WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST

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08:30-15:00 Registration and info desk are open
09:00-10:00

ROOM: Bridge - BROADCAST!
Plenary session

Jonne Kotta
, University of Tartu, Estonia
BLUEPRINT FOR A HEALTHY BALTIC SEA: ASSESSING THE CURRENT STATE AND SOLUTIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT

Chair: Triin Reitalu

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-12:00

ROOM: Bridge
3.0. Restoration of wetland and peatland ecosystems

 

Chair: Jüri-Ott Salm
10:30-10:45 Tatiana Minayeva: CHALLENGES TO RESTORE? TIME TO REINTRODUCE PEATLANDS AND WETLANDS TO THE LANDSCAPE
10:45-11:00 Merja Elo: A LARGE-SCALE AND LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVENESS OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
11:00-11:15 Anna Laine: AFTER USE OF PEAT CUTAWAYS – GOOD PLANNING ENABLES CLIMATE REGULATION
11:15-11:30 Elisa Tuaillon: GREEN LIGHT : A SYSTEM TO PROMOTE WETLAND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
11:30-11:45 Mati Ilomets: SPATIAL CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION PRIORITIZATION ANALYSES OF ESTONIAN MIRES
11:45-11:50 Eeva-Stiina Tuittila: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF LOW-PRODUCTIVE PEATLANDS DRAINED FOR FORESTRY
11:50-11:55 Petar G Petrov: RESTORING THE HABITAT OF THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK (AYTHYA NYROCA) USING A REFERENCE MODEL
11:55-12:00 Meike van den Brink: PEAT PALS FOR LIFE: RESTORING DEGRADED PEATLAND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND FLANDERS

ROOM: Hurt - BROADCAST!
11.1. UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and opportunities to support Europe’s restoration ambition

 

Chairs: Anushree Bhattacharjee & Giacomo Ascenzi
10:30-10:45 Zhuo Cheng: UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND THE KUNMING MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
10:45-11:00 Florian Claeys: EU’S AMBITIONS FOR NATURE RESTORATION
11:00-11:15 Anushree Bhattacharjee: CONVENING KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO OVERCOME THE BARRIERS TO EUROPE’S RESTORATION AMBITION AND SUPPORTING THE UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
11:15-11:30 Fisseha Tessema Abissa: FINANCING AND SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION IN EUROPE: LEARNINGS FROM THE WORLD BANK
11:30-11:45 Andrea Romero Montoya:: THE UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION: BEST PRACTICES FOR REPAIRING ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND ENHANCING HUMAN WELLBEING
11:45-12:00 Discussion

ROOM: Maailmafilm
2.0. Restoration of freshwater ecosystems

 

Chair: Maria Alp
10:30-10:45 Althaea Pangaud: LAKESHORE HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL RESTORATION : A FRAMEWORK TO MONITOR POTENTIAL EFFECTS
10:45-11:00 Marielle van Riel: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RESTORING COASTAL RESERVOIR LAKES: A CASE STUDY OF LAKE MARKERMEER, NETHERLANDS
11:00-11:15 Mattias Sundqvist: ECOSTREAMS: FREE FLOWING OR CHANNELIZED WATERCOURSES IN NORTHERN SWEDEN
11:15-11:30 Jürgen Sarjas: THE POTENTIAL OF WETLAND RESTORATION TO REDUCE DIFFUSE AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION AND INCREASE LOCAL BIODIVERSITY
11:30-11:45 Louisa-Marie von Plüskow: TERRESTRIAL BUFFER STRIPS REDUCE NUTRIENT LOADING AND SEDIMENT INFLUX IN PONDS LOCATED ON AGRICULTURAL LAND
11:45-11:50 Hamish Robertson: IMPROVING WATER QUALITY THROUGH TARGETED RIPARIAN TREE PLANTING
11:50-11:55 Peter Mathisen: LARGE SCALE RESTORATION OF RIVERS IN THE MIDDLE OF SWEDEN, LESSONS LEARNED AND GOOD EXAMPLES
 

ROOM: Manninen
12.0. Various topics of ecological restoration

 

Chairs: Liis Kasari Toussaint & Krista Takkis
10:30-10:45 Julie Reynolds: THE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN DELIVERING NATURE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
10:45-11:00 Ulrika Lein: THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN NORWEGIAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
11:00-11:15 Karel Prach: PARTICIPATION OF ALIEN PLANT SPECIES IN SUCCESSION – A GLOBAL OVERVIEW AND CONSEQUENCES FOR RESTORATION
11:15-11:30 Sandrine Godefroid: CURRENT STATE OF PLANT CONSERVATION TRANSLOCATIONS ACROSS EUROPE
11:30-11:45 Elise Buisson: HOW ARE INSECTS CONSIDERED IN ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS?
11:45-12:00

