MARINEFF PROJECT

The Marineff project is part of the work by the European Union reduce the carbon emissions of the FCE area by 2020 by 20% (2012/27/UE)... Today, coastal infrastructure, such as seawalls, quays and groynes, present on the Channel coast are not designed to incorporate habitat for marine species or conserve and protect coastal and transitional ecosystems. Instead they serve only human activities: transportation, fishing, coastal development and protection, pleasure boating, and tourism... Coastal infrastructure replaces rich coastal ecosystems with artificial substrate that is comparatively poor in biodiversity. To avoid these negative effects and the creation of infrastructure that does not improve the local environment, it is necessary to support coastal project managers and engineers towards a new method of designing coastal infrastructure. Starting with an environmental analysis, the planner focuses their strategy on the needs of the site: for example, the protection of a locally-..

Primary location: Epron France