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This policy brief summarises the findings on the current scope and the future role of Natural-based Solutions (NbS) in Bangladesh, in both the development and climate change fields, explored during the consultation workshop on Nature-based Solutions, high-level learning hub event with the Bangladesh Planning Commission, and several other webinars and discussions which brought together a diverse range of stakeholders. These events and discussions are the building blocks of this brief, which aims to enhance the understanding on NbS and to develop a roadmap for increasing their implementation in the region, through the establishment of an NbS network which would be based in Bangladesh.

The brief makes the following recommendations (p. 5):

• Practitioners need to scale-up the monitoring and evaluation of NbS projects through dialogues on what makes NbS effective in benefiting nature and society;
• There is an opportunity to integrate NbS in different planning and policy documents of the country to promote NbS implementation.;
• As financial instruments are crucial for sustainablyimplementingNbS, there is an immense need to explore investment mechanisms as well to enhance resilience, considering the limited access to finance for applying and scaling up NbS in Bangladesh;
• More evidence-based research including policy and the community’s perception is required to evaluate how different ecosystem-based interventions can be applied as NbS.