Coastal
This page signposts guidance, predominately from voluntary organisations and public bodies in Scotland and the rest of the UK, which may assist in the planning, implementation and management of Nature Networks.
Covering Framework Delivery Principles:
- Data, mapping, & monitoring
- Finance & resourcing
- Governance & decision making
- Knowledge & skills
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
- Participation, engagement, & communication
- Policy & Mainstreaming
- Project Development
- Project Implementation
- Spatial Mapping
Overview
Guidance relates to improving habitat quality and diversity, expanding habitat range (via restoration or new habitat creation), improving connectivity within or between habitat patches, how to monitor the quality and extent of habitat and information on key species within that habitat or ecosystem type.
The list of guidance is not exhaustive and offers a starting point for reference only. The guidance listed may not be Scotland specific, and practitioners are advised to ground truth their site, and explore the latest guidance before beginning work.
About coastal habitats
Scotland has the bulk of the UK’s sand dunes, and they back some of Europe’s most spectacular beaches. Scotland’s coasts also support a wide range of superb cliff habitats, home to globally important seabird colonies, maritime heaths and grasslands.
Saltmarsh forms in sheltered environments at the head of bays and inlets, where the tide covers plants twice daily. Habitats that rely on human activities such as machair alongside rare habitats such as shingle all can form important parts of a Nature Network bringing biodiversity gains alongside benefits to coastal communities through nature based solutions to priority issues, such as Coastal Adaptation Planning.
- This toolkit offers a one stop shop for restoration in the marine and coastal environment, distilling the necessary information for running coastal enhancement projects into an easy access format that can be tailored to your own project and shared with partners.
Help us build a useful toolbox
Share your feedback on existing guidance and resources, as well as links to others you think would be useful. We’d also love to hear about any great Nature Network projects that we should showcase.
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