Nature Based Solutions (NBS) are potentially a game-changer for wildlife conservation. Prior to the current pandemic, individuals, businesses, and – dare I say it – politicians seemed to finally be waking up to the real potential that nature has to add to our collective societal resilience to increasingly severe flooding as well as long-term risks like climate change.
In doing so, a window of opportunity was opening to do something about the two major existential threats humanity faces: the climate and nature crises. We all hope that this is still going to be the case post-Covid-19, but if we play it right there’s a huge opportunity to create a more socially and ecologically sustainable economic system if we seize this moment and move away from business as usual - the so-called Green Recovery.