Sommerpolder Wurster Küste

Year Implemented

2007

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

Germany

Location

Mainland coast of East Friesland (Niedersachsen)

Longitude

8.5324

Latitude

53.7607

Habitat(s) Created

Mudflat
Saltmarsh
Transitional Grassland

Size

145 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Compensation
Create a More Natural Shoreline

Project Description Summary

This involved several breaches in summer dike.

Documents/References uploaded

References

Bremenports, 2006. Umweltmanagement im Hafenbau Container-Terminal (CT) 4. Bremenports, Bremerhaven, 9pp.
http://econat-network.org/docs/documents/Session11f_JochenKress_PPT.pdf

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