Coastal protection
Traditional forms of coastal protection such as sand barriers, dikes and dams are being questioned due to their high maintenance costs, limited flexibility and negative ecological impact. Therefore na...
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Aquaculture at sea
...ly distinguish four types: mariculture as a function of food and feed, mariculture as a function of coastal protection, mariculture as a function of pharmaceutical and biotechnological processing, ...
Ruimte op zee
...ortant source of sand. That sand is used as a building material but also for beach embankments as coastal protection during storms. ILVO will collect samples at sea every six months to study the im...
Biogenic mussel reef has potential as coastal protection technique and ecosystem enhancer
After 6 years of experimentation and scientific observation at sea, a new nature-based coastal protection technique is on the table. One of the innovative elements in it is the so-called 'mussel shake...
Sustainable use of sand in nature-based solutions
... a field of tension between the great need for sand for the large-scale application of nature-based coastal protection and, on the other hand, the finite nature of sand resources at sea and the pot...
Marine production and marine environment
...ct and the ecosystem. We use this principle of ‘working with nature’ in research on natural coastal protection, the restoration of shellfish beds, innovative aquaculture methods, multiple uses of t...
Coast and Climate, guide to an area-based approach
Be inspired by the Coastbusters approach to sustainable coastal defense!
...t work with nature. This more ecologically sound solution incorporates nature-inspired designs into coastal protection systems.
Counteracting coastal erosion with natural reefs?
Mapping North Sea bottom-dwellers via automated DNA-recognition
...is a rich and varied natural environment that offers many ecosystem services, such as food, coastal protection and climate regulation. On the other hand, human activities at sea are becoming more i...
Enhancing a lanice reef report of field trials 2017 - 2020
...induce natural accretion of sand and reinforce the foreshore against coastal erosion thus adding to coastal protection. The main objective of the reef work package (WP3) was to advise on a...
Combination of passive fishing and marine aquaculture step closer to profitable practice
...re, fishing and energy production but also shipping, sand extraction, recreation, nature and coastal protection. Planning these different activities in the Marine Spatial Plan is a difficult but im...