SER-Europe has published a new policy brief on the ecological restoration of Europe’s extractive sites, including quarries, mines, sandpits, spoil heaps, and other landscapes disturbed by mineral and peat extraction. […]Read More
The European Commission wants to hear from us The European Commission has launched a public consultation as part of the “stress test” of the Birds and Habitats Directives, an exercise […]Read More
The European Commission has launched a “stress test” of the Birds and Habitats Directives, the cornerstone of EU nature protection for over 50 years. SER-Europe’s Legal Working Group, representing distinguished […]Read More
The SER-Europe Legal Working Group (LWG) has published a series of six policy briefs exploring the legal and governance implications of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR). The series provides […]Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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