Coastal Resilience Success Stories

Coastal communities and resilience practitioners are increasingly using natural and nature-based solutions to protect shorelines, improve ecosystem function, and adapt to a changing climate. NFWF grantees have successfully implemented nature-based projects in urban waterfronts, rural coasts, critical ports, and other sites using the following strategies.

  • Adaptive Management: A science-based process that can help practitioners manage project uncertainties and reduce risk in the face of changing environmental, social, and political conditions. 
  • Partnerships: Successful resilience projects require a wide range of knowledge and capacity and therefore forming partnerships with many groups involved in the field can help resilience practitioners work collectively to overcome challenges. 
  • Outreach and Engagement: Accessible and inclusive outreach and engagement strategies can help ensure that communities understand a project’s benefits and have a voice in project design and implementation. 
     

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Adaptive Management

Case Study: American Rivers

Case Study: California State Coastal Conservancy

Case Study: The Nature Conservancy

Partnerships

Case Study: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Case Study: Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Outreach and Engagement

Case Study: Cleveland Metroparks

Case Study: Vida Marina at the University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla

Case Study: The Water Institute of the Gulf