The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) manages more than 480 million acres of federal lands, plus tribal lands, marine national monuments, and the Outer Continental Shelf. Leveraging nature-based solutions can help the department ensure its vast land management portfolio provides the most value to people while also improving ecosystem health.
The DOI Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap supports efforts by the largest manager of public lands in the United States to protect, sustainably manage, and restore these lands in ways that benefit both people and nature. The Nicholas Institute partnered with DOI on the roadmap to provide its staff with consistent and credible information about nature-based solutions. The roadmap is a living document that will be periodically updated to include new information and resources. DOI leadership introduced the project in December 2023 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.