Rachel Kristensen: BIODIVRESTORE NATURE RESTORATION LAW KNOWLEDGE HUB: WHAT IS IT AND HOW CAN IT ASSIST WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATURE RESTORATION LAW AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL RESTORATION PLANS

ROOM: Moora
1.2. Nature-based solutions for the effective protection and restoration of Baltic Sea ecosystems 

 

Chairs: Francisco R. Barboza & Miguel Villoslada
10:30-10:45 Miguel Inácio: RETHINKING HOW TO ADDRESS THE RESTORATION OF COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
10:45-11:00 Cecilia Nyman: SOLUTIONS FOR THE SEA: AN ACTION PLAN FOR REGIONAL RESTORATION
11:00-11:15 Ida Beathe Øverjordet: THE CLIMAREST PROJECT'S APPROACH TO UPSCALING MARINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
11:15-11:30 Kadri Kuusemäe: ASSESSING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT: A MODEL-BASED APPROACH
11:30-11:45 Francisco R. Barboza: TRANSFORMING THE PLANNING OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN THE BALTIC SEA THROUGH LOW-TROPHIC AQUACULTURE: A TOOL-BASED APPROACH
11:45-12:00 Fiia Haavisto: RECLAIMING COASTAL LAGOONS: RESTORING HUMAN-IMPACTED ARCHIPELAGO ECOSYSTEMS

ROOM: Teatrisaal
8.0. Restoration of ecosystem functions, interactions and services in changing climate

 

Chair: Vicky Temperton
10:30-10:45 Elisabeth Prangel: IMPACT OF GRASSLAND ABANDONMENT, DEGRADATION AND RESTORATION ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND MULTIFUNCTIONALITY
10:45-11:00 Katarina Tuharska: BEST PRACTICES IN BUTTERFLIES AND POLLINATORS CONSERVATION IN NATURA 2000 SITES IN SLOVAKIA
11:00-11:15 Helen Greaves: PONDERFUL: POND RESTORATION AS A NATURE-BASED SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT AND ALTERATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTRIBUTIONS
11:15-11:30 Francisco Ferri-Yáñez: APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS INTO ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS
11:30-11:45 Dennis De Ryck: (LIFE HARWIN) ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY: AWAY FROM OBSCURITY TOWARDS SCIENCE-DRIVEN TRANSLOCATIONS WITHIN A HABITAT-BASED APPROACH
11:45-11:50 Marius Kalinauskas: SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF FLOOD RETENTION CAPACITY IN LITHUANIAN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PARKS
11:50-11:55 Torben Bramming Jørgensen: COASTAL LIFE - A RESTORATION OF COASTAL HABITAT ZONES
11:55-12:00 Susanne Claudia Möckel: CARBON STOCKS AND CARBON STABILITY IN SUBMERGED SOILS OF A HYDROPOWER RESERVOIR IN THE ICELANDIC HIGHLANDS
12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-15:00

ROOM: Bridge
3.0. Restoration of wetland and peatland ecosystems

 

Chair: Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
13:00-13:15 María Belenguer-Manzanedo: DECISION-MAKING METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE WETLAND RESTORATION: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT
13:15-13:30 Andreas Haberl: PALUDICULTURE IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES – POTENTIALS FOR PEATLAND REWETTING FOR THE CLIMATE, WET AGRICULTURE AND WET FOREST PRODUCTION, AND BIODIVERSITY
13:30-13:45 Corentin Irien: A REFERENCE SYSTEM OF SLOPE BOGS AND MOORLANDS IN THE ARMORICAN MASSIF (BRITTANY, FRANCE) TO PLAN RESTORATION
13:45-14:00 Leena Stenberg: EFFECTS OF PEATLAND RESTORATION ON HYDROLOGY, STAND GROWTH, AND CARBON BALANCE IN THE ADJACENT DRAINED PEATLAND FOREST
14:00-14:15 MD Shamsuzzaman: ASSESSING SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF RESTORATION ON NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE) IN AN IRISH PEATLAND
14:15-14:30 Isaac Okiti: METHANE FLUX HETEROGENEITY AND DRIVING MECHANISMS IN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS
14:30-14:45 Colin Guilfoye: AVIAN COMMUNITIES SHOW DISTINCT BUT VARIABLE CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO FOREST-TO-BOG RESTORATION IN A BLANKET BOG CONTEXT
14:45-15:00 Giedrius Dabasinskas: PEATLAND LOSS AND RESTORATION POTENTIAL IN LITHUANIA

