Three inspiring days in Newcastle at the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival!
Written by Lorna Mann - Comms Lead
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.
Watch recordings from the programme webinar series
We run regular webinar series to promote the work as part of the Mainstreaming NbS. These include an programme briefings and updates, as well as introductions into the 6 programme workstreams and 8 regional tests.
Webinar recordings are available to watch via the link.
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Northern Ireland Regional Test Stakeholder Event
Written by Lorna Mann - Comms Lead
Executive Summary (August 2025 – January 2026)
Written by Granville Davies - Programme Manager
