SER2008 Opening Ceremony
Kris Decleer (INBO), Chair Organising Committee 6th European Conference on Ecological Restoration
Welcome by Norbert Hölzel, Chair of SER Europe
Welcome by Keith Bowers, Vice-chair of SER International
Presentation of a book on the state-of-the-art of ecological restoration in Flanders (Belgium) by Jurgen Tack, Director of INBO
Hilde Crevits, Flemish Minister for Environmental Policy, receives the book out of the hands of the four major partner organisations responsible for ecological restoration in Flanders, with a call to increase efforts for ecological restoration.
Special welcome on behalf of the European Commission by Ladislav Miko, Director of Directorate B of DG Environment