SER-Europe Chapter

Lisboa, Portugal: International workshop (co-organized by SER Europe) 'Training in Land Degradation and Rehabilitation - Current Challenges and New Educational Resources'
2017-10-26 - 2017-10-27
More info:
http://www.ibader.gal/seccion/536/International-Workshop-2017-Lisboa.html

UK, Kew Gardens: NASSTEC International Conference Seed Quality of Native Species – Ecology, Production & Policy
2017-09-25 - 2017-09-29
NASSTEC International Conference
Seed Quality of Native Species – Ecology, Production & Policy
Have a look at it by clicking here NASSTEC International Conference Programme.
In the same page you can also find the Registration Form.
REGISTRATION IS FREE!
Deadline for abstract submission: June 30, 2017
Deadline for registration: July 31, 2017

Lund, Sweden, 3rd Restoring Forest Conference
2017-09-12 - 2017-09-14
More information: Regeneration and Ecosystem Function for the Future
Organised by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and IUFRO

7th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
2017-08-27 - 2017-09-01

Riga (Latvia), 14th Eurasian Grassland Conference
2017-07-04 - 2017-07-11
We invite you to register and submit abstracts for talks and poster via the website http://www.edgg.org/conference_2017.html
Please be aware that registration deadline is 30 April 2017.

12th SWS Europe Chapter Meeting, Faro, Portugal
2017-05-04 - 2017-05-07
Sustainable Management of Wetlands: exploring novel approaches for water management, biodiversity conservation, restoration, pollution control and climate change.

3rd ALTER-Net Conference on Nature and society: synergies, conflicts, trade-offs, Ghent, Belgium
2017-05-02 - 2017-05-05
Nature and society: synergies, conflicts, trade-offs
2-5 May 2017
Ghent, Belgium

The 3rd ALTER-Net international conference will take place from 2-5 May 2017. We are again organizing the conference in the beautiful city of Ghent (Belgium). The meeting is entitled Nature and society: synergies, conflicts, trade-offs. Preliminary details are available on the ALTER-Net website:
http://www.alter-net.info/outputs/conf-2017
With this email, we wish to remind you on the call for proposals. We are looking for your suggestions for talks, sessions and posters. The closing date for submissions is 20 January 2017.

8th Annual Meeting French Restoration Network, Arras, France
2017-03-08 - 2017-03-09
The French restoration network is having its 8th annual meeting in northern France (Arras) on March 8th and 9th 2017.
All information: https://rever8.sciencesconf.org/

Romania, Sighişoara, EGC 2016: 13th Eurasian Grassland Conference
2016-09-20 - 2016-09-24
Theme of EGC 2016: Management and Conservation of Semi-Natural Grasslands: from Theory to Practice
More info: http://www.edgg.org/conference_2016.html
Registration deadline 31 May 2016

France, Peyresq, ALTER-Net Summer School
2016-09-07 - 2016-09-17
This 11th ALTER-Net Summer School will be held from 7-17 September 2015,in the beautiful village of Peyresq, France, location of our previous highly-regarded Summer Schools. Theme of the Summer School: “Biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable management of socio-ecosystems“.
The ALTER-Net Summer School is open to young graduate and post-graduate scientists from both within and outside the ALTER-Net network partners, as well as young professionals in related fields. The aim of the Summer School is to create an environment for studying the challenges relating to biodiversity and natural resources in an inter- and trans-disciplinary way.
You can find more information on the Summer School website, including the programme, and you can access the registration form directly. Please contact Marie Vanderwalle (marie.vandewalle [at] ufz.de) if you have any questions.

France, Montpellier, EcoSummit 2016, Ecological Sustainability: Engineering Change (organized in association with SER)
2016-08-29 - 2016-09-01
The 5th International EcoSummit Congress, EcoSummit 2016 – Ecological Sustainability: Engineering Change, will take place at The Corum Convention Centre, Montpellier from 29 August – 1 September 2016. This conference series was founded in 1996 in Copenhagen, as a forum to meet the demands of scientists working in several new ecological disciplines, and who required a better understanding of the concepts and methods for a holistic use of ecology in environmental management. Since 1996, EcoSummit has been taken around the world (Canada and China), with EcoSummit 2012 hosting 1600 participants from 75 countries in Columbus, Ohio, USA.EcoSummit 2016 will centre on the ecology of terrestrial ecosystems and all habitats that are integrated within those ecosystems, including river networks, wetlands and coastlines. Focus will be placed on fragile ecosystems that are more likely to suffer the consequences of climate change and anthropogenic pressure. However, in the current context of an increasing world population, changes in social habit (increasing world consumerism) and climate change, it is evident that agriculture is being intensified but with a growing awareness of the need to preserve and use sustainably world resources. Therefore, we will also address how terrestrial restoration can be carried out when the massive demand for food results in fragile ecosystems, forests and marginal lands being turned over to agriculture. The central and fundamental topics of EcoSummit 2016 are as follows:
Topics

