Join on 06 June at 18:00-19:30 CEST the SER Europe (SERE) Legal Working Group for a discussion on the European Union (EU) Nature Restoration Law (NRL). In June 2022, the European Commission proposed a Nature Restoration Law, which is currently being discussed in the European Parliament and the EU Council. This important legal proposal is […]Read More

Final results of the TRAIN#ER Project “Training Needs in Ecological Restoration ER”
TRAIN#ER take-home messages 1- Improved cooperation within European and national networks is most important to broaden and 2 – Strengthen opportunities and outcomes in ER education. 3 – Tailored learning materials on ER topics are necessary to improve ER training in education. 4 – Internet platforms are useful to facilitate access to relevant ER materials […]Read More

A SER Europe member view on the ground of COP15
Our member Rory Canavan just returned to the UK after the end of COP15 kindly shares with all of us a brief reflection on the event with a restoration insight: On the 19th December 2022, 192 countries in Montreal, agreed to halt and reverse the decline of nature by 2030. The current and ongoing devastating […]Read More

Achieving the European Green Deal through Landscape Restoration: Policy Recommendations for the European Commission
SER Europe has engaged with Commonland the Landscape Finance Lab, as well as 18 other contributors, in a policy briefing offering guidance to EU institutions and Member States on why and how to leverage holistic landscape restoration to substantially, effectively, and efficiently deliver the European Green Deal (EGD). This is the joint news release on the […]Read More

European Open Rivers Programme Call for Expressions of Interest – River Restoration, open to 9.12.2022
The European Open Rivers Programme invites Expressions of Interest (EoI) for project submissions for dam removal preparatory and demolition projects under grant categories A1, A2, A3 and B. The programme also invites Proposals for project submissions that fall under grant categories A4 and C. The applications must be submitted online via the programme’s application portal […]Read More

TRAIN#ER Project to improve training in the growing field of Ecological Restoration
TRAIN#ER is an Erasmus + Project to identify training needs in Ecological Restoration in Europe Have you ever seen an eroded slope, a river full of concrete, a drained peat bog, a forest full of invasive trees or a seabed with no life? Those are degraded ecosystems, and the science and the practice of Ecological […]Read More

#SERE2022 UPDATE: Conference Declaration on the European Comission proposal for a Regulation on Nature Restoration
UPDATE 26.9.22 #SERE2022 Declaration on the European Comission proposal for a Regulation on Nature Restoration The 2022 Declaration is now available with updated supports here. +300 Experts and +200 Speakers from around the world will meet in Alicante to address the European challenges of ecological restoration The XIII European Conference on Ecological Restoration #SERE2022 […]Read More

TRAIN#ER Project is launching the Survey to capture training needs in Ecological Restoration (ER)
Help us improve Training in Ecological Restoration and answer the Survey! The survey is completely anonymous and the profile questions are only proposed to differentiate responses by different groups. Answer the survey here (it will take you approximately 15 minutes): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3QQRTN5 Thank you for your contribution! The Survey is one of the central activities of […]Read More
SER Europe designated as member of the EU Biodiversity Platform
In the open selection process held earlier this year SER Europe presented candidature to become member of the EU Biodiversity Platform (EUBP), the new advising body to the Commission on the implementation of EU biodiversity policy, with an updated membership and mandate in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. SERE is one of […]Read More

Ecological Restoration at Natura 2000 EU Ministerial Conference: Strasbourg Declaration on Biodiversity Protection.
SER Europe Policy Liaision Kris Decleer has been an active participant at the two day high-level Conference for the 30 Anniversay of the Natura 2000 network, held in Strasbourg on February 24-25, on behalf of the EU French Presidency. The Declaration Scientists in Support for an Ambitious European Nature Restoration Law, together with the recent […]Read More