SER Europe joins People 4 Soil
SER Europe joins People 4 Soil. Soil is a vital, limited, non-renewable and irreplaceable resource: the welfare of current and future generations depends on the health of soils. People 4 Soil is a free and open network of European NGOs, research institutes, farmers associations and environmental groups who want Europe to recognise soil as […]Read More
EU Publication: ecosystem services and biodiversity
EU Publication: ecosystem services and biodiversity Ecosystems provide a multitude of benefits to humanity, from food, clean water and flood protection to cultural heritage and a sense of place, to name but a few. However, many of these benefits, known as ‘ecosystem services’, are under severe threat from man-made pressures. This report explores four core […]Read More
Finland bundles its knowhow of peatland restoration in a handbook.
The handbook Ecological restoration in drained peatlands compiles the Finnish knowhow accumulated over more than 25 years of peatland habitat restoration, together with useful information on peat and the hydrology of peatlands. The handbook is intended for everyone involved in the planning and implementation of active restoration measures in peatlands that have been drained to promote forestry. […]Read More
French restoration experts association ‘REVER’ affiliated with SER Europe
French restoration experts network ‘REVER’ affiliated with SER Europe. For the mutual benefits of both organisations REVER and SER Europe decided to join forces. REVER or “Le Réseau d’échanges et de valorisation en écologie de la Restauration” has pretty much the same goals as SER Europe, but is restricted to France. They organize national conferences […]Read More
New book from SER Europe: Guidelines for native seed production and grassland restoration
New book from SER Europe: Guidelines for native seed production and grassland restoration Edited by Kathrin Kiehl, Anita Kirmer, Nancy Shaw & Sabine Tischew (2014) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 315 pages ISBN 978-1-4438-5900-4 Price: £49.99 World-wide, the degradation and destruction of both natural and traditionally used semi-natural ecosystems is drastically increasing. Unfortunately, commercial seed mixtures, consisting of non-native species […]Read More
SER Europe event: Approaches in Wetland Restoration – focus on fen landscapes
SER Europe event: Approaches in Wetland Restoration – focus on fen landscapes, 21-25/04/2013 (Poland), FULL REPORT hereRead More
Workshop report on ‘Near-natural restoration vs. technical reclamation of mining sites in the Czech Republic’
Restoration of post-mining sites in Czech Republic: English version of Workshop report available here […]Read More
SER2013 Summer School ‘Restoration of Mediterranean ecosystems’
SER2013 Summer School ‘Restoration of Mediterranean ecosystems’: Full report and presentations hereRead More
WIKI tool for river restoration in Europe
NEW: WIKI tool for river restoration in Europe. An interactive source of information on river restoration schemes from around Europe assembled by the RESTORE partnership. Policy makers, river restoration practitioners and other stakeholders now have a new online tool at their disposal, providing them with hundreds of river restoration case studies. The River WIKI database […]Read More