Marine Systems Approaches for Biodiversity Resilience and Ecosystem Sustainability (Marine SABRES)

Marine SABRES' primary goal is to develop a risk assessment of cumulative effects of human use as part of an integrated assessment framework for human co-use within the carrying capacity of the marine ecosystem. The methods developed should be usable for all EU waters with a focus for NL on the Wadden Sea ecosystem. This assessment framework is specifically intended for ecosystem-based management of all human activities and their pressures in relation to biodiversity objectives and maintaining the provision of ecosystem services. This integrated assessment framework is specifically intended for policy advice and ecosystem-oriented management with a focus on protecting biodiversity and maintaining marine resilience and the provision of ecosystem services. The basis for this consideration framework is a risk assessment of cumulative impacts of human uses.

This means that the following two priorities are directly addressed by this project:

• Development of risk assessment of cumulative impacts of human uses;
• Development of an integrated assessment framework for the incorporation of human interventions and activities within the limits of the carrying capacity of the North Sea ecosystem; But can also indirectly contribute to:
  • Knowledge development on the system effects of a large roll-out of offshore wind;
  • Stimulating nature development when offshore installations are constructed;
  • Pilots around multiple use of space;
  • Knowledge development on the technical and ecological costs and benefits of hydrogen storage by prioritising system effects and ecological costs to give direction to the necessary knowledge development.