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Other Benefits of Nature-Based
Solutions for Shorelines
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• nstallation of a soft-shore can often be less
costly to install and maintain than hard-armouring
approaches like seawalls or retaining walls;
particularly when long-term maintenance is
factored in .

• The shoreline can be designed to protect
properties for up to one metre of sea level rise .
• The views to, and the aesthetics of, the shoreline Altogether, Green Shores focuses on positive steps to
can be improved . empower landowners and managers who live on the
• Access to the beach can be made more shoreline to develop their shorelines in a manner that
user-friendly while also providing privacy is sustainable and well adapted to changes in coastal
for the homeowners . conditions such as sea level rise .

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• n addition to reducing risks of property damage How does Green Shores benefit homeowners
from storm events and rising ocean levels, these AND other shoreline users?
designs can enhance land values . There are numerous benefits including increased
access to the shoreline with more opportunities to
Green Shores encourages shoreline property stroll, forage and explore the beach . Viewscapes and
owners and managers to use it's principles to opportunities for wildlife viewing can be improved
design and build nature-based projects through because habitat is maintained or improved . And in
two programs: Green Shores for Homes (residential) light of sea level rise and changing coastal conditions,
and Green Shores for Shoreline Development protection of the shoreline preserves it for everyone
(larger scale such as parks and commercial, to use .
multi-family development) . It also offers Green
Shores Project Certification (similar to Built Green™ How does Green Shores benefit the environment?
or LEEDS™), a Local Government Working Group, We all depend on a healthy environment . Green
Green Shores Training and a registry of Shores helps to preserve or restore the natural
Green Shores Approved Professionals to assist shoreline processes that support a biodiversity of
property owners . native animals and plants .

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