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EELF 2025 in Ghent: Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Focus

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The European Environmental Law Forum annual conference took place in Ghent (Belgium) on 10-12 September 2025. TAs the key gathering of European environmental law scholars and practitioners, it offered a […]Read More

SERE’s Legal Working Group opinion on the “Administrative Simplification” consultation by the European Commission is clear

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Cutting red tape cannot come at the cost of weakening environmental protection! 9th September 2025, Brussels – In its response to the European Commission’s consultation on “administrative simplification” in environmental law, […]Read More

SERE’s Comments on the Draft Regulation for National Restoration Plans

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The SERE Legal Working Group (LWG) has provided in-depth feedback on the Draft Regulation for a Uniform Format for National Restoration Plans by the European Commission, emphasizing the need for a strong, science-based, […]Read More

EU Green Deal at a Crossroads: Scientists Sound the Alarm for Immediate Action

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In a moment of environmental urgency, over 1,800 scientists and 30 scientific organisations from across Europe have issued a resounding call to EU policymakers to halt the rollback of the […]Read More

Sign SERE’s co-authored Letter of Concern on the Rollback of EU Green Deal Ambitions

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SERE has co-authored an open letter to express its concern on the rollback of EU Green Deal ambitions. In the letter, the scientific community urges the new EU Commission, Parliament, […]Read More

Call to Action! Scientific Statement on updated EU Water Pollution Standards

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An urgent message from Athénai’s Georges to the Society for Ecological Restoration – Europe network “In June 202, we celebrated that the European Commission announced that the EU’s key water […]Read More

Scientists reprimand EU decision-makers for rolling back the Green Deal and call for responsible decision-making

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In an open letter published on 29 May SERE joins science associations and networks across Europe in criticising European decision-makers for a series of decisions that undermine the EU’s environmental […]Read More

Nature Restoration Law falls victim to short sighted populist decisions

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Brussels, 22/03/2024 – the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER-Europe), a dynamic network of 550 scientists and practitioners across Europe is deeply disappointed by the failure of […]Read More

European Union takes bold and pioneering steps to restore our nature and safeguard the well-being of European citizens

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Brussels, 27/02/2024 – the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER-Europe) applauds the adoption of the EU Regulation on Nature Restoration (Nature Restoration Law, NRL) by the European […]Read More