Connecting Nature Case studies tagged with North Sea

Project Coastbusters Biogenic reefs concept

Submitted by Alexia Semeraro on 4 July 2023

The public-private Coastbusters consortium aims to study and translate desired coastal protection functionality into designs that make use of the capability of ecosystem engineering species. In other words, does ecosystem creation and Nature-based Solutions’ technical design provide a more sustainable and cost-effective management approach to conventional coastal engineering? To answer this question, two Coastbusters research projects are executed, funded by the Flemish agency for Innovation and entrepreneurship (VLAIO) and co-funded by the industry (Dredging International part of the...

Medmerry, West Sussex coastal flooding

Submitted by biosandpolitia on 24 April 2018

The managed realignment project at Medmerry is the biggest on the open-coast in Europe (Image: Environment Agency)

Sustainable flood risk management: It will provide a higher standard of protection to the area
Creation of compensatory intertidal habitat: Delivering 183ha of intertidal habitat, including mudflat, saltmarsh and transitional grassland.
Involvement of local communities: Creating new access routes and viewpoints

Integrated green grey infrastructure (IGGI) - Ecologically enhanced sea defence

Submitted by Anonymous on 20 December 2018

Passive enhanced boulder with water retention feature uppermost.

Ecological enhancement of hard coastal structures. Project aimed to mitigate expected habitat losses associated with improving coastal defences for both the natural substrate & pre-existing defences within Natural 2000 site, & minimise future habitat losses due to sea level rise & coastal squeeze.

H2020 AQUACROSS Case Study 1: Trade-offs in ecosystem-based fisheries management in the North Sea aimed at achieving Biodiversity Strategy targets

Submitted by H2020 AQUACROSS on 27 March 2018

The AQUACROSSCase Study aims to improve the knowledge base available to stakeholders to enable a more informed decision-making process toward the achievement of the Biodiversity Strategy targets, including the provisioning of ecosystem services. This includes several existing European marine policy frameworks: Habitats and Birds Directives, MSFD, CFP & IMP.

BEGIN (Blue Green Infrastructure through Social Innovation)

Submitted by BEGIN_NSR on 20 February 2020

Together we can build more resilient and liveable cities

The overall objective of BEGIN is to demonstrate at target sites how cities can improve climate resilience with Blue-Green Infrastructure involving stakeholders in a value-based decision- making process to overcome its current implementation barriers.

BEGIN’s driving ambition is to substitute traditional ‘grey infrastructure’ such as concrete for ‘blue-green infrastructure’ (BGI) such as parks, rivers, and lakes.