8-12 Dec 08 6th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Ghent Belgium

Towards a sustainable future for European ecosystems - Providing restoration guidelines for Natura 2000 habitats and species

Supported by the European commission.

The aim of the conference is to present the state of the art in ecological restoration in Europe and to bring together scientists, policy makers, practitioners and stakeholders. Through lectures, workshops, poster sessions and excursions the conference offers a unique opportunity for the exchange of knowledge, experiences and good practices in ecological restoration and nature conservation in the Natura 2000 framework. We especially welcome review studies and innovative case studies (focussing both on successes and failures), generating best practice guidelines.

We kindly remind you that on 30 June 2008 the 'early registration' deadline expires for the 6th European Conference on Ecological Restoration in Ghent, Belgium, 8-12 September 2008: www.ser2008.be

We kindly invite you to have a look at the preliminary conference program:

- 10 key note speakers provide you with state-of-the-art information on some of today's hot issues: http://www.ser2008.be/Keynote.html

- more than 200 oral and nearly 100 poster presentations on a variety of subjects. Learn from the experiences all over Europe: http://www.ser2008.be/Program.html

You still want to contribute to the conference? Submission of poster abstracts remains possible until 30 June 2008. Share your knowledge with others: http://www.ser2008.be/Abstractsubmission.html

Have a look at our conference and post-conference excursions, to witness for yourself how successful ecological restoration is necessary and possible in a densely populated region, coping with different problems due to economic activities and other human pressures and aiming for an increase of public support: http://www.ser2008.be/Conference_excursions.html; http://www.ser2008.be/postconf_excursions.html

Register now: http://www.ser2008.be/Fees.html

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For more information please contact:

Kris Decleer
Chair Organising Committee
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (Flemish Government, Belgium)

Society for Ecological Restoration - European Chapter (www.ser.org/europe)