Agro-ecology
Anthropogenic pressure
Arid lands and desertification
Biodiversity and biological conservation
Biological invasions
Climate change
Disturbance ecology
Ecohydrology
Ecological complexity
Ecological economics
Ecological engineering
Ecological indicators
Ecological intensification
Ecological modelling
Ecosystem creation and restoration
Ecosystem health
Ecosystem services
Ecotoxicology
Environmental policy
Fragile ecosystems and hotspot management
Integrating socio-economics and ecology
Sustainability and resilience
Watershed/River catchment management

Belgium, Antwerp, Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back
2016-07-05 - 2016-07-09 | De Meerminne, Sint-Jacobstraat 2 2000 Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
more info: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/estuarine-restoration/

Welcome to ECSA’s local meeting on ‘Estuarine restoration : from theory to practice and back’ which will be held from 5-9 July 2016 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Scope

For centuries, estuaries have been impacted by habitat reclamation, pollution, hydrological alterations and dredging among many other human uses leading to a large loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. It is only recently that estuarine restoration became a hot topic and now many restoration projects are implemented worldwide.
The Schelde estuary situated in the north of Flanders and the south of the Netherlands is a typical example of this development. More than 150.000 ha of intertidal area was reclaimed over the last 1000 years and in the 20th century a large part of the estuary was anoxic for most of the year. Major waste water treatment and restoration works have taken place resulting in the improvement of the water quality and the recovery of the estuarine food web. Habitat restoration takes place at a large scale and range from vegetation management to managed retreat. In total more than 4000 ha of natural habitat will be restored. New techniques like flood control areas with controlled reduced tide were developed and implemented. The major project, the Kruibeke Bazel Rupelmonde flood control area, in total some 700 ha, becomes operational at the end of 2015 resulting in more than 300 ha of new tidal marshes.
To celebrate this event, the University of Antwerp (together with other local partners, universities and institutes) is organising an ECSA Local Meeting on estuarine restoration. The aim of the meeting is to bring together scientists and practitioners from all over the world to exchange ideas and discuss the field of estuarine restoration.
Major topics dealt with during the conference are:

Setting the objectives of restoration
What measure is fit for which objective?
Evaluation of restoration measures: are the objectives achieved?
Ecosystem services: a driving force for future restoration?
Planning for estuarine restoration
The role of environmental legislation as a driver for restoration

The conference will bring together both scientists and practitioners and result in new insights in the important field of estuarine restoration and lead to guidelines and concepts for further estuarine restoration projects.

Germany, Potsdam, Wetland Science and Society: knowledge transfer, conservation conflicts and restoration management
2016-05-17 - 2016-05-20 | Unnamed Venue, Potsdam, Germany
SWS meeting European Chapter 2016 /Potsdam /Germany /17-20 May
“Wetland Science and Society: knowledge transfer, conservation conflicts and restoration management”

Dear Colleagues,
We warmly invite you to the upcoming 11th annual European Chapter meeting of the Society of Wetlands Scientists (SWS) (http://www.sws.org/europe-chapter).
The meeting will be held in Potsdam near Berlin, Germany, 17-20 May 2016 and is being organized by the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in cooperation with the German peat Society DGMT and the Naturschutzfonds Brandenburg (the meeting website will be available in September 2015).

The meeting will be an opportunity to provide new perspectives on:
1) Strategies on how wetland science can be effectively implemented in practice (“knowledge transfer”)
2) Approaches to harmonizing wetland functions and economic interests (“conservation conflicts”)
3) Utilization of wetlands for mitigation of water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity (“restoration management”)

SWS want to encourage people of all branches of wetland science and practice, and especially those with a focus on European wetland issues, to participate, including: Biologists, Local Government Officials & Decision-Makers, Consultants, Conservationists, Ecologists, Educators, Environmental Consultants, Scientists, and Managers, Foresters, Graduate Students, Hydrologists etc.

