Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas

Deliverables

Documents, reports (26)

Policy briefing summarizing the key transferable findings from Tasks 5.1-3

Popularized mainstream or industry article on social costs of marine restoration activities and cost –effective analysis of restoration measures by case study

Manual of restoration measures in soft bottoms based on surveys and experiments

State of the knowledge on European marine habitat mapping and degraded habitats

Restoration of marine ecosystems: a manual for users

Popularized mainstream or industry article on social benefits of marine restoration activities

State of the knowledge on marine habitat restoration and literature review on the economic cost and benefits of marine and coastal ecosystem service restoration

Review of current EU and international legal frameworks

Enhanced tools and indicators for restoration of shallow hard bottoms and mesophotic habitats

Criteria and protocols for restoration of shallow hard bottoms and mesophotic habitats

Criteria and protocols for restoration of shallow hard bottoms and mesophotic habitats (CoNISMa, hard bottoms; CSIC, mesophotic habitats)

State of knowledge on key eco-evolutionary processes and factors driving the resilience of the shallow hard bottoms and mesophotic habitats

Review of existing international governance structures, regarding the conservation, restoration and recovery of marine ecosystems

Summary of the final meeting

Evaluation of the effectiveness of pilot restoration actions under a changing ocean scenario

Report, including a policy relevance section, on full social cost-benefit analysis for the selected case studies

Report, including a policy relevance section, on full social cost-benefit analysis for the selected case studies

Use of Choice Experiment to estimate number of ecosystem service values from restoration project

Release of the Data Management plan

Policy brief providing input and options for the development of legitimate governance arrangements and effective regimes regulating the conservation, restoration and recovering of marine ecosystems

Policy brief providing input and options for the development of legitimate governance arrangements and effective regimes regulating the conservation, restoration and recovering of marine ecosystems (WU, AAU-IFM)

Restoration results in the case study sites

Social acceptance of restoration activities

Review on restoration, conservation and recovery of marine ecosystems in the four regional EU seas

Development and effectiveness of tools and techniques for active restoration in the deep-sea

Review on the principles of deep-sea restoration and on the ecological benefits of passive and active restoration

Effectiveness of passive restoration in fjord ecosystems, hydrothermal vents and in cold water corals

Current marine pressures and mechanisms driving changes in marine habitats

Mathematical model of the interactions between seagrass and other engineering species

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (6)

Dissemination plan (revised every year)

Recording and long-term archiving of 5 industry webinars and final report on the webinars outcomes

Annual publication of business-focused e-newsletters and final report synthesising the MERCES business-focus e-newsletters as industry brief

Final report summarising industry and authorities engagement in MERCES through the Business Club and Industry Portal and highlighting any tangible outcomes (e.g. new methods and new projects) created from these interactions

Second Year report on networking, public engagement and communication activities including collation of products and e-MERCES tools

MERCES project homepage, MERCES Intranet with project templates and guidelines

Other (1)

Visual representation (e.g. infographic) of relationships between habitat characteristics, pressures, restoration methods, ecosystem change, and recovery potential

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Maps (in GIS format) showing case study sites and variation in the recovery potential of different ecosystem services; and information on changes in ecosystem services provision following habitat restoration (as metadata)

Maps (in GIS format) showing case study sites and variation in the recovery potential of different ecosystem services; and,; information on changes in ecosystem services provision following habitat restoration (as metadata). WCMC (maps of case study sites and information on changes in ecosystem services provision following habitat restoration), NIVA (maps of variation in recovery potential of different ecosystem services)

Publications

Conference proceedings (1)

Implementing the Monitoring and Restoration of Marine Ecosystems Impacted by Offshore Platform

Author(s): Danovaro R, Barone G, Carugati L, Lo Martire M, Dell'Anno A, Corinaldesi C
Published in: Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition, 29-31 March, Ravenna, Italy, 2017
Publisher: OnePetro

Other (1)

Evolutionary Character of International and European Law: Linking sustainability with environmental responsibility and marine ecosystem restoration under the European union's Ocean Governance Agenda

Author(s): Long R
Published in: Legal Order in the World's Oceans: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 2017
Publisher: Leiden/Brill, Brill, 2018