FRIDAY, 30 AUGUST

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08:30-16:00 Registration and info desk are open
09:00-10:00

ROOM: Bridge - BROADCAST!
Plenary session

 

Catrin Westphal, University of Göttingen, Germany

ENHANCING BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS: LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE-SCALE RESTORATION STRATEGIES

Chair: Triin Reitalu

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-12:00

ROOM: Bridge

8.2. Recovery of genetic diversity as part of restoring resilient ecosystems

 

Chair: Tsipe Aavik
10:30-10:45 Anti Vasemägi: IS A SINGLE GENOME ENOUGH FOR GENETIC MONITORING?
10:45-11:00 Philippine Vergeer: GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
11:00-11:15 J.G.B. Oostermeijer: RESTORING VIABLE POPULATIONS OF RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES
11:15-11:30 Iris Reinula: DELAYED GENETIC RESPONSES OF PRIMULA VERIS TO LANDSCAPE CHANGE: A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTORATION
11:30-11:45 L. Marie Ende: GENETIC PATTERNS OF A GRASSLAND PLANT ACROSS A FRAGMENTATION GRADIENT OF SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLANDS IN EUROPE
11:45-11:50 Liucija Kamaitytė-Bukelskienė: GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE PROTECTED SPECIES NAJAS FLEXILIS AND NAJAS MINOR IN LITHUANIA
11:50-11:55 Anastasia Tõnisson: IMPACT OF LONG-TERM GRAZING ABANDONMENT ON INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS
11:55-12:00 Daniel Arizpe: ENHANCING YEW TREE CONSERVATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES IN GENETIC DIVERSITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

ROOM: Hurt - BROADCAST!
10.1. Accelerating the achievement of EU nature restoration goals through LIFE

 

Chair: Lynne Barratt 
10:30-10:45 Radka Broumová: EXAMPLES OF HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
10:45-11:00 Jüri-Ott Salm: PROJECT LIFE MIRES ESTONIA (2015-2021) - COMPREHENSIVE RESTORATION OF WETLANDS IN NATURE AND MINDS
11:00-11:15 Liene Brizga-Kalniņa: PUTTING GRASSLANDS BACK ON MAP OF PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS: THE CASE OF PROJECT GRASSLIFE
11:15-11:30 Einar Kärgenberg: BIODIVERSITY RESTORATION IN ESTONIAN FRESHWATERS WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE LIFE PROGRAM
11:30-11:45 Cristi Gherghiceanu: LIFE TRANSILVACOOP: DEMONSTRATING COOPERATIVE APPROACH FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT OF NATURA 2000 GRASSLANDS AT LANDSCAPE SCALE IN TRANSYLVANIA (2020-2024)
11:45-12:00 Paul Leadbitter: GREAT NORTH BOG - A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO LANDSCAPE SCALE PEATLAND RESTORATION

ROOM: Maailmafilm
7.1. Opportunities and challenges for ecological restoration in solar parks and wind farms

 

Chairs: Sandra Dullau & Armin Bishoff & Csaba Tölgyesi
10:30-10:45 Remment ter Hofstede: ENGINEERING OFFSHORE WIND FARMS TO PROMOTE NATURE DEVELOPMENT
10:45-11:00 Jaume Tormo: ESTABLISHING A LONG-TERM REHABILITATION AND MONITORING EXPERIMENT IN A SOLAR POWER PLANT IN SEMI-ARID SPAIN
11:00-11:15 Csaba Tölgyesi: INTRODUCING THE FIRST ECOVOLTAIC PARKS OF HUNGARY: A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN SOLAR DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION
11:15-11:30 Arnaud Lec'hvien: RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERACTION NETWORK AFTER SOLAR PARK CONSTRUCTION: THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR PANELS AND MANAGEMENT
11:30-11:35 Sandra Dullau: SPONTANEOUSLY GREENED SOLAR PARKS IN AN INTENSIVELY USED AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE SHOW THE NEED FOR ACTIVE PLANT SPECIES INTRODUCTION
11:35-11:50 Pascal Scholz: GRASSLAND RESTORATION IN SOLAR POWER PLANTS BY SOWING NATIVE SEED MIXTURES – IMPLEMENTATION AND INITIAL RESULTS FROM DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN GERMANY
11:50-12:05 Timea Kocsis: RENEWING BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS: CAN SOLAR GRASSLANDS CONTRIBUTE TO BIODIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES?
12:05-12:10 Karen Krijgsveld: ECOCERTIFIED SOLAR PARKS: DEVELOPING A LABEL FOR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WARRANTS NATURAL VALUE IN SOLAR PARKS
 

ROOM: Manninen
13.0. Workshop: Exploring Multi-faceted Approaches to Landscape-Scale Restoration

 

Coordinators: Sebastian Birk, Susana Bautista, Anushree Bhattacharjee, Pål Martin Eid, Billy Fairburn, Virgil Alexandru Iordache, Nancy Ockendon, Vanessa Ospina Lopez, Taylor Shaw, David Thomas, Jasper Van Doninck, Alejandro Diaz

