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The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce the Biodiversity Day 2022 slogan: "Building a shared future for all life". The slogan was chosen to continue building momentum and support for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to be adopted at the upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference.

On March 12, 2022 the Restoration Ecology Group was in the Kiskunság National Park to restore a sandy grassland, remove the unwanted shrubs, and plant native species in the unique sand forest-steppe in Kunpeszér.

The Society for Ecological Restoration Europe, welcomes you to the 13th European Conference on Ecological Restoration! The conference will be held in Alicante from 5th to 9th September 2022. Save the date in streaming for those that cannot attend in-person events. The conditions to access online sessions will be announced soon.

David Cevallos defended his doctoral dissertation with "summa cum laude". His doctoral research was: Delineation of seed transfer zones based on Ecological knowledge and testing by seed traits of populations from different provenance for ecological restoration use. Congratulations to David!

Initiatives by the European Commission to restore the continent's degraded areas (J. Cortina-Segarra et al. Nature 535, 231; 2016) have proved disappointing. As the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration gathers momentum, the commission is preparing a law that has legally binding targets. To underscore the urgency, some 1,400 European...

The 2022 Webinar Season starts on January 18 and continues on February 15! Register now to learn and network!

SER now kindly ask you, as far as your possibilities allow, to contribute to the dissemination of the support to the Declaration. What follows are some suggestions on how you can contribute to the outreach of the Declaration, perhaps with assistance of your communication teams, starting on Friday 10 December.