Ørsted and ARK Nature to pioneer marine rewilding

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New partnership between Ørsted and ARK Nature pioneers testing the potential of rewilding principles to restore vital ocean biodiversity as we speed up the global transition to renewable energy. One initial focus is restoring shellfish reefs that are fundamental to ecological restoration in the North Sea, and to use learnings from the project to develop the best ways to scale up work globally to ensure an overall net-positive impact on nature when building offshore wind farms.

Biodiversity, our life-support system, is disappearing at an alarming rate. This urgent global crisis is deeply connected to the climate emergency. We’re rapidly running out of time on both challenges and our efforts to solve them must go hand in hand. This means finding ways for nature restoration... ... More: Official Press Release Ørsted

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Ørsted, ARK Nature, marine rewilding, biodiversity, ocean, offshore, renewable energy, North Sea, ecological restoration, shellfish reefs, impact, nature