ROOM: Hurt - BROADCAST!
12.5. Education and Training to bridge the gap between Science, Practice and Policy of restoration

 

Chairs: Patricia María Rodríguez González & Álvaro Roel Bellot
13:00-13:15 Karolina Sikala: BRIDGING SKILLS FOR GREEN TRANSITION: DANISH GREEN COVE, OUR COMMON DREAM IN BUILDING THE NEXT NASA WITHIN URBAN GREENING!
13:15-13:30 Ryan Campbell: TEAMING UP TO RESTORE: PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PRACTICES TO VOCATIONAL STUDENTS AS PART OF THE EU GREEN TRANSITION
13:30-13:45 Harm Schoten: NATURE BENEFITS: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
13:45-13:50 Aroa Gregori Montaner: EMPOWERING CITIZENS AND YOUNG GENERATIONS FOR CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH TREE PLANTING AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION WITH LIFE TERRA
13:50-13:55 Celia De Llanos: UTILIZING NETWORK ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
13:55-14:00 Chrystal Moore: TOWARD SUSTAINABLE CHOICES: THE INFLUENCE OF CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATORS ON BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
14:00-14:05 Sébastien Gallet: MEET TO LEARN ! THE IMPORTANCE OF DIRECT EXCHANGES BETWEEN STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL, OUT OF CLASSROOM
14:05-14:10 Agustin Merino: SERVICE-LEARNING APPROACH TO IMPROVE TRAINING AND AWARENESS ON SOIL CONSERVATION
14:10-14:15 Yafit Brenner: INTEGRATING PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY IN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AS PART OF A LARGE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT
14:15-14:20 Milena Holmgren: THE PLASTICITY OF CHILDREN VISIONS OF NATURE
14:20-15:00 Alvaro Roel Bellot: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN EARLY STAGES OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION CAREERS

ROOM: Maailmafilm
2.1. Restoration of river connectivity: planning, implementation, monitoring, and assessment

 

Chair: Andrea Mandarino
13:00-13:15 Joshua Robins: A CATCHMENT BASED APPROACH TOWARDS RIVER RESTORATION PLANNING
13:15-13:30 Maria Alp: IDENTIFYING TEN CRITICAL POINTS WHEN IMPLEMENTING PROJECTS FOR RESTORATION OF ECOLOGICAL RIVER CONNECTIVITY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
13:30-13:45 Andrea Goltara: A PROPOSAL FOR AN EU METHODOLOGY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF "FREE-FLOWING" RIVER STRETCHES
13:45-14:00 Andrea Mandarino: MORPHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND POTENTIAL FOR RECOVERY OF THE LOWER ORBA RIVER (NW ITALY)
14:00-14:15 Josu Elso: IMPROVING DIADROMOUS FISH POPULATIONS THROUGH RESTORATION OF THE RIVER CONNECTIVITY: LIFE KANTAURIBAI PROJECT
14:15-14:30 Silke-Silvia Drexler: BACK TO NATURE - THE MERLIN CASE STUDY AT THE AUSTRIAN DANUBE AS A PART OF THE LARGER
14:30-14:45 Meelis Tambets: RESTORING CONNECTIVITY IN ESTONIAN RIVERS, STEP BY STEP TOWARDS OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS
14:45-15:00 Jochen Purps: DIKE RELOCATION AND LARGE- SCALE FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION ON THE ELBE NEAR LENZEN IN THE ELBE RIVER LANDSCAPE BIOSPHERE RESERVE (GEMANY)
 

ROOM: Manninen
13:00 - 14:00

11.2. Advancing the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: collaboration, best practices and flagships

 

Chair: Mark Day
13:00-13:15 Zhuo Cheng: TOWARD TRANSPARENT MONITORING OF RESTORATION ANDDISSEMINATING RESULTS THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK FOR ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION MONITORING (FERM)
13:15-13:30 Andrea Romero Montoya: GUIDANCE AND CAPACITY STRENGTHENING FOR EFFECTIVE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION THROUGH THE DECADE AND BEYOND
13:30-13:45 Giovanbattista DeDato: RESTORING MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS: A WORLD RESTORATION FLAGSHIP OF THE UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
13:45-14:00 Alyona Krivosheyeva: THE ALTYN DALA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE - USING FLAGSHIPS FOR COLLABORATION AND BEST PRACTICE

 

14:00 - 15:00
9.2. Standards-based restoration for elevating outcomes from the European Nature Restoration Regulation

 

