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

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This library lets users browse case study reports and best practice articles from across FEMA's areas of expertise. You can search by title or keywords, select additional content filters, or jump to a collection. These include mitigation best practices and preparedeness grant case studies that could be useful for designing NBS projects. 

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The Conservation Webinar Portal provides live and on-demand webinars on multi-discipline topics by specialists primarily for the East service area states and the Caribbean.

FEMA's geoplatform, including its geospatial resource center, facilitates information sharing between the federal government, NGOs, and the public. It includes geospatial data on hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and several other hazards that can be used for visualizing, siting, and exploring potential NBS implementation sites. 

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Resource library that provides managers with best practices for managing forests within urban areas as opposed to street trees or landscaped parks.

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Gulf TREE is a decision support tool designed to help stakeholders like natural resource managers and community planners in the gulf states access the right climate tools for their work. Users can navigate the tool using a series of filters independently, or opt for a guided search where they answer questions to view their recommended tools. 

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This toolkit is a guide that helps recipients of HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) funds identify opportunities to use their CPD dollars to mitigate the impacts of natural related hazards. The toolkit is divided into 6 separate sections, each related to a specific natural hazard. Each section provides an overview of the natural hazard as well as suggestions for different mitigation techniques that are eligible under different CPD programs. Additionally, the toolkit has a financing section with other funding opportunities for resilience projects.

The Digital Coast (authorized by the Digital Coast Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1467) was developed to meet the unique needs of the coastal management community. The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Content comes from many sources, all of which are vetted by NOAA.

Containing 199 case studies of successful living shoreline creation projects, this story map documents a variety of restoration strategies from across the country. The map displays the location of each project and gives a short description of the techniques used at that site.

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This resource library houses online tools and resources like project examples, webinar clips, GIS tools, and federal research and reports.

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The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit is a website designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience. It includes 600+ tools, 250+ case studies, regional content, trainings/webinars, a glossary of resilience terms, and lets users navigate based off of topic, hazard, asset and region. It also includes a 'Steps to Reislience' framework that can be used to identify and manage climate risk(s) and a funding section for resilience-specific government funding prorgams .

This site includes a series of tools users can employ to address climate change adaptation issues in response to air quality, water management, waste management and emergency response, public health, and adaption planning considerations. These span from knowledge documents, land use planning tools, storm surge freqeuncy maps, to flood resiliency checklists. 

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