Chapter 4 of 4
Policy & Planning
Where should we restore, and under which rules?
Where to restore and under which rules: what the Nature Restoration Law asks at sea, how it connects to Natura 2000 and the Marine Strategy, and how sites are chosen and plans written.
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About this chapter
What this chapter covers
The Nature Restoration Law sets binding targets for Europe's marine habitats. This chapter explains what those targets mean in practice and how they fit with the rules already in place: the Natura 2000 network, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and maritime spatial planning.
It then follows the work of the people who turn the law into action: choosing and ranking the sites to restore, writing the marine part of a national restoration plan, and involving the coastal communities and sectors that share the sea.
Its guided paths go from the legal obligation to a national plan, and from the sea-use plan to a ranked list of restoration sites.
Questions it answers
- What does the Nature Restoration Law require for marine habitats?
- How does it relate to Natura 2000 and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive?
- How are restoration sites chosen and ranked?
- What goes into the marine part of a national restoration plan?
- How can coastal communities and sectors be involved?
At a glance
What you will find inside
- guided paths
- 2
- pages
- 7
- to read every page
- 45 min
- sources
- 6
Pages by level
- Introductory · 3
- Intermediate · 2
- Advanced · 2
Paths written for
- Planners and public officers
- Researchers
Sources by type
Guided paths in this chapter
Each path is a short route through the pages of this chapter, on one topic, for a kind of reader. Pick the one that fits.
Conservation
Habitat mapping
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Sources in this chapter
The papers, datasets and guidelines cited by the pages above.
- Web application
European Maritime Spatial Planning Platform
National maritime spatial plans, practices and contacts across EU countries.
- Web application
Natura 2000 network viewer
Map of protected sites across the EU, including marine sites and the habitats they protect.
- Guidelines
Marine Strategy Framework Directive: good environmental status (sample guide)
How the eleven descriptors of good environmental status relate to habitat restoration.
- Guidelines
The Nature Restoration Law explained (sample)
What the EU Nature Restoration Law asks Member States to do for marine habitats.