Nature-Based Solutions and Landscape and Jurisdictional Approaches: Complementary Means to Achieve Lasting Benefits

Among policymakers, practitioners, companies, funders, and investors, nature-based solutions (NbS) and landscape and jurisdictional approaches (LA/JAs) continue to gain prominence as means to halt and reverse nature loss.

However, these concepts overlap in scope, and the synergies between them are not universally understood.

Given the multitude of terms used to describe NbS and LA/JAs, many ask:

• How are they similar and different?
• Is one approach more effective?
• How are NbS and LA/JAs complementary?

In this piece, WWF and CDP aim to answer these questions, beginning by defining each approach and ultimately addressing the potential for NbS and LA/JAs to advance the international nature agenda and realize political and corporate commitments outlined in the:

• Global Biodiversity Framework;
• Paris Agreement;
• Science Based Targets initiative; and
• Science Based Targets Network.