When rivers overflow, forests thin, and livelihoods come under threat, nature itself holds the answers. WWF-Pakistan is pioneering Nature-based Solutions (NbS) - approaches that draw on the strength of healthy ecosystems to tackle climate, water, biodiversity, and livelihood challenges. By restoring wetlands, revitalizing watersheds, reforesting degraded landscapes, and working alongside communities, NbS provide sustainable, cost-effective alternatives to conventional infrastructure while building lasting resilience against climate change. 

Pakistan has historically relied on grey infrastructure, such as concrete dams, embankments, canals, and drainage systems, to manage water and mitigate disasters. While these structures provide short-term relief, they often fail to address the root causes of vulnerability. In many cases, these solutions are expensive to build, difficult to maintain, and limited in scope - designed to solve a single problem rather than delivering broad, long-lasting resilience. 

NbS offer a transformative alternative by leveraging natural processes to achieve multiple benefits at once. Unlike grey infrastructure, NbS work with the environment, not against it, creating systems that regenerate, adapt, and strengthen over time – providing a host of co-benefits and enabling long-term resilience while being cost-effective, people-centered, and environmentally sustainable.