12th SERE Conference Announcement
The 12th SERE Conference, planned in Alicante in September 2020, is now being re-designed as an on-line Conference for 2021. Details will be available on this website soon.
Our contribution to the EU nature restoration targets
SERE has submitted a feedback position document on the “Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets under EU biodiversity strategy” Roadmap on the open consultation period. Partner organisations, EFIB, CIREF, REVER, REAEET and SPECO have jointly signed the document with SERE. This consultation is on the framework of the new EU Bidioversity Strategy 2030, and towards the […]Read More
6-11 July 2020: SER Summerschool in Brittanny (F) on monitoring restoration success of coastal ecosystems
More information, program and registration: https://sersummer19.sciencesconf.org/ Covid19 disclaimer: Decision on possible postponing of the Summerschool due to Covid19 will be taken in May. Of course, no payment of registration fee will be requested before the final confirmation of the event.Read More
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is Everyone’s Responsibility- Call to action by 8th World Conference
Cape Town, South Africa, 28 September 2019: Delegates at the 8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration have expressed their unanimous support for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030 with a call to action: ‘One earth, one future, one chance.’ At the conference, more than 850 knowledge holders from 68 countries shared […]Read More
Second edition of the International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA—Concurrent with this week’s call to action on climate at the United Nations and around the world, today the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) and partners released the second edition of the International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration. Introduced in 2016, the Standards establish norms to guide the development and […]Read More
Portuguese Network for Ecological Restoration affiliated with SER Europe
Rede Portuguesa de Restauro Ecológico. The Portuguese Network for Ecological Restoration was created in 2019 and made official on 2nd August 2019, by signing a memorandum of understanding between the Society for Ecological Restoration Europe and the Portuguese Society of Ecology – SPECO (http://www.speco.pt/pt/), at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, at the […]Read More
CIEEM (the UK Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management) affiliated with SER Europe
The UK Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management is now affiliated with SER Europe. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in July. CIEEM promotes the highest standards of practice for the benefit of nature and society in the UK. This agreement will allow for reciprocal supporting, promoting and diffusing of SER Europe and CIEEM […]Read More
German Restoration Network affiliated with SER Europe
German Restoration Network affiliated with SER Europe. During their fourth network meeting on 26th of June 2019, the Memorandum of Understanding between the “Netzwerk Renaturierung – German Restoration Network” (GRN) and the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration for obtaining affiliated membership status was signed. The network meeting was organised in cooperation with […]Read More
Priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe workshop
Fragmentation and loss of habitat have been identified as key factors hampering biodiversity conservation in Europe. Experts are currently gathering at a two-day workshop hosted at the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge to focus on identifying key knowledge gaps for restoration that creates connected landscapes, rich in biodiversity and resilient to climate change. Priority questions […]Read More
SER Europe ‘friend of Eurosite’
On 3 October SER Europe signed a collaboration agreement with Eurosite. Eurosite is the European network of nature management practitioners. More info: http://eurosite.org/eurosite-news/new-friend-eurosite-ser-europe/Read More
Get acquainted with the Landcare project
Get acquainted with the Landcare project LANDCARE “Land Degradation and Rehabilitation in Mediterranean Environments” is an international project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2015-2018). The overall objective of LANDCARE is to improve training capacities in relation to Land Degradation and Rehabilitation (LD&R) in Southern Europe, in order to fulfil the demands […]Read More