Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion

Dr. Oliver ? Cadhla:

It is possible to do that and it is something we are looking at through the OSPAR Convention. There is a north-east Atlantic environment strategy that has a number of objectives, one of which is looking at nature-based solutions and restoration of carbon-rich habitats. Things like seagrass can be replanted. A number of projects are being led in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. We are interacting with and supporting Sweden, which is one of the contracting parties to OSPAR, regarding best practice methods for seagrass restoration, so it can be done. The challenge is a resource challenge and a scientific challenge but it is being looked at in a number of OSPAR countries and we are very much engaged with that full process.

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