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Community Incentives for Nature-Based Flood Solutions: A Guide for FEMA’s Community Rating System for Conservation Practitioners

About This Guide

The Nature Conservancy. nd. Community Incentives for Nature-based Flood Solutions: A Guide to FEMA’s Community Rating System for Conservation Practitioners. Birmingham, AL: The Nature Conservancy.

Community Incentives for Nature-Based Flood Solutions: A Guide for FEMA’s Community Rating System for Conservation Practitioners explains how nature-based solutions are creditable components of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System (CRS). The guide provides a brief overview of the CRS and discusses how the conservation community can further nature-based solutions through the CRS. Two case studies illustrate how nature-based solutions can be used to improve a community’s rating class and obtain more discounts on flood insurance costs.