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View allOcean for All – Making the Ocean an inclusive place
14 Aug 2023Our Public and Community Engagement Coordinator, Freyja Thomson-Alberts, tells us how the Ocean Conservation Trust aims to make the Ocean an inclusive place for everyone. The Ocean has a long history of being a place for human wellbeing. Since Victorian times, people have used so called ‘blue prescription’ escapes to the sea as a way […]
Read MoreSummer seagrass planting for England’s largest seagrass restoration effort
31 Jul 2023Work on England’s largest seagrass restoration effort continues in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, under the LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES project. As the restoration lead in the project, we have deployed 100 seagrass pillows into the restoration site at Jennycliff bay, each containing around 40 healthy seagrass plants. Each plant also has lots of rhizomes, which […]
Read MoreRestoring Seagrass in St Marys Bay
24 Jul 2023Restoring seagrass in St Marys Bay with the support of ScottishPower Foundation! With the support of ScottishPower Foundation, we recently restored 2,500 square metres of seagrass in St Marys Bay! We plant seagrass seeds into sand on 100% biodegradable mats. It’s important that the seedlings become established before planting into the seabed. So, each pillow […]
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