Saltmarsh restoration, Northey Island, Essex (Spurgeon 1999)
OPP-GCBFAGpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-GCBFAG
Completed (successful/maintained)- Country
- UK
Goal
Technique: Hydrological restoration, managed retreat Saltmarsh creation by opening up agricultural land to flooding by the sea: moving back the line of sea defence referred to as `managed retreat'. Little human intervention is required other than monitoring and minor maintenance since the re-vegetation is left to occur naturally. Original source: East Midlands Environmental Consultants, 1995. Spatial extent 10000 ha as reported.
Team
Project's total contribution
No scored contributions yet
Recorded result
Marsh area1 variable · 100 km² · 1991-01-01 to 1991-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)pendingSelf-reported
Marsh area
1 variable · 100 km² · 1991-01-01 to 1991-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)
pending
Self-reportedMarsh area · 1.1.4.1
pending
0 → 100 km2 · health —% → —%
Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Spurgeon J (1999) The socio-economic costs and benefits of coastal habitat rehabilitation and creation. Mar Pollut Bull 37:373–390.
A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.