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Nature Correspondance: EU Nature Restoration Law needs ambitious and binding targets

Today’s (Volume 601 Issue 7892, 13 January 2022) issue of Nature published a correspondence by SER Europe representatives Kris Decleer, Jordi Cortina-Segarra and Aveliina Helm to bring attention to SERE Declaration. The letter states that EU Nature Restoration Law needs ambitious and binding targets: EU Nature Restoration Law needs binding...Read More

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Restore in 2022 – With Best wishes for the New Year!

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Press Release: 1329 scientists and experts + 30 networks and associations in support of SERE Declaration for an Ambitious EU Nature Restoration Law

Today 10 of December SER Europe, together with an supporting organisations and individuals announce the strong support received towards the Declaration for an Ambitious EU Restoration Law. Read the press release. Visit the updated Declaration page. Watch the Video-statement by Jordi Cortina-Segarra, SER Europe Chair. [vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/655050282″] Read More

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SER Europe High level meeting with Commissioners Cabinets on the upcoming EU Nature Restoration Law

This past December 1st a representation of SERE (Jordi Cortina-Segarra, Chair; Kris Decleer, Treasurer and EC liasion; Aveliina Helm, Board member at large) met with Mr. Andrea Vettori and Ms. Helena Brown, representatives of the Cabinets of the European Commissioners Frans Timmermans (VicePresident – European Green Deal) and Virginijus Sinkevičius...Read More

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Open Rivers Programme – Call for Expressions of Interest on River Restoration

The Open Rivers Programme envisions a future of free-flowing rivers with healthy, diverse and connected ecosystems across Europe, which are enjoyed, valued, and protected by the communities that depend on them. To realize this vision, the programme offers grants to support projects that lead to the removal of dams and...Read More

SER Europe receives a SER Partnership Fund Grant to Build Membership for “500EERs Campaign”

SER Global recently announced the recipients of the 2021 Partnership Fund grant awards. This annual competitive grant program established in October 2018, is funded by a portion of membership dues across most membership types and awards grants to chapters and thematic sections for member-driven programs that fulfill SER’s mission of...Read More

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The Open Rivers Programme: Support to dam removal projects and restore thousands of km of rivers across Europe

The Open Rivers Programme has been launched, thanks to a €42.5 million grant over six years from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. The mission of the Open Rivers Programme is to restore endangered European rivers by supporting interventions that lead to the removal of dams...Read More

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Rising subscription to the Declaration “Scientists in Support for an Ambitious EU Nature Restoration Law”

The Declaration Sicentists in support for an ambitious European Nature Restoration Law was agreed as a main output of SERE2021 Conference, held on-line and coordinated from Alicante University, earlier this September. The Declaration is now gaining momentum with 780 subscribers (as of 1.10.2021) and the support of several institutions and...Read More

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Experts from around the world address the challenges of ecological restoration at the University of Alicante #SERE2021

The XII European Conference on Ecological Restoration will be held online at the UA between September 7th and 10th The meeting coincides with the discussion about a future European Restoration Law that the European Commission is developing within the framework of the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Alicante (Spain) Monday,...Read More

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Opinion article: “Better monitoring of the benefits of ecosystem restoration in Europe is urgently needed”, By Holly Brooks (UNEP-WCMC) and Nancy Ockendon (Endangered Landscapes Programme)

Better monitoring of the benefits of ecosystem restoration in Europe is urgently needed Summary: Despite growing awareness of the importance of ecosystem restoration and its potential to deliver benefits for nature and people, a recent review by UNEP-WCMC, the Endangered Landscapes Programme and BirdLife Europe and Central Asia found a...Read More