Advancing ecosystems and disaster risk reduction in policy, planning, implementation, and management

Well-managed ecosystems serve as natural infrastructure that contribute to protecting people and livelihoods against many types of hazard events and climate extremes. Even though, despite growing international...

A survey of governance approaches to ecosystembased disaster risk reduction

Ecosystem-based solutions that integrate risk management priorities with natural processes are touted as being more cost effective, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable in contrast to...

Applying Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (ECO-DRR) for sustainable and resilient development planning in the Koh-E-Baba mountains, Afghanistan

In 2013-16, UNEP and European Commission supported a pilot demonstration project in the Koh-E-Baba mountains of the Bamyan province in Afghanistan. The document outlines the various practical field interventions...

Applying Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) through a ridge-to-reef approach in Port Salut, Haiti

Ascribed to the increased international attention and increasing risk of hazards, high level of ownership from local residents as well as local and national authorities forms a strong base when it comes...

Blue Infrastructure Finance: A new approach, integrating Naturebased Solutions for coastal resilience

Coastal systems store massive amount of carbon in addition providing mitigation, adaptation and resilience benefits which further makes the need to conserve it more exigent. This publication delineated...

Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a changing climate

Ecoystems entails services which has the capability to address all the risk factors, be it reducing the exposure to hazards by buffering their impacts or providing the resources for communities enabling...

Eco-DRR risk reduction in mountains

Adequate protection forest management can contribute to increased resilience and therefore to a long term risk reduction. Extreme disturbances may abruptly decrease the protection capacity of the forest....

Ecosystem approach to Disaster Risk Reduction

The sheer scale for risks posed by climate change and variability in addition to ecosystems decline globally necessitate solutions that are cost effective, locally acessible and applicable. The publication...

Ecosystem Based Disaster Risk Reduction (Case study and Exercise Source Book)

Proper management of Ecosystem not only offers opportunities to strengthen natural infrastructure and human resilience against hazard impacts but also generates plethora of social, economic and environmental...

Ecosystem based Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan

Over the years, Japan emerged as one of the most resilient countries in backdrop of heavy losses caused by disasters every year. Be it protection forest preventing the water damage or homestand woodland...

Ecosystem restoration for mitigation of the impacts of Natural Hazards

Nordic countries have many types of streams and rivers, in urban, agricultural and forested landscapes. Eco-DRR practices can alleviate flood in these water courses and reduces discharge peak downstream....

Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Extreme Weather and Climate Events

Ecosystem based adaptation uses biodiversity and ecosystem services to help communities adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The paper delineate few examples where the communities have adapted...

Ecosystem-based Approaches in G20 Countries: Current Status and Priority Actions for Scaling Up

Enhancing mainstreaming of ECO-DRR approach and to understand its cost and benefits in purview of short to long term goals it is important to collect tangible evidences supporting the feasibility of such...

Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (Implementing Nature-based Solutions for Resilience)

Degrading environments are leading drivers of disaster risks, on the other hand healthy ecosystems for centuries have acted as buffer against hazards, preventing disaster and reducing disaster impact on...

Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation in Practice (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research)

The present time is to take stock of all the interventions again in order to find where we as a global community stand with respect to ECO-DRR/CCA. The book emphasizes on the fact that the cause-effect...

Harnessing new data technologies for nature-based solutions in assessing and managing risk in coastal zones

Over the past few years given the increased degradation of coastal region, buffering effect of coastal ecosystem in mitigating flooding and erosion control presents a cost effective, long term risk reduction...

Helping nature help us: Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

Overlap in practices and common challenges faced while implementing Eco-DRR approaches stresses on the fact that despite its benefits, these are still underdeveloped worldwide and is in need of scaling...

Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Reduction in Small Mediterranean Catchments: The Case of Portofino Natural Regional Park, Italy

Being alternative to the grey infrastructures, nature based solutions also known as ecosystem based solutions have shown considerable potential and efficacy in terms of dampening the adverse impacts of...

Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction: Scale and effect of investment in Flood protection in Asia

Investment in Disaster Risk Reduction is indispensable for enhancing resilience and for achieving sustainable development thus making understanding the current scale and effects of DRR more crucial. The...

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Environment sector (Guidelines and tools)

The consequences of uncontrollable natural hazards are usually avoidable through appropriate developmental and mitigating actions which requires deep understanding of cross sectoral linkages and mainstreaming...

Mangroves shelter coastal economic activity from cyclones

Increasing mangrove deforestation has subsequently rendered coastal communities more vulnerable due to aggravated economic damages resulting from cyclones. This publication provides insights about impact...

Nature based solutions for Flood drought risk mitigation in vulnerable urbanizing parts of East Africa

Over the last few years, increased urban sprawl have enhanced the water related stress and risks paving way forward for hydroclimatic extremes and their societal impacts across the world. The paper analyses...

Nature-based flood protection: using vegetated foreshores for reducing coastal risk

Over the years scientists have repeatedly aknowledged the importance of vegetated foreshores such as salt marshes, mangrove forests and reed shields which are capable of reducing wave loads on coastal...

Promoting ecosystems for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: (Opportunities for Integration)

Both Eco-DRR and EbA (Ecosystem based adaptation) being emerging fields in their own right provide ample opportunities for gauging and deveoping new development assessment studies. In line with this apporach,...

Regional assessment on Ecosystem based Disaster Risk Reduction and Biodiversity in West and Central Africa

Amidst increasing recognition of ecosystems role in reducing impacts of disasters, significant focus is also placed on gauging the policies at different sectoral levels. The publication presents the findings...

Regional Assessment on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Biodiversity in Asia

Despite being home to the five megadiverse countries of the world, Asia region faces brunt of the rapid economic growth and expansion resulting in significant decline in the state of ecosystems further...

Resilient Ecosystems and Disaster Risk Reduction: Opportunities for coastal cities in Africa

Safe Havens: Protected areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Protected areas provides wide range of ecosystems services, however, in past few years, they also came at the forefront as one of the means to combat climate change and reduce disaster risks. In line with...

Synthesis Report on Experiences with Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (Technical series no. 85)

Ecosystems can be managed to limit impact of climate change on biodiversity and effect of alleviating the disasters. The paper caters to the lacuna of knowledge existing in regard to experiences with...

The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs

In lieu of impending disasters, it has become really important to identify the existing capacities and learnings from the successful case studies. Discussing the aforementioned the author estimated that...

The role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction

There is limited progress in applying Ecosystem based DRR approaches in policy and practice despite international recognition rendering its implementation mostly at project or pilot demonstration or pilot...

The Urban Forest and Ecosystem Services: Impacts on Urban Water, Heat, and Pollution Cycles at the Tree, Street, and City Scale

Local microclimate in Urban space provides the cooling benefits and also reduces the losses from risks such as storm water runoff and flood risk, chemical and particulate pollution of air, soil and water,...

Up-Scaling Community Resilience through Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR)

Wetlands for disaster risk reduction: Effective choices for resilient communities