China floods

People swim near a partially flooded pavilion near banks of Yangtze River

How China’s nature-based solutions help with extreme flooding

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This year, record rainfall in China caused the longest river, the Yangtze, to overflow, leading to serious damage. But environmental experts say that a range of ecological strategies like tree planting and floodplain restoration over the last decade have helped to mitigate the impact of extreme flooding.

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