To continue addressing the knowledge gaps and support local research on NbS in Indian cities. the India Forum for Nature-based...
India Forum for
Nature-based Solutions
Towards accelerating nature-based solutions (NbS) across urban India
The India Forum for Nature-based Solutions is India’s first urban NbS consortium that aims to raise awareness and scale up adoption of nature-based solutions across cities in India.
Why Nature-based Solutions?
Nature-based solutions address societal challenges, foster community development and help identify how natural ecosystems can be protected, developed, and utilized to benefit humans, boost biodiversity and build systemic resilience.
Our
Mission
To harness the power of the collective to mainstream ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Indian cities.
Awareness
to Action
Defining a shared language and communicating benefits to inform actions at the local level including the scaling up of existing interventions for urban nature-based solutions.
Collaborative
Platform
Driving investment and strengthen delivery mechanisms through multi-stakeholder coordination.
Inform
Projects
Mainstreaming urban ecosystem-based services and nature-based solutions in India through policy, plans and project interventions.
Indian cities needs to adopt, integrate and scale up nature-based solutions as part of their climate mitigation and adaptation efforts to build climate resilience
0/50
of the world’s most air polluted cities are in India
Air pollution impacts health, leads to loss of lives and causes significant economic loss
0% rise
in cyclones in the Arabian Sea
Many coastal Indian cities will see an increase in water logging and flooding
0 million
people face rising sea levels
6 Indian cities face the risk of severe flooding if no resilience measures are undertaken
Initiative by
Supported by
Core Partners
