Engage with your coastline
Map local information and take part in innovative coastal research with the Ecostructure Observatory.
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What is the Ecostructure Observatory about?
The Observatory is a mapping platform that supports the research of the Ecostructure project (www.ecostructureproject.eu) . The project explores ways of building ecologically-sensitive design into artificial coastal structures around our Irish Sea coasts. This is so that our growing coastal communities can adapt to the challenges of sea level rise and extreme weather patterns whilst making space for nature in coastal engineering projects. Using ecologically-sensitive design in coastal structures would promote benefits to the environment, to coastal communities and to the blue and green sectors of the Irish and Welsh economies.
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How does the observatory work?
Choose a project
To start, select one of the three coastal projects in the platform.
Mark location
Click Add entry and then mark the location of your observation on the map.
Snap a picture
Post observations of changing sea life along your coastline to the map.
Add information
Select a category and add any information you have.
Upload
Upload your observation to the Ecostructure Observatory
