Fall 2023
Quebec City Declaration – United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The full declaration is available here / La déclaration complète (en anglais seulement) est disponible ici
Plant community and diversity for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Following the very productive conference that was Quebec RE3, we are pleased to invite you to submit your manuscript. Botany has just launched this call for the Special issue entitled “ Plant community and diversity for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”.
Pour donner suite à la conférence très productive qu’a été Québec RE3, nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à soumettre votre manuscrit. Botany vient de lancer cet appel pour le numéro spécial intitulé “Plant community and diversity for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration“.
Full details and procedure available here / Tous les détails et procédure disponible ici
Summer 2023
Québec RE3 Conference: “From Reclaiming to Restoring and Rewilding”
June 11-15, 2023
The Organizing Committee is proud to host a joint conference between the Society for Ecological Restoration – Eastern Canada (SER-EC) and the Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA) from June 11th to 15th, 2023, at the third year of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). We are also excited to cooperate with the Ontario chapter of SER (SER-O), the Canadian chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientist (SWS Canada), the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) and the International Peatland Society (IPS) to provide an enlarged scientific and field program.
The proposed theme of the conference for 2023 is “From Reclaiming to Restoring and Rewilding”. It aims to stimulate discussions about the range of environmental management approaches advocated by the hosting societies. Reclaiming is recognized and practiced by many industries, including mining and petrol extraction. Restoring is recognized most broadly around the world, and has been the main focus of SER. Rewilding, or bringing back to nature, allows us to dream. These terms also imply ideas of industry, science, practice, society and imagination. They run from the practical to the creative.
Since 2000, economic development and climate change have accelerated in temperate, boreal and arctic regions of North America, and nature-based mitigation solutions, including ecological restoration, are in full expansion. As the boreal biome comprises close to 20% of wetlands in North America, we believe it is important to bring together, experts from SWS Canada and IPS to join members from CLRA and SER, for stimulating exchanges of knowledge, best practices and new ideas. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for all members, whether academic, private-sector or governmental stakeholders, to interact and to present the latest developments for reclaiming, restoring or rewilding diverse ecosystems, and to promote the understanding, the science-based management and the sustainability of organic soils use (wetlands, peatlands) in agriculture and soilless cultivation.
The conference will be held in English. Original contributions may be in the form of plenary, roundtable, oral or poster presentations, with a number of parallel sessions dedicated to specific topics. The abstracts of each presentation by one of the authors will appear in the conference proceedings.
You can subscribe to the RE3 Conference Newsletter at: https://www.re3-quebec.org/en
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La Société pour la restauration écologique -Est du Canada (SER-EC) est fière d’annoncer une conférence conjointe avec l’Association canadienne de réhabilitation des sites dégradés (ACRSD/CLRA) du 11 au 15 juin 2023, à l’occasion de la troisième année de la Décennie des Nations Unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes (2021-2030). Nous sommes également ravis de coopérer avec la section ontarienne de SER (SER-O), la section canadienne de la Society of Wetland Scientist (SWS Canada), l’International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) et l’International Peatland Society (IPS) pour fournir un vaste programme scientifique et d’excursions.
Le thème proposé pour la conférence de 2023 est « De la réhabilitation à la restauration à l’ensauvagement ». Il vise à stimuler les discussions sur l’évolution des approches de gestion préconisées par les sociétés hôtes. La réhabilitation est reconnue et pratiquée par de nombreuses industries, y compris celles de l’extraction minière et pétrolière. La restauration est davantage reconnue dans le monde entier et est au centre des préoccupations de la SER. L’ensauvagement, ou le retour à la nature, nous permet de rêver.
La conférence offrira une excellente occasion à tous les participants, qu’ils soient du monde universitaire ou qu’ils proviennent d’organismes privés ou gouvernementaux, d’interagir et de présenter les derniers développements en matière de réhabilitation, de restauration et d’ensauvagement pour divers écosystèmes, et de promouvoir la compréhension, la gestion scientifique et la durabilité de l’utilisation des sols organiques (zones humides, tourbières) en agriculture et en production hors-sol.
Vous pouvez vous abonner à l’infolettre du congrès RE3 au : https://www.re3-quebec.org/fr
Spring 2022
Title : Science Symposium PERG (Peatland Ecology Research Group) & SER-Eastern Canada
Hybrid Mode: April 6th and 7th, 2022, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC (for more information: www.gret-serec-symposium.com)
This scientific symposium will bring together for the first time the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) and the SER-EC, i.e., the new chapter for Eastern Canada from the Society for Ecological Restoration. This event, which will take place at Université Laval in Quebec City (in hybrid mode), will focus on the restoration and management of disturbed peatlands, as well as the restoration and reclamation of other types of environments and ecosystems. It is now time to submit your abstract for the Science Symposium PERG & SER-EC. The Call for abstract will be opened till March 7, 2022. All abstracts must be submitted through the online form on the website: www.gret-serec-symposium.com. Registration is also open, till March 15, 2022. It will be possible to stay in the Université Laval residences, more information to come on the website.
