co-organised by IMCG
IMCG will co-organize the 5th European Conference on Ecological Restoration. The theme of this SER Conference – to be held in Greifswald, Germany, 22.–25 August 2006 – will be:
“Land use changes in Europe as a challenge for restoration: ecological, economical, and ethical dimensions.”
There will be special attention to the restoration of peatlands in a session cluster hosted by the International Peat Society and the International Mire Conservation Group.
Themes of the Conference:
a. General aspects
- • Economics of restoration / Ecosystem services and their economic evaluation
- • Ethics and socio-cultural aspects of restoration
- • Planning, managing, and monitoring of restoration projects
- • Unifying concepts in restoration ecology (Restoration theory)
- • Restoring biodiversity in semi-natural landscapes (ecosystem and population level)
- • Restoration policy and legislature
- • Synergies and integrative concepts
b. Special ecosystems
- • Coastal ecosystems (salt meadows, marshes, dunes)
- • Rivers and inland waters
- • Peatlands
- • Woodlands
- • Semi deserts, dry grasslands, and heaths
- • Large-scale restoration and nature development: abandoned agricultural, mining, industrial, and military areas
Key note speakers include our IMCG collegues:
Michael Succow (Professor of Geobotany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Germany; 1997 Alternative Nobel Prize winner): “Restoring the Earth: global crises and regional opportunities”
Jan Roelofs (Professor in Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, University of Nijmegen (Netherlands): “Physico-chemical key processes in restoration ecology”
The Prime Event on Ecological Restoration in 2006. Join Us!
The Conference is hosted by the European Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) (http://www.ser.org), and is organized by Greifswald University.
Greifswald, situated in eastern Germany at the Baltic Sea coast, is a founding member of the Hanseatic League of Towns (1299). Its 550 year old university (1456) is situated amidst extensive forests, peatlands, lakes, seascapes, and ecological agriculture, including seven national parks and biosphere reserves and many large restoration projects.
For more information: SER2006@uni-greifswald.de
www.uni-greifswald.de/SER2006