Our Pilots

The Afsluitdijk is a 32-kilometer-long dike in the Netherlands, connecting the provinces of North Holland and Friesland,...

The estuary and surrounding dunes have eroded significantly the last decades, leading to a changed biodiversity and stee...

The Halligen are small marsh islands that have been strongly reduced in size the last centuries due to cliff erosion. St...

The dikes around the Lancieux bay are in poor condition, and overflow occasionally during storm surges. The dunes along ...

Plans for the maintenance of the protected nature areas, and spatial planning by municipalities along the Skåne Coast ha...

Raversijde is a typical Belgian coastal town with an important touristic sector and recreational importance as well as e...

The Orne estuary is heavily canalized, and lacks flood retention areas. During high tide the water level already reaches...

Accelerated sea-level rise and other climate change effects are threatening dyke systems, dunes, coastal wetlands, and c...

Larger nourishments are expected to be used in the Sand Motor to minimize flood risk in the coastal areas when the sea-l...

In this pilot we will test cost-effective and natural methods to prevent continued erosion of salt meadows. We have sele...

Within the Zuidwestelijke Delta, the Western Scheldt estuarine environment is challenged by accelerated sea level rise a...

To keep up with sea-level rise greater amounts of sand will be nourished along the Dutch coast, and it is vital to under...

Forelands along the Frisian coast are an important legal, nature-based element of the coastal protection system, which i...

Salt marshes are more and more recognized as a Nature-based Solution to reduce flood risk.

Due to the partial protection of dikes along the Dragør coast, salt marshes are not able to develop sufficiently to matc...

There is a lack of knowledge on the natural dynamics of the coastal morphology and biology and their relation with sand ...