Florida S1422 designates coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change risks.

Florida S1422 amends state statutes to recognize coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions that help mitigate climate change-related risks and disaster events. The bill emphasizes the importance of healthy coral reefs in protecting coastal properties from storms, high wave events, sea level rise, and flooding. It also mandates the development of a uniform mitigation assessment method for wetlands and surface waters, incorporating habitat equivalency analysis.

Florida S1422 designates coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change risks.

Florida S1422 amends state statutes to recognize coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions that help mitigate climate change-related risks and disaster events. The bill emphasizes the importance of healthy coral reefs in protecting coastal properties from storms, high wave events, sea level rise, and flooding. It also mandates the development of a uniform mitigation assessment method for wetlands and surface waters, incorporating habitat equivalency analysis.