Nämdö Green Archipelago

Natural grazing is one of the most commonly used and well-documented management practices to benefit biological diversity in cultural and agricultural landscapes. Although natural grazing often occurs on shores and historically even extended into the water, knowledge about how natural grazing affects underwater biodiversity in Sweden is extremely limited. Targeted and evidence-based shoreline natural grazing, […]

Natural grazing is one of the most commonly used and well-documented management practices to benefit biological diversity in cultural and agricultural landscapes. Although natural grazing often occurs on shores and historically even extended into the water, knowledge about how natural grazing affects underwater biodiversity in Sweden is extremely limited. Targeted and evidence-based shoreline natural grazing, is a potential cost-effective nature-based solution to prevent overgrowth in the coastal zone areas along the country’s east coast, and larger lakes.

In this project, Nämdö Green Archipelago seeks to develop and disseminate recommendations on how shoreline natural grazing can be designed to optimize effects on underwater biodiversity.

The project is supported with 2 000 000 SEK.

The project is part of The Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation’s initiative “Coastal Ecosystems in Sweden”, which aims to contribute to the biodiversity of coastal ecosystems and their ability to protect against the negative effects of climate change along the coasts.