REACH (Restoring Estuarine and Coastal Habitats)

REACH (Restoring Estuarine and Coastal Habitats) is an initiative that brings together international experts from the UK, Overseas Territories, the North Sea, and Irish Sea border countries working in academia, government, NGOs and industry to work collaboratively to restore estuarine and coastal habitats. The drivers for the REACH project are:

• Responding to climate change
• 25 Year Environment Plan
• International commitments (OSPAR & Biological Diversity Conventions)
• Marine Strategy & Marine Plans
• Water Story & River Basin Plans (to 1nm)
• Flood Risk Management Strategy & Shoreline Management Plan

• Environment Agency introductory presentation on REACH.

ReMeMaRe

ReMeMaRe is an initiative within REACH that is dedicated to Restoring [seagrass] Meadows, [salt] Marsh and [oyster] Reef around the English coastline.The Defra's arms length bodies have formed a Steering Group who are driving ReMeMaRe forward. The Coastal Partnerships Network has been contracted to write the ReMeMaRe communications and engagement strategy.

ReMeMaRe project outputs include:

• Restoration potential maps showing where saltmarsh, seagrass and native oyster bed restoration projects could be undertaken.
• Restoration handbooks - for European Native Oyster, Saltmarsh (in prep), Seagrass (in prep) and Restoring using Dredged Sediment (in prep).

REACH Timetable

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