Marine and coastal restoration is progressing at speed across the UK and Scotland. While much media attention and funding focus is on the practitioner-based, hands-on work, behind every meaningful practical act of restoration there is something less visible, but equally as important: science. The project funded a workshop which identified the current knowledge gaps or barriers and explored how to integrate research needs into restoration practice to facilitate further future collaboration and long-term restoration success.
In 2025 SMEEF was able to provide a grant of £9,998 to support this work using resources from the Nature Restoration Fund.