 

ROOM: Moora
6.0. Returning biodiversity to agricultural ecosystems: above- and belowground

 

Chair: Silva Vilumets
10:30-10:45 Maria Degania Medina Vidal: FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND TO REWILDING AREAS: ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION ON THE COASTLINE OF MAR MENOR (SPAIN)
10:45-11:00 Gabriella Bishop: AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES NEED 6-42% POLLINATOR HABITAT, DEPENDING ON SPECIES GROUP: A SYNTHESIS
11:00-11:15 Jaan Liira: A LONG-TERM RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AT FIELD MARGINS
11:15-11:30 Siqiao Liu: DISTURBANCE INDUCES SIMILAR SHIFTS IN ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL COMMUNITIES FROM GRASSLAND AND ARABLE FIELD SOILS
11:30-11:45 Silva Vilumets: THE IMPACT OF ABANDONED LANDS ON NATURAL PEST CONTROL IN ARABLE LANDS
11:45-12:00 Micol Orengo: NATIVE SPECIES FOR GREENING AGROECOSYSTEMS: A SELECTION PROCESS BASED ON PLANT TRAITS

ROOM: Teatrisaal
5.0. Restoration of grassland and dryland ecosystems

 

Chair: Sandrine Godefroid
10:30-10:45 Yves P. Klinger: GRASSLAND RESTORATION VIA GREEN HAY TRANSFER — PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVES
10:45-11:00 Trygve S. Aamlid: DIRECTLY HARVESTED SEED MIXTURES VS. MIXTURES COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SPECIES-RICH MEADOWS
11:00-11:15 Katalin Török: SEED SOURCING FOR UPSCALING GRASSLAND RESTORATION: RESULTS SO FAR AND PERCEPTIONS
11:15-11:30 Daniel Slodowicz: DIRECT HARVEST OF NATIVE SEEDS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION - INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLES, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
11:30-11:45 Léa Saby: WHAT IS THE BEST NATURE-BASED SOLUTION FOR MAXIMIZING MEDITERRANEAN GRASSLAND RESTORATION SUCCESS BY SEEDING ?
11:45-12:00 Christin Juno Laschke: GRASSWORKS: WHAT WORKS BEST IN GRASSLAND RESTORATION? DIRECT HARVESTING METHODS PROVIDE HIGHEST PLANT DIVERSITY ON RESTORED GRASSLANDS ACROSS GERMANY
12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

ROOM: Bridge
4.2. Pathways to peatland forest restoration

 

Chairs: Tuula Larmola, Liisa Ukonmaanaho
13:00-13:15 Maija Lampela: NORTHERN PEATLANDS IN TRANSITION – RESTORATION AND REWETTING – COMPARISONS BETWEEN FINLAND, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
13:15-13:30 Helena Rautakoski: CARBON DIOXIDE FLUXES OF DRAINED PEATLAND FORESTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF MINIMIZING EMISSIONS WITH RESTORATION OR CLIMATE-SMART FOREST MANAGEMENT
13:30-13:45 Tuula Larmola: DITCHES OVERGROWN BY MOSSES MITIGATE METHANE EMISSIONS FROM DRAINED PEATLAND FORESTS
13:45-14:00 Oona Allonen: STEPS FROM DEGRADED PEATLANDS TOWARDS HYDROLOGICAL RESTORATION AND PALUDICULTURE - RECOGNIZING POTENTIAL SPHAGNUM MOSS HARVESTING SITES IN FINLAND
14:00-14:15 Liisa Maanavilja: ACCUMULATION OF NEW ORGANIC MATTER AT RESTORED NUTRIENT-POOR PEATLANDS
14:15-14:30 Nina Kumpulainen: LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE VEGETATION OF OLIGOTROPHIC PEATLANDS FOLLOWING RESTORATION

 

ROOM: Hurt - BROADCAST!
10.1. Making Restoration Sustainable 

 

Chair: Jan Sliva 
13:00-13:15 Jurgen Gatt: LIFE IP RBMP MALTA: REVERSING THE LOSS OF HABITAT CAUSED BY COASTAL EROSION
13:15-13:30 Hein van Kleef: LIFE RESILIAS - APPLYING CONCEPTS OF ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE TO ENHANCE INVASION RESISTANCE
13:30-13:45 Jef Hendrix: LIFE NARDUS & LIMOSA: ABIOTIC RESTORATION FOR NARDUS GRASSLANDS IN RELATION TO BREEDING MEADOW BIRDS
13:45-14:00 Klára Čámská: SOLUTION OF SUB-SEQUENT CARE FOR RESTORED VALUABLE GRASSLANDS THANKS TO THE LIFE PROGRAM – A CONTRIBUTION TO INTERDISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION
14:00-14:15 Serena Corezzola: LIFE GRANATHA: A PROJECT FOR THE RESTORATION OF MOUNTAIN HEATHLANDS
14:15-14:30 Lynne Barratt: SESSION WRAP UP

