RESTORE4Cs will participate in the 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE 2024), held from 26 to 30 August 2024, in Tartu, Estonia. SERE 2024 is an international conference organised by the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), taking place in Europe every two years (see here). During the last week of…
RESTORE4Cs will attend the 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB 2024) from 17 to 21 June 2024, in Bologna, Italy. The 7th ECCB will focus on biodiversity positive by 2030. This theme presents a positive message and a call to action towards the conservation of our planet’s biodiversity. Despite the challenges faced in preserving the natural…
The 4th RESTORE4Cs General Assembly was held in Valencia, Spain, on 27-30 May 2024 and was hosted by the University of Valencia | The Limnology Research Group of the Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. The first day began with a warm welcome from Prof. Joaquin Baixeras, the director of the Cavanilles Institute for…
All major European Union policies recognise the key role of wetlands to achieve the EU objectives regarding climate neutrality, biodiversity protection, zero pollution, flood protection, and circular economy. Hence, assessing the current extent and condition of European wetlands, their current and potential greenhouse gas fluxes, and their medium to long‐term mitigation capacity through restoration, or…
RESTORE4Cs will be present at the International Conference “Conservation and Management of Wetlands to Tackle Climate Change” to be held from 14 to 16 February 2024, at Complejo “La Petxina” in Valencia, Spain, making the city the focal point of global discussions at the International Wetlands Conference. The event, organised by Fundación Global Nature together…
Wetlands are connected to human wellbeing. Restoring wetlands contributes to human’s health and integrity. Our wellbeing is linked to our climate.The World Health Organization has recognised how our physical and mental wellbeing rely on a stable climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development. Wetlands connect all three. An acre of wetlands can hold up to 1.5…
The 3rd RESTORE4Cs General Assembly was held in The Hague, Netherlands, on 4-6 December 2023 and was hosted by Wageningen University and Research. The project partners convened both in-person and online, to deliberate on the project’s advancements, exchange ideas and plan out more actions for the upcoming months. The combined WP3, WP4, WP5, and WP6…
After nine months of planning and preparation, the first RESTORE4Cs fieldwork campaign started in the Baltic region on 2 October 2023 in the Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania. The sampling campaign has been continuing since then at the remaining Case Pilots identified by RESTORE4Cs for its activities – Mediterranean (Valencian Wetlands and Camargue), Atlantic (Ria de Aveiro and Oosterschelde/Grevelingen…
RESTORE4Cs will be featured in EuroGEO 2023, which will be held in person and online on 2 – 4 October 2023, at Eurac Research in Bolzano, Italy. RESTORE4Cs’ project coordinator, Ana Lillebø (University of Aveiro), will present the project on 3 October, first with an e-poster presentation at Foyer 123, from 15:45 – 16:30, and…
The 5th European BioClim Wetlands Conference will take place in person on 26-28 September 2023, in Bonn, Germany. The goal is to strengthen the exchange of experiences and networking among scientists, policymakers and practitioners. The thematic focus of the conference will lie on the impacts and role of wetlands, specifically on river floodplains and coasts,…