WaterProof is a platform that integrates hydrological, biophysical, and financial models to estimate the return on investment (ROI) of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). It turns technical data into clear prefeasibility information to support investment prioritization in water security and risk reduction.
Backed by TNC's scientific leadership, we create innovative tools to tackle water challenges. Our work turns mathematical and scientific models into practical solutions that benefit nature and people, through the implementation of NbS and the identification of intervention areas.
A scientific model for analyzing and mapping ecosystem services. It assesses how changes in land use and land cover influence processes such as water yield, sediment retention, nutrient reduction and carbon storage. In WaterProof, it works as the biophysical basis for estimating the benefits that nature brings to water management and turning them into useful information for decision-making.
It is a decision-support model that helps prioritize investments in Nature-based Solutions within a watershed. In WaterProof, it makes it possible to identify which areas to intervene in and which actions to implement in order to improve water services such as erosion control, water quality, water regulation and risk reduction.
FastFlood supports flood analysis by simulating hazard, adaptation and NbS scenarios. In WaterProof, it makes it possible to identify changes in flood depth, velocity and extent, analyze the areas that benefit, and generate inputs for estimating exposure, economic benefits and potential avoided damages.
NbS are an umbrella concept that includes all actions to protect, restore and sustainably manage natural or modified ecosystems, which simultaneously provide benefits for human well-being and biodiversity, in order to address the most pressing socio-environmental challenges. In WaterProof, these solutions are integrated into watershed modeling to assess their impact, prioritize intervention areas and estimate their technical and economic benefits, including the return on investment.
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