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S10. Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services in European agricultural landscapes

S11. Restoring continuity and barriers removal in rivers: complexity of managing Ecological Restoration projects

S12.1 The Global Dryland Ecosystem Program and beyond

S12.2 The Global Dryland Ecosystem Program and beyond

S13. Ecological restoration to reverse desertification

S14. Social science aspects of river restoration

S15.1 Soil and Water Bioengineering as a tool for ecological restoration

S15.2 Soil and Water Bioengineering as a tool for ecological restoration

S16.1 The role of soil organisms in restoring degraded land

S16.2 The role of soil organisms in restoring degraded land

S17.1 