Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Nature-Based Solutions Tool
Restoration and Conservation Opportunity Maps for the conterminous U.S. (CONUS)
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
These maps show areas for potential restoration and conservation through NBS applications across the conterminous United States under 5 scenarios: urban greening, restoring historic forest that had been converted to grassland, conserving pristine grasslands, rewetting peatlands, and conserving tidal wetlands.
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