Applying Nature-based Solutions to Conserve Natural Capital and Achieve Climate Resilience

Linear infrastructure projects need to support and take advantage of natural capital, as well as help build resilience against climate change. Clearly, each element of natural capital can be enhanced or degraded through human activities such as road construction, land clearing, forest burning, or mining. On one hand, natural capital is often damaged by climate change i.e., warming climate, longer droughts, and more intense rains.