Green infrastructure in the oceans

Based on our scenarios, we evaluated the potential and limitations of various legal planning and nature conservation instruments to achieve the goal of preserving and developing a marine green infrastructure. We further suggest how these instruments can be developed and adapted to ensure that knowledge and understanding of marine green infrastructure can be integrated into national, regional, and local decision-making. The results of our case studies show that to assess and integrate cumulative effects of different pressures, geographically defined information on both activities and nature values is needed, as well as legal measures that ensure a landscape perspective in planning, decision-making and management.