The meeting will include parallel oral sessions, poster presentations and field excursions in to biosphere reserve SpreeForest and managed wetland sites from EU Life projects. The number of participants is limited to 120 people on a first come-first served basis.

The deadline for abstract submission will be February 23, 2016.

Feel free to pass this information on to colleagues who might be interested.

With kind regards,

Dominik Zak and Jörg Gelbrecht

on behalf of the president of SWS Europe
Prof. Jos Verhoeven (The Netherlands)

Belgium, Brussels, Workshop 'Dynamic management of biodiversity in active quarries'
2016-05-04 09:30 - 16:30 UTC
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France, Bordeaux, REVER 7 workshops on ecological restoration
2016-01-19 - 2016-01-20 | Bordeaux, France
More information: http://rever2016.sciencesconf.org/

2nd Int. Conference on integrative sciences and sustainable development of RIVERS, Lyon, France (in partnership with SER Europe)
2015-06-22 - 2015-06-26 | Lyon, France
Integrative sciences and sustainable development of RIVERS
2nd International conference, in partnership with SER Europe

The international conference IS.Rivers focuses on the sustainable management of the world’s rivers, especially European ones.
The IS.Rivers conference concentrates on the state of art management strategies and lessons learned from individual case studies.
Particular consideration is given to the integration of physical, ecological and social perspectives of the different stakeholders involved in river management (governance, economy, culture), which is reflected in the title of the conference (“Integrative Sciences for rivers”).
More info: http://www.graie.org/ISRivers/a_index.htm

Registrations are now open. Reduced fee for SER Europe members !

14th European Heathlands Workshop, Poland
2015-06-21 - 2015-06-27 | Toruń, Poland
more info: http://www.heathlands2015.umk.pl/

SER-Europe workshop: Developing and using donor site registers for near-natural re-vegetation, Bernburg, Germany
2015-06-02 - 2015-06-03
The working group of Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew organizes a workshop at the Strenzfeld Campus of the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Bernburg/Germany. Within these two days, you have the opportunity to hear about the use of directly harvested seed material in restoration and re-vegetation in different federal states in Germany. During field trips we will show you successfully restored species-rich flower strips, field margins and grasslands in Saxony-Anhalt. The workshop will be held in German language. The workshop will be held under the auspices of SER Europe.

The aim of the workshop is to remove uncertainties regarding the utilization of donor site registers and the use of seed material from autochthonous wild plants in restoration and re-vegetation projects. Based on specific examples, participants can discuss typical problems and questions and will be presented with possible solutions. We also welcome suggestions to optimize our donor site register and our information system of nature-oriented restoration measures (www. spenderflaechenkataster.de).

More info about the workshop here.
Visit us:
– if you are involved in planning, implementation and evaluation of re-vegetation, restoration and compensation measures;
– if you are planning to establish perennial flower strips or to improve your field margins;
– if you want to establish species-rich grassland or improve your species-poor grasslands.
We cordially invite you to attend our workshop for exciting discussions and networking:

Seed harvesting with a combine harvester on a species-rich lowland hay meadow.
Photo: Konstanze May, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

Green hay variant in the mined site Roßbach (Geiseltal lignite mining district Saxony-Anhalt) in June 2013, 13 years after implementation. Dry grassland vegetation, Centaurea scabiosa with Zygaena loti.
Photo: Anita Kirmer, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences

12th European Dry Grassland Meeting, Mainz, Germany
2015-05-22 - 2015-05-27 | Mainz, Germany
12th European Dry Grassland Meeting, Mainz, Germany
FROM POPULATION BIOLOGY TO COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
Place: Mainz, Germany
Time: 22-27 May 2015
Palearctic dry grasslands have a long tradition of community analysis and description, leading to a detailed picture of these habitats, especially in Central Europe. In contrast, research on the biology of species and populations, such as pollination biology, dispersal ecology, demography or population genetics, is expanding rapidly. The connection between the two scientific disciplines is often weak although, actually, populations are part of communities and communities consist out of populations. We will therefore focus on this connection between population biology and community ecology for all dry grassland biota (invertebrates, vertebrates, non-vascular plants, vascular plants, fungi and lichens) as the overall topic of the next EDGM.
Specific topics of the conference:
– Population biology of dry grassland species
– Diversity and community ecology of dry grasslands
– Management and conservation of dry grasslands
– Socio-cultural aspects of dry grasslands
The European Dry Grassland Meetings are organised annually by the European Dry Grassland Group (EDGG, http://www.edgg.org), a network of dry grassland/steppe researchers and conservationists from all disciplines. EDGG is affiliated with the IAVS (International Association for Vegetation Science) as a Working Group as well as with the EFNCP (European Federation for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism), and membership is free of charge.

