The Nature Based Solutions (NBS) Community of Research was established following the NBS Knowledge Exchange Event in December 2025.
Activities
Nature-Based Solutions Knowledge Exchange Workshop | 16/12/25 – 17/12/25
This event brought together academics from our partner universities and policy makers from Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, with a focus on nature-based solutions.
Day 1
| Title and Copy of Slides | Presenter |
| Nature-based Solutions: the current policy position in Wales | Chloe Bonnington | Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government |
| Mainstreaming Nature-Based solutions in Wales: Opportunities and Risks | Rob McCall | Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales |
| A brief history of Nature Based Solutions, focusing on natural flood management | Laura Walters | Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government, delivered by Lowri Norrington Davies |
| Retrofitting for the Future – AHRC funded | Victoria Jenkins | Swansea University |
| Ecostructure – eco-engineering and biosecurity functions for coastal adaptation to climate change | Joe Ironside | Aberystwyth University |
| Bio-Matrix – Practical implementation – challenges and research needs | Gary Callachan/Nick/ Chris | Biomatrix Water |
| Gwent Levels Polders Project | Nicola Rimmington | Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales |
| Coastal Engineering | Will Bennett | Swansea University |
| Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in Wales | Victoria Wilson | Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water; Isobel Love | Afonydd Cymru |
| Salt Marshes in Coastal Flood Management | Xin Wang |
Mapping out barriers and enablers to NbS in Wales Workshop Findings
Day 2 Presentations
| Session Theme | Presenter |
| Engineering of nature-based treatment technologies | Devin Sapsford | Cardiff University |
| Use of natural coagulants to treat industrial wastewater | Professor Chedly Tizaoui | Swansea University & Dr Ed Lester-Card |
| Bioremediation of industrial waste CO2 via algae and demonstration of products from that technology | Darren Oatley-Ratcliffe | Swansea University |
| NbS approach to eradicating invasive species | Dong-Fan Xu | Bangor University |
| Monitoring of Natural Flood Management in a range of UK Catchments | Guglielmo Sonnino Sorisio | Cardiff University |
| Woodland Water Benefits: Tackling Diffuse Pollution, Flooding and Water Cooling | Tom Nisbet | Forest Research |
| Retrofit/highways drainage/climate change | David James | Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru | Welsh Local Government Association |