Landscape approaches to ecosystem restoration are gaining traction worldwide, helping to rebuild degraded ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature. To deliver large-scale landscape restoration across Europe, the European Commission is funding four flagship projects as part of the EU Green Deal and as a direct input to the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the new Nature Restoration Law.
The EU Green Deal ecosystem restoration cluster – composed of the SUPERB, MERLIN, WaterLANDS and REST-COAST projects – totals 85 million euros of investment, spread out across forest, freshwater, wetlands and coastal ecosystems. In this webinar, representatives of the four projects discuss their experiences with restoration on a practical level, common challenges and ideas on how a more integrated approach to landscape restoration might look like.
Webinar speakers:
• Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Principal Scientist, European Forest Institute, SUPERB project coordinator
• Sebastian Birk, Senior Scientist and Lecturer, University of Duisburg-Essen, MERLIN project coordinator
• Shane Mc Guinness, Assistant Professor, University College Dublin, WATERLANDS project coordinator
• Ana Iglesias, Professor, Technical University of Madrid, REST-COAST project
