Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe is taking a proactive approach to combat the declining health of the ocean, launching its inaugural Ocean Restoration Programme. This initiative aims to address marine biodiversity loss in Europe by partnering with expert organizations to restore 1,500 hectares of marine habitats – equivalent to around 3,700 football pitches – by 2030. […]

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Solent Seascape Project launched to restore marine habitats. It will see 10 organisations work together on four types of habitat – seagrass meadows, oyster reefs, saltmarsh and seabird nesting sites. They aim to develop a plan to protect and restore “at least 30% of the Solent’s seascape”. The Solent is recognised as an internationally-important wintering […]

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Restoration potential maps have been developed to provide a national ‘high level’ indication of where intertidal and subtidal seagrass, native oysters and saltmarsh could potentially be restored based on some key physical attributes. The maps are accessible on the Coastal Data Explorer portal hosted by the Rivers Trust that is being developed as part of […]

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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently going through the process of marine planning for English marine waters. During consultations, stakeholders expressed a desire for a national dataset to be developed to identify sites suitable for coastal and marine habitat creation or restoration. ABPmer were commissioned to help develop such a dataset and identify which […]

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