Registration and deadlines: The conference webpage will open in autumn 2014. Deadline for abstracts is planned for February 2015.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Mainz, Germany!
More info: EDGM 2015_1st call-flyer

4th Iberoamerican and Caribbean Congress on Restoration Ecology (in partnership with SER)
2015-04-12 - 2015-04-16 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Conference website: http://siacre2015.wix.com/congreso
Contact: siacre.2015@maimonides.edu

1th European Land Stewardship Congress, Barcelona, Spain (in partnership with SER Europe)
2014-11-05 - 2014-11-08 | Barcelona, Spain
More info here

6th European River Restoration Conference
2014-10-27 - 2014-10-29 | Vienna, Austria
More info: www.errc2014.eu

CEEWEB Academy on Green Infrastructure - Preserving our natural capital: Policy and Practice
2014-10-06 - 2014-10-07 | Budapest, Hungary
We are pleased to invite you to CEEweb for Biodiversity’s upcoming event ‘CEEWEB ACADEMY ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE – PRESERVING OUR NATURAL CAPITAL: POLICY AND PRACTICE’ on 6-7 October 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.

Green Infrastructure is a holistic tool to tackle habitat loss while
contributing to smart and sustainable socio-economic growth. It
provides us with solutions for a better quality environment, a
healthier society and a more prosperous economy.

Green Infrastructure is especially important to the European Union due
to its potential to help us preserve and enhance ecosystem services
and adapt to climate change in a multi-stakeholder setting.

Under Target 2 of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, the EU committed
itself to deploy green infrastructure and restore a minimum of 15% of
Europe’s degraded ecosystems. With this year’s CEEweb Academy we would
like to draw attention to GI policy, its implementation and the
possibilities for cross-sectorial cooperation.

The Academy aims to bring together public officers, policy makers,
non-governmental organizations and personalities from the academic
world to share and discuss experience and inspire new ways of thinking
for a more efficient preservation of our natural capital in Central
and Eastern Europe in light of the most recent EU initiatives.

The conference will consist of three blocks of presentations on key
topics (GI spatial integration, GI at various scales and GI sectorial
integration) followed by both group and panel discussion.
agenda of the event: CEEweb_Academy_Green Infrastructure_Agenda_6-7_Oct_Budapest
You can find the registration sheet on the event’s website:
http://www.ceeweb.org/event/ceeweb-academy-on-green-infrastructure/
We look forward to welcoming you at the event!

SER2014: 9th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Oulu (Finland)
2014-08-03 - 2014-08-08 | Oulu, Finland
Theme of the SER2014 conference: Restoration of Ecosystem Services.
The conference aims at creating a close link between restoration and land use policies. Ecological, economic and socio-cultural values of restoration will be discussed.
Pre-Conference excursions to Western Lapland (surroundings of Pallas-Yllästunturi national park)
Post-Conference trip to the Russian border (surroundings of Oulanka national park)
More information :
Conference website: http://www.SER2014.org/
Conference secretariat: info@SER2014.org
Contact info: anne.tolvanen@metla.fi
Main organizer: Finnish Forest Research Institute.
Co-organizers: University of Oulu and Metsähallitus.

