Project Type

Infographic

Client

Client

The North Sea Foundation

A healthy North Sea starts with effective nature protection

An infographic that exposes the gap between protection on paper and in practice – and maps the route to a healthy North Sea by 2040

The North Sea Foundation works towards a healthy and resilient North Sea. Although 28% of the Dutch North Sea is formally protected under EU directives, harmful activities such as bottom-trawling are still permitted in practice. This gap needed to be communicated clearly and compellingly.

From protected on paper to effectively protected.

The infographic reduces a complex policy topic to one clear image: the problem (>90% of underwater habitats in very poor condition), the causes (fishing, sand extraction, shipping), and the solution (a step-by-step path to 30% effective protection by 2040). Ecosystem illustrations and a clear timeline make both the urgency and the way forward immediately visible.