Nature-based Solutions for Surface Transportation: Four Essential Considerations

Transportation infrastructure is essential for societal connectedness and economic development, but its introduction can have significant impacts on nature. As the world addresses the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality, there is an urgent need to transform the way we plan, finance, and deliver our infrastructure projects.

In this course, we explain how nature-based solutions (NbS) can help to minimise the impact of surface transportation infrastructure.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Evaluate effects on biodiversity, communities, and funding to integrate nature into designs early
2. Understand natural systems to enhance resilience, connectivity, and ecological gain
3. Understand how to use tools to achieve nature-positive infrastructure