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Nature-Based Solutions Tools Search

This database contains over 400 tools and resources that can help guide practitioners at various stages of the nature-based solutions project cycle. Use the filters to identify the tools and resources most useful to you.

You can filter the full list by the habitat type you’re working in, the nature-based solutions strategy you want to use, the project phase you are looking for help with, or the type of tool/resource you’re looking for.

The tools and resources shown here were gathered through a robust search of both federal and non-federal sources. We recognize that this library will never be completely comprehensive, but if you know of an important missing tool or resource, please email nesp@duke.edu.

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This guide provides information on how to implement smaller green roofs.

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The author lays out in-depth information about the planning and construction of a vernal pond. The guide provides practical site suitability and budgeting advice to help get projects off the ground.

This resource provides an easy seven-step guide to living shoreline creation projects as well as cost projections, planting guides and permitting considerations. Furthermore, the guide explores hybrid shoreline stabilization methods and recommends techniques based on a property’s characteristics.

Covering all aspects of Phragmites control, this guide recommends a plethora of control and management strategies. Eliminating Phragmites and other invasive species is a major challenge for assisted marsh migration projects.

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This guidebook provides information on how to prevent invasive species establishment, maintain native forests, and eradicate invasive species in southern forests.

This guidebook helps restoration managers choose suitable sites for restoration and develop effective restoration strategies. The authors put an emphasis on matching the applicable restoration strategies with an appropriate site for that strategy.

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Developed by the Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration, this guidebook provides information on restoration project planning, implementation, and monitoring.

This toolkit lists several resources and tools that can be used to assess and prevent damages due to post fire flooding and related events.

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This library contains a diverse array of resources pertaining to floodplain management, including technical reports and government documents. The library also holds the research of the Flood Science Center, a branch of the ASFPM.

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This guidebook is helps community members to identify staff, technical and funding resources to implement NBS to build resilience to natural hazards.

This resource kit houses several resources applicable to reforestation and post-fire response in California forests.

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This guide puts an emphasis on restoring the hydrology of the river as the key to riparian restoration. The author provides guidance for designing projects in watersheds altered by levees, dams, and logging practices.

Focused on reefs dominated by Acropora corals, this guidebook covers coral gardening and other restoration techniques. A special emphasis is given to increasing genetic diversity within coral colonies.

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This guide goes through a variety of factors that need to be taken into consideration when restoring a riparian buffer, including soil quality, buffer width and streamside stabilization. The authors describe the relationship between riparian buffers and their surrounding land uses, including forestry, agriculture, and urban development.

The EPA's Clearinghouse for Environmental Finance offers a trio of catalogues of funding and finance resources and programs for Air, Water and Land improvement. Each clearinghouse includes a navigable directory of resources, and an interactive map that lets users choose their state, tribal land or territory to see what resources/funding programs/financing options are available in their area.

This guide covers the main dune restoration techniques as well as helpful graphics to visualize the restoration process. Additional topics covered include maintenance, conserving shorebird habitat, and managing pedestrian use.

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The report focuses on translating marsh migration model results into implementing a successful project. Additional topics covered include monitoring, case studies, and overcoming barriers to marsh migration.

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Provides a guide to planning and implementing a prescribed burn and reviewing the burn after it is complete.

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This guide helps managers in the process of slash pile construction and burning.

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This guide is meant ti inform local governments on community based public-private partnerships and alternative market-based tools for integrated green stormwater infrastructure.