Chair: Jordi Cortina-Segarra
14:00-14:15 Caroline Jaugey: IS YOUR OFFSET PROJECT ECOLOGICALLY RELEVANT? AN ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR PROJECT DEVELOPERS AND THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES
14:15-14:30 Diana Colomina: STANDARDS-BASED RESTORATION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MEDITERRANEAN FOREST RESTORATION PROJECTS
14:30-14:45 George Gann: THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY STANDARD: A VOLUNTARY STANDARDS-BASED FRAMEWORK TO CERTIFY BIODIVERSITY OUTCOMES FROM TREE PLANTING AND FOREST RESTORATION INITIATIVES
14:45-15:00 George Gann: PROJECT CERTIFICATION AS A TOOL FOR INCREASING UPTAKE OF STANDARDS-BASED RESTORATION AND ACHIEVING VOLUNTARY AND MANDATORY GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OBJECTIVES

ROOM: Moora
12.4. Restoring nature in the 21st century: Balance between ecological restoration and rewilding?

 

Chairs: Thierry Dutoit & Grégory Mahy
13:00-13:15 Gavin Stark: TOWARDS CLIMATE-SMART REWILDING
13:15-13:30 Alba Lázaro-González: THE CONTRIBUTION OF REWILDING TO NATURE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEOPLE
13:30-13:45 Magali Weissgerber: REWILDING INDICATORS ACROSS EUROPE
13:45-14:00 Milena Holmgren: REWILDING RISKS FOR PEATLAND PERMAFROST
14:00-14:15 Clémentine Mutillod: WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF ‘AS WILD’ HORSES ON DUNG BEETLE ASSEMBLAGE AND ITS ASSOCIATED ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS?
14:15-14:30 Thierry Dutoit: UNSEALING CONCRETE TO PASS A THRESHOLD OF IRREVERSIBILITY FOR RESTORING OR REWILDING A MEDITERRANEAN GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM?
14:30-14:45 Christel Vidaller: REINTRODUCTION OF LARGE HERBIVORES AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION: EFFECTS ON VEGETATION, SOIL, AND INTERACTION NETWORKS
14:45-14:50 Melissa Guckenberger: CONSERVATION TRANSLOCATIONS TO PROMOTE REWILDING ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
14:50-15:00 Mahy Grégory: SPONTANEOUS RECOLONIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL BROWNFIELDS: TOWARDS HERBACEOUS PLANT COMMUNITIES ANALOGUE TO NATURAL HABITATS ?

ROOM: Teatrisaal
8.1. Restoration of ecosystem functions, interactions and services in changing climate

 

Chair: Catrin Westphal
13:00-13:15 Alina Twerski: UNDERSTANDING HOW RESTORATION INTENSITY CONTROLS GRASSLAND RECOVERY
13:15-13:30 Ioana-Alexandra Pătru-Dușe: NAVIGATING GRASSLAND RESTORATION: A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SUCCESS FACTORS AND LEVERAGE POINTS
13:30-13:45 Matilde Meertens: PEATLAND RESTORATION IN SCOTLAND IN THE FACE OF THE BIODIVERSITY CRISIS: TOWARDS A PLURI-VALUE APPROACH
13:45-14:00 Izabela Fedyń: ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS SPILL-OVER OF BIODIVERSITY: BEAVERS RESTORE WETLANDS, BUT ALSO ADJACENT TERRESTRIAL HABITATS
14:00-14:15 Annika Hass: KEY CHALLENGES FOR RESTORATION OF SPECIES INTERACTIONS AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN EUROPEAN CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS
14:15-14:30 Elena Velado-Alonso: EVALUATING RESTORATION SUCCESS AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL THROUGH PLANT-POLLINATOR META-NETWORKS
14:30-14:45 Annika Schmidt: BUTTERFLY ASSEMBLAGES IN RESTORED GRASSLANDS: DISENTANGLING THE ROLES OF RESTORATION METHOD, LOCAL FACTORS AND THE LANDSCAPE CONTEXT
14:45-15:00 Vicky Temperton: A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION IN WESTERN RWANDA: EXPLORATION OF BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS AND A LIVING LAB GOING FURTHER
13:00-15:00

ROOM: Kallas
5. Workshop: Co-designing a marine restoration toolbox with the Mission Ocean project CLIMAREST

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15:00-18:30

Half-day field tours

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19:30

Emerging ER Professionals gathering at the Gunpowder Cellar of Tartu

SERE’s Young#ER network will proudly host a gathering of Emerging Ecological Restoration Professionals from 19:30 at the Gunpowder Cellar of Tartu (Address: Lossi 28, 51003 Tartu, Estonia) on August 28th, 2024.

Please come join us (non-emerging professionals are also welcome) for an evening of relaxed networking in this historic and emblematic venue with the highest pub ceiling in the world! Drinks and food at attendees’ own expense.

 

* Read more about sessions HERE.