 

 

ROOM: Maailmafilm
7.3. Ecological restoration in urbanized areas

 

Chairs: Valentin Klaus & Julia-Maria Hermann
13:00-13:15 Christel Vidaller: ARTIFICIAL EXTENSIVE GREEN-ROOFS EXHIBIT SIMILARITY WITH THEIR ANALOGOUS REFERENT VEGETATION IN MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS AFTER 8 YEARS
13:15-13:30 Nicolas de Brabandère: REPORT ON STUDYING MIYAWAKI FORESTS IN BELGIUM
13:30-13:45 Jorunn Dieleman: FLOWERPOWER YOUR GARDEN: CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR GARDEN BIODIVERSITY
13:45-14:00 Piret Vacht: DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF URBAN WASTELANDS OF LASNAMÄE, TALLINN - DECISIVE TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMPROMISE
14:00-14:15 Julia-Maria Hermann: RESTORATION MUST BE BEAUTIFUL. HERESY? NOT IN A GRAVEYARD
14:15-14:30 Valentin Klaus: WHAT HINDERS THE RESTORATION OF URBAN ECOSYSTEMS? RESULTS FROM A PAN-EUROPEAN SURVEY

 

 

ROOM: Manninen
12.3. Exploring ecological restoration through the lens of history

 

Chair: Triin Reitalu
13:00-13:15 Scott Riddell: THE BIRCHWOODS OF ICELAND: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
13:15-13:30 Egill Erlendsson: ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY IN ICELAND DURING THE TIME OF THE BLACK DEATH IN ICELAND
13:30-13:45 Pille Tomson: ESTIMATING THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF FIRES IN ESTONIAN NATURE
13:45-14:00 Vivika Väli: UNEARTHING THE SECRETS OF YESTERDAY'S LANDSCAPES TO CONSERVE AND REVIVE OUR NATURAL HERITAGE
14:00-14:15 Susanne Claudia Möckel: SUITABILITY OF Δ13C AND Δ15N VALUES TO RECONSTRUCT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF PEATLANDS IN AEOLIAN ENVIRONMENTS
14:15-14:30 Emma Rothero: A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING HISTORIC FLOODPLAIN MEADOWS THROUGH READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE MAPS TO AID RESTORATION DECISION MAKING

ROOM: Moora
6.0. Returning biodiversity to agricultural ecosystems: above- and belowground

 

Chair: Armin Bischoff
13:00-13:15 Armin Bischoff: RESTORATION OF INTER-ROW VEGETATION AND RELATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN SOUTH-EASTERN FRENCH VINEYARDS
13:15-13:30 Francisco M. Camacho: APPLYING THE RECOVERY DEBT APPROACH TO RESTORATION OF AVIAN INSECTIVORE FUNCTION IN OLIVE GROVES OF SOUTH SPAIN
13:30-13:45 Riina Kaasik: INSIGHTS INTO WILD BEE ABUNDANCE IN ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES
13:45-14:00 Zymantas Morkvenas: "CONSERVATION OF FLOWERING MEADOWS" - A PIONEERING RESULT-BASED AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURE PILOTED IN LITHUANIA. OUTCOMES AND LESSONS LEARNED
14:00-14:15 Daniel Elias: VITICULTURE AND BIODIVERSITY - EFFECTS OF WILDFLOWER SOWINGS ON PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR POLLINATOR
14:15-14:30 Róbert Ívar Arnarsson: THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN ICELANDIC AGRICULTURAL LAND AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR CARBON DYNAMICS

ROOM: Teatrisaal
5.3. Floodplain Meadows - managing and restoring species-rich grasslands on floodplains

 

Chair: Olivia Nelson
13:00-13:15 Ann Cantrell: RESTORING FLOODPLAIN MEADOWS IN ENGLAND, DEVELOPING A CATCHMENT- WIDE STRATEGY AND SHOWCASING THE JOURNEY OF A 300 YEAR OLD FARM
13:15-13:30 Clare Lawson: FLOODPLAIN MEADOWS: DELIVERING BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON CONSERVATION
13:30-13:45 Olivia Nelson: HOW RESEARCH LED ADVOCACY CAN INFLUENCE POLICY AND BUILD RESTORATION EFFORTS IN FLOODPLAIN MEADOW RESTORATION
13:45-14:00 Laura Josephin Hartmann: EFFECTS OF FREE VERSUS ADAPTED GRAZING ON SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLAND VEGETATION IN A COMPLEX FLOODPLAIN LANDSCAPE IN LATVIA
14:00-14:15 Julia Buchtova: NEW CHANCE FOR INLAND SALT MARSHES: RESTORATION USING TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
14:15-14:30 Aure Durbecq: MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF EMBANKMENTS INVADED BY THE GIANT REED (ARUNDO DONAX): IMPACTS OF GRAZING WITH-OR-WITHOUT CLEARING
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-16:15

ROOM: Bridge
General assembly

16:15-17:00 ROOM: Bridge
Closing ceremony

 

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