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Environmental DNA for monitoring restored sites

Water samples can reveal which species use a restored habitat. What eDNA can and cannot tell you.

Advanced 5 min read

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

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

From satellites to divers: choosing a mapping method

Satellite imagery, acoustic surveys and underwater video each see a different part of the seabed. How to combine them.

Intermediate 9 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

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

Engaging stakeholders in coastal restoration

Who to involve, when, and how to keep them involved after the ribbon is cut.

Introductory 5 min read

Acoustic mapping: side-scan sonar and multibeam explained

Sound reaches where light cannot. How acoustic surveys draw the seabed, and what they cannot tell you.

Intermediate 7 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

Baltic Sea habitat geoportal web application

Interactive geoportal/WMS web application for Baltic Sea habitat layers. Keyword tag: WMS-VIEWER.

EUNIS habitat classification

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