Congress on the Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils, Vigo, Spain
2014-07-29 - 2014-07-30 | Vigo, Spain
More information: http://webs.uvigo.es/phytorem.congress/index.html

11th European Dry Grassland Meeting, Tula, Russia
2014-06-05 - 2014-06-15 | Tula, Russian Federation
11th European Dry Grassland Meeting
European Steppes and Semi-natural Dry Grasslands: Ecology, Transformation and Restoration
5-15th June 2014
Tula, Russia
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More information: http://www.edgg.org/edgg_meeting_2014.html

SER 2013 World Conference on Ecological Restoration
2013-10-06 - 2013-10-11 | Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, WI, United States
SER 2013 World Conference on Ecological Restoration: Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) is pleased to announce the SER2013 World Conference on Ecological Restoration: Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future, to be held October 6-11, 2013 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. SER2013 is the Society’s 5th World Conference and marks the 25th Anniversary of SER’s founding here in Madison in 1988.
SER2013 will bring together an estimated 1,500 attendees from around the world interested in the science and practice of ecological restoration as it relates to natural resource management, climate change, biodiversity conservation, environmental policy and sustainable livelihoods. The 4-day scientific program will feature numerous symposia covering a wide range of topics, as well as prominent keynote and plenary speakers, training courses, field trips, and more.
Local partners include the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, and the International Crane Foundation.
Visit the conference website to learn more.

International conference "Open Landscapes 2013: Ecology, Management and Nature Conservation", Hildesheim (Germany), in cooperation with SER Europe
2013-09-29 - 2013-10-03 | University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
International conference in cooperation with SER Europe and the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) Lower Saxony.
Open Landscapes 2013 will bring together researchers from all over the world that have a focus on open landscape habitats. The conference will cover a wide range of topics including ecological pattern and processes in undisturbed and disturbed ecosystems; consequences of global change for biodiversity and/or ecosystem services; plant-animal relationships; tools and targets for ecosystem restoration and innovative strategies for nature conservation. The focus will be given to all kinds of open landscapes including wetlands, coastal ecosystems, grasslands, wood-pastures, mountain ecosystems, agricultural landscapes and other open habitats.
The opening plenary session will be given by Paul Keddy. Other keynote speakers include Roland Bobbink, Michael Kleyer, Jan Lepš, Iris Möller and Osvalo Sala.
For more information, please visit www.open-landscapes2013.de. Deadline for early registration and abstract submission is May 19, 2013.
Sessions cover topics such as:

The role of expansive native and invasive alien plants in the functioning of intact, degraded and restored freshwater wetlands
Climate change and mitigation in coastal ecosystems
Future challenges for the conservation and restoration of river landscapes
Conservation and restoration of grassland biodiversity at multiple scales
Fragmentation and management of calcareous grasslands
Global change impacts on European heathland ecosystems
The role of megaherbivores for open landscapes in Europe
Rewilding as tool and target in the management of open landscapes
Global change and nature conservation of open landscapes
Nutrient deposition into open landscapes
Ecology and conservation of open landscape habitats in Madagascar
Long-term sustainability of dynamic open habitats as biodiversity hotspots
Grazing effects on biodiversity and/or ecosystem services
Ecology and management of high mountain ecosystems
European wood-pastures in transition
Openness in temperate and Mediterranean forests
Importance of semi-natural habitats for ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
Biodiversity, structure and management of arable fields across Europe
Target species introduction for improving the conservation status of Natura 2000 grasslands and evaluation of restoration success

Mine Closure 2013, Eden project, Cornwall (UK)
2013-09-14 - 2013-09-22
8th International Conference on Mine Closure
Mine Closure 2013 brings together industry experts from around the world to provide opportunities for networking, presenting research findings, and sharing best practice around minimising the environmental and social impacts of mine closure.
The conference is hosted by the Eden Project, a visitor attraction, educational charity and regenerated clay pit situated within the breath-taking landscape of the UK’s Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.
The programme – designed for professionals, from engineers to community engagement practitioners – incorporates three days of conference sessions as well as a weeklong schedule of related workshops and field trips within the county.
Mine Closure 2013 is part of the international series of conferences founded by The Australian Centre for Geomechanics. We are working with Cranfield University as our academic co-host.
More information: http://www.mineclosure2013.com/

5th European River Restoration Conference, Vienna (Austria)
2013-09-11 - 2013-09-13 | Vienna, Austria
The 5th European River Restoration Conference (ERRC) will take place 11-13 September 2013 in Vienna, Austria.
This event will focus on how the gathering and transfer of knowledge has benefited the practical work of those involved in river restoration during the course of the project. In particular we will discuss the ways to communicate river restoration.
The event will include a presentation of work, networking events, site visit and post conference report. The announcement of the first European river prize will be held inassociation with the conference.
More info: 5th European River Restoration Conference
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