ELP Landscape Restoration Planning Grants
The Endangered Landscapes Program (ELP) is an initiative within the network of SER Europe. ELP provides inspiration for a future in which biodiversity and ecosystem processes are restored to Europe’s degraded lands. Working in partnership with landowners, organizations and local communities, the program supports restoration of large, connected landscapes. ELP main activity is to provide […]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
Europe on the path to the first Nature Restoration Law globally
A long awaited moment arrived this June 22 with the presentation by EU Vice-president Frans Timmermans and Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius of the proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL). This will be a legally binding regulation for all Member States, not a directive but a regulation of direct application when approved. SER Europe […]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
Call for contribution – Special Issue Origin, Conservation, and Restoration of the Threatened European Grassland Ecosystem in the Anthropocene – Frontier in Ecology and Evolution
Call for contribution – Special Issue Origin, Conservation, and Restoration of the Threatened European Grassland Ecosystem in the Anthropocene Frontier in Ecology and Evolution Co-edited by Mahy Grégory, Dutoit Thierry, Kathrin Kiehl, Armin Bischoff, Péter Török Follow this link to contribute. TOPIC: This Research Topic intends to illustrate and synthesize the diversity of ongoing research […]Read More
An Open Letter on the Invasion of Ukraine
Dear SER Europe members, Dear ecological restoration community, At SERE we know about destruction and how difficult it is to recover, when not impossible. Destruction is the option of those who are afraid of the future, and unsure about their capacity to build consensus and provide constructive solutions. We believe in the need to avoid […]Read More