The Rich North Sea Toolbox is your information hub for nature enhancement in offshore wind farms, projects in the North Sea, and practical information about suppliers, permits, and more. As a platform created to inspire, the Toolbox can help the creative process of designing new nature inclusive projects. By using the information in this toolbox, sharing it with peers, or contributing your own projects and expertise, you’re supporting ongoing research and innovation for marine nature enhancement.
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Your guide to nature enhancement in offshore wind farms
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The Toolbox’s interactive map includes past and ongoing nature enhancement projects. Projects are added on an ongoing basis, and you can add yours, too! Visit the map to share your story to help others learn about what's going on in the North Sea.
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What is nature enhancement?
Nature Enhancement is a unifying concept that describes a wide range of activities dedicated to enhancing environmental wellbeing. This includes nature inclusive designs and restoration, eco-conscious construction, and species protection efforts. Every step taken is intended to safeguard and strengthen nature.
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About The Rich North Sea
As a joint programme between the North Sea Foundation and Natuur & Milieu, The Rich North Sea aims to set a new construction standard for offshore wind farms, creating resilient marine life and options to enhance biodiversity. Curious how we started our projects? Dive into the options by reading our roadmap.
Where offshore renewables meet marine life
Projects contributing to The Toolbox
The Horizon Europe project “Nature-inclusive Designs for Reconciling Offshore Renewables with Ocean Protection” (NiD4OCEAN) aims to build a strong knowledge base for the emerging field of nature-inclusive designs (NiDs) in European seas. It maps current NiDs and fosters the creation of novel NiDs for offshore energy infrastructure, assessing their benefits and risks for marine ecosystems and coastal communities. The project’s ambition is to support the transition towards a sustainable blue economy, by providing science-based tailored solutions to industry and policymakers.
The mapping of NiDs conducted in the NiD4OCEAN has expanded the range of projects compiled in The Toolbox across all European Seas. Moreover, it has fostered the creation of a mitigation page and projects in the Toolbox. In this way, the project's results are shared and integrated into existing available information.
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