroves, reduce flood risks, and manage waste in Guatemala. His efforts include planting 30,000 mangroves, engaging communities, and promoting climate resilience.

Now Bangkok is turning to nature to help fight the floods. Voraakhom is among a group of landscape architects helping to launch urban forests throughout the city

In Charlotte, North Carolina, flood-prone apartments were converted into a wetland habitat that now helps protect the community from flooding.

If Colombo can harness its nearly 5,000 acres of wetlands to limit destruction wrought by floods, it would provide valuable lessons for cities around the world, as climate change makes rainfall and water levels more dangerous with each passing year.

This working paper examines the policy considerations needed for the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) approach to reach it full potential in the region, including clear evidence-based guidelines to help policy makers develop disaster management plans.

This paper investigates the effects of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure networks on pluvial flood risk in the Milan metropolitan area in terms of direct economic damage to buildings and population exposed.

It’s time to recognize the power of healthy forests in managing global growing flood risk, and to shift towards more sustainable forestry practices and policy.

This paper addresses the challenge of evaluating the impact of Eco-DRR measures on reducing hazard, exposure and vulnerability.

Adding multiple smaller wetlands to the landscape can make large reservoirs more effective at flood control, according to a new study from Tulane University published in Environmental Research Letters.

This paper reviewed NbS studies conducted in East Africa (EA) to evaluate opportunities and barriers surrounding NbS adoption in EA.