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Mainstreaming nature-based solutions to deliver greater value for society and the environment.

Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions (MNbS) is a programme funded by the Ofwat Innovation Fund.

Bringing together 23 multi-disciplinary partners, the programme is working to deliver greater value for society and the environment by enabling implementation of nature-based solutions as common practice.

Programme work at a glance

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Ofwat Innovation funded programme

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Multi-disciplinary partners

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Collaborating with five workstreams, creating enablers to overcome barriers

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Real-life to tests across eight regions

Our team and partners

Discover what the programme is delivering to support landscape-wide adoption of Nature-based Solutions and meet the team working to achieve this.

 

Regional Tests

Discover the eight programme tests, taking place across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Allowing us to test recommendations in different areas and identify geographical differences, and learnings.

 

Programme News Highlight

The Common Value Framework Consultation is now live to submit feedback until the 15th  September. The framework is a tool to capture and value the benefits of NbS in a robust, consistent and comparable way, and has been created to enable investment planning for PR29 and beyond.

Keep up to date with the rest of our latest news and content

21 / 08 / 2025 Advocacy

MNbS comment: The Independent Water Commission’s (AKA The Cunliffe Review’s) final report.

Written by Granville Davies - Programme Manager

7 / 08 / 2025 Workstream Outputs

Common Value Framework Consultation – Capturing and valuing the benefits of NbS in a robust, consistent and comparable way  

Written by Written by the MNbS Programme CVF Team

1 / 07 / 2025 Events & Conferences

Reflections from the European Wastewater Management Conference

Written by Graville Davies - Programme Manager & Jack Spees - North West Regional Test Connector