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Metadata: 2025, North West Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Supporting the development of Marine Net Gain policy
Abstract:
A synthesis of UK marine policy and Marine Net Gain (MNG) using systems thinking mapping to identify the gaps, overlaps, and opportunities between MNG and UK environmental, coastal, and marine policy. This report was produced as a collaboration between the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme’s MNG Task & Finish Group and The Crown Estate’s Marine Futures Internship. The UK marine policy landscape is an evolving system, with many links but also gaps between different policies. With the growth of the offshore wind industry there are additional policy issues to contend with, one of which is the potential impacts of offshore development on marine biodiversity. MNG is an evolving policy which aims to ensure that offshore development or activity leaves the marine environment in a better state than it was in before. Whilst emerging MNG policy offers significant potential to drive restoration, clear gaps remain in governance, spatial coverage, and alignment with other related policies. Addressing these gaps through clearer links to the mitigation hierarchy, research and evidence to link central and local strategies, and a feasible implementation framework will be critical to move forwards. Collaboration across the devolved nations and learnings from pilot schemes could help create a more efficient and effective approach to marine restoration at a regional and national level. The Marine Futures Internship is a collaborative project between Natural England, Ørsted, The Crown Estate and the North West Wildlife Trusts, which is funded by The Crown Estate and managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19385 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2025, North West Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Supporting the development of Marine Net Gain policy |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | c31a6f22-a4da-4e3a-a48b-ca688a8696b4 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-4480 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2025-06-24 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2025-12-24 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | A synthesis of UK marine policy and Marine Net Gain (MNG) using systems thinking mapping to identify the gaps, overlaps, and opportunities between MNG and UK environmental, coastal, and marine policy. This report was produced as a collaboration between the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme’s MNG Task & Finish Group and The Crown Estate’s Marine Futures Internship. The UK marine policy landscape is an evolving system, with many links but also gaps between different policies. With the growth of the offshore wind industry there are additional policy issues to contend with, one of which is the potential impacts of offshore development on marine biodiversity. MNG is an evolving policy which aims to ensure that offshore development or activity leaves the marine environment in a better state than it was in before. Whilst emerging MNG policy offers significant potential to drive restoration, clear gaps remain in governance, spatial coverage, and alignment with other related policies. Addressing these gaps through clearer links to the mitigation hierarchy, research and evidence to link central and local strategies, and a feasible implementation framework will be critical to move forwards. Collaboration across the devolved nations and learnings from pilot schemes could help create a more efficient and effective approach to marine restoration at a regional and national level. The Marine Futures Internship is a collaborative project between Natural England, Ørsted, The Crown Estate and the North West Wildlife Trusts, which is funded by The Crown Estate and managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Consultation summaries produced by the government. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity indices |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 60.125091693362 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 3.9990234375 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.745781306156 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -8.0419921875 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Marine Data Exchange | |
| MDE@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Cumbria Wildlife Trust | |
| BethC@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Cumbria Wildlife Trust | |
| BethC@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4480/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2026-02-09 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-02-10 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |