Dear sea lovers,
At the centre of the North Sea lies the Dogger Bank, an undersea nature reserve covering over 25,000 km² and one of the most important ecosystems in Europe. As the nursery of the North Sea, the area is crucial for the biodiversity and health of the marine ecosystem as a whole. But the Dogger Bank is severely damaged, and despite its protected Natura 2000 status, the ecosystem remains under pressure, while large-scale recovery lags behind.
We want to change that.
Since 2025, the Doggerland Foundation and the Embassy of the North Sea have been working together with a coalition of Dutch and international partners on Rewilding Dogger Bank Seascape, an ambitious programme that connects nature restoration, legal cases, art, design, science, lobbying, public imagination and social involvement. It is a joint effort across borders and disciplines, because real change can only be achieved if the underlying worldview culture, values and policy move together. An important part of this programme is an international 21-day sailing expedition to the Dogger Bank and the subsequent Dogger Bank Days in The Hague.
We ask for your support to make this unique combination of ecological restoration research, public mobilization and cultural imagination possible. If together we succeed in giving the heart of one of the busiest seas in the world the time, peace and space it needs to restore itself, Rewilding Dogger Bank Seascape can become a blueprint and source of inspiration for large-scale cross-border ecosystem restoration.
Kind regards,
Doggerland Foundation & Embassy of the North Sea
