13 Dec 2022

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 […]

01 Nov 2022

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a tripling of the floating offshore wind target, from 5GW by 2030 to 15GW by 2035, a restoration of 30 per cent of UK saltmarshes and seagrass meadows by 2030, and greater ambitious for nature restoration targets.     The ten point plan for climate and nature […]

18 Oct 2022

New mapping tools from the Environment Agency and Natural England which reveal the extent of seagrass and saltmarsh habitats around England for the first time, are now live.     The maps will provide valuable information for the management of these crucial blue carbon habitats, helping to drive forward restoration projects. In a release from […]

27 Sep 2022

The British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) has partnered with Scottish environmental charity, Seawilding, to offer everyone the chance to help champion the marine environment with the new Shore Surveyor course.     Delivered by eLearning, Shore Surveyor has been designed to engage people – particularly children and young people – in the issues that face our precious […]

12 Jul 2022

The Climate Change Committee’s progress report to the UK Parliament has recommended that saltmarsh and seagrass should be included in the UK Greenhouse Gas inventory. The statutory report provides a comprehensive overview of the UK Government’s progress to date in reducing emissions. Within the report there is coverage of carbon in marine and coastal ecosystems. […]

26 Jun 2022

A Cornwall Council project looking at the potential of seagrass in helping to tackle climate change has revealed one of the biggest seagrass meadows ever found in UK waters. The council commissioned the University of Exeter and environmental researchers Ecospan to carry out surveys off the coast near Penzance and Falmouth to assess how effective seagrass is at growing […]

26 Jun 2022

Ørsted is partnering with Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts to help restore the biodiversity around the Humber Estuary. This flagship project will invest more than £2.5m to restore parts of the Humber on an ambitious scale not seen before, through the planting of 3 hectares (ha) of saltmarsh and 4 ha of seagrass, and the […]

29 Mar 2022

Seagrass recovery and restoration is increasingly in the news. We reported previously on the progress being made by the ReMEDIES project and now a new milestone has been met by England’s largest seagrass planting. The £2.5 million LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES project, led by Natural England, has now planted seagrass across a total of 3.5 hectares […]