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Gyldensteen coastal lagoon

Sea basin

Country

Habitats: coastal/offshore

Single MPA or MPA network

Designation type

 Size (km2)

Baltic Sea

Denmark

Coastal

Single MPA

Natura 2000 and RAMSAR site

2 km²

Main pressures on the environment

 

Eutrophication

Best practices from this site

A business model was adopted in this MPA to ensure nature conservation. A private foundation purchased the area for restoration, which was then designed to reach strictly protected level as it is part of a large Natura 2000 and RAMSAR site.

Contact
 

South Denmark University

Cintia O. Quintana 

cintia@biology.sdu.dk

 

H. Cecilie Petersen

cep@sdu.dk