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Open data for seabed habitats: where to find and how to share

Most survey data is collected once and used once. Where European habitat data lives and how to publish yours.

Introductory 4 min read

Natura 2000 and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: how they connect

Two pieces of EU law already protect marine habitats. How the Nature Restoration Law builds on them.

Intermediate 6 min read

Showcase: datasets, maps and downloads

How datasets, map layers and downloadable files appear on a page and in the catalogue, with sample files in CSV, GeoJSON and PDF.

Introductory 4 min read

Writing the marine part of a national restoration plan

What a national restoration plan needs to say about marine habitats, and which evidence supports each part.

Advanced 9 min read

The Nature Restoration Law and marine habitats

What the EU Nature Restoration Law asks for at sea, and where habitat maps and restoration plans fit in.

Introductory 6 min read

Showcase: citing scientific papers

Four real papers on seagrass, catalogued from their DOI: how they appear in a page, in the sources box and on their own catalogue page.

Intermediate 5 min read

Marine spatial planning and restoration priorities

Every stretch of sea has competing uses. How maritime spatial plans can reserve room for restoration.

Intermediate 7 min read

Valuing the ecosystem services of marine habitats

Coastal protection, fish nurseries, carbon storage: how the benefits of healthy habitats are described and valued.

Intermediate 7 min read

Climate change and marine habitat recovery

Warming water moves the goalposts of restoration. How to plan for the conditions a site will have, not the ones it had.

Advanced 8 min read

Funding marine restoration: EU instruments and blended finance

LIFE, regional funds, research programmes and private investment: where the money for restoration comes from.

Introductory 6 min read

Monitoring budgets: planning the long tail of costs

Monitoring is often the first line cut and the one that decides whether a project can be judged at all.

Intermediate 5 min read

Habitat classification with EUNIS: naming what you map

Two teams mapping the same meadow should call it the same thing. How the EUNIS system makes maps comparable.

Intermediate 6 min read

Mapping marine habitats of the European seas — a complete test case

End-to-end test Resource: thumbnail + full picture, rich body, tags on every taxonomy, three downloadable files (PDF/CSV/MD), two external links and multiple contacts. Safe to delete.

Copernicus Marine Service

Ocean temperature, currents and water quality for Europe, from satellites and models.

Marine Strategy Framework Directive: good environmental status (sample guide)

How the eleven descriptors of good environmental status relate to habitat restoration.

EUNIS habitat classification

The European reference system for naming habitats, from broad seabed types to specific communities.

Natura 2000 network viewer

Map of protected sites across the EU, including marine sites and the habitats they protect.

European Maritime Spatial Planning Platform

National maritime spatial plans, practices and contacts across EU countries.

EMODnet Bathymetry: European seabed depth model

Harmonised depth data for European seas, the base layer of most habitat maps.

Financing marine restoration in Europe: a survey of instruments (sample)

Public funds, private investment and blended finance used for marine restoration projects so far.