Tag: natural infrastructure
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After the Storm: Nature Leads the Way
As we head into a new hurricane season, we’re reflecting on how coastal communities are turning to nature for recovery solutions. This photo gallery looks back on CCS research and fieldwork that’s informing real-world strategies like restoring dunes, wetlands, and mangroves to help coastlines bounce back after storms. These nature-based solutions are helping build long-term…
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The Natrx Platform: Comprehensive Nature-Based Resilience
The future of nature-based solutions requires more than great infrastructure — it requires a system. The Natrx platform is designed to integrate assessment, implementation, and long-term measurement into one seamless approach to shoreline and watershed resilience. It starts with Natrx Assess, which uses remote sensing and AI to map erosion risks and vulnerabilities across landscapes…
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May 2025 Knowledge Series: Scaling multi-benefit nature-based solutions projects: Case study examples from The Nature Conservancy
Cameron Adams, Ashby Worley and Tharran Hobson, The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, TNC works to scale innovative solutions to the world’s toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. This mission includes…
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Natrx Assess: Data-Driven Insights for Resilience That Lasts
In nature-based projects at any scale, precision matters. Natrx Assess is a remote sensing and AI-powered geospatial platform that helps project teams pinpoint risks and opportunities — unlocking smarter, faster pathways to resilience. Using high-resolution data, Assess identifies erosion threats, landscape vulnerabilities, and opportunities for intervention across entire regions without the need for extensive fieldwork.…
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ExoForms™: Coastal Resilience That Builds Over Time
ExoForms™ help shape a new generation of adaptive infrastructure, offering shoreline protection that integrates seamlessly with natural systems and evolves into lasting, living habitats. Designed for coastal, estuarine, and marine environments, ExoForms™ provide immediate energy dissipation and erosion control while encouraging sediment capture, marine life colonization, and long-term ecosystem benefits. Their modular design allows them…
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ExoFlex Oyster Bags: Advancing Coastal Resilience with Smarter Materials
ExoFlex Oyster Bags represent a step forward in how nature-based infrastructure is deployed and performs. Built from basalt fiber — a natural, marine-friendly material — ExoFlex provides a durable, sustainable alternative to plastic-based oyster bags traditionally used for shoreline protection and habitat restoration. Designed to thrive in harsh coastal environments, ExoFlex withstands tidal energy, salinity…
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USACE experts to host Engineering With Nature Workshop at State of the Coast 2025 this month
Are you attending State of the Coast in New Orleans this month? Would you like to deepen your understanding of natural infrastructure and its role in building resilient, sustainable systems? Join us for an immersive short course hosted by the Network for Engineering With Nature. This course brings together leading experts from across USACE, ERDC…
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EWN introduces 8 new natural infrastructure research projects
The Engineering With Nature® website is full of information on the innovative collaborations between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other natural infrastructure organizations around the world. The newest resource on the website is their updated Active Research Archive, which hosts informational pages for eight impressive projects in the nature-based solutions space. Check them…
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Partner Takeover: USACE Engineering With Nature
Our next Partner Takeover is our second founding partner, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® initiative! EWN is proud to be a founding partner of the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN), launched in 2019 to accelerate the implementation of natural infrastructure through collaborative science, tools, and training. Founded by USACE in…
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Stantec releases 18th annual sustainability report
Our partners at Stantec released their 2024 Sustainability Report this Earth Day, reporting C$4.63 billion in 2024 revenue aligned with core sustainable development goals. This is the 18th annual report of its kind for the engineering firm, showing a dedication to sustainability. Key milestones include: “Stantec’s integrated approach to sustainability delivers long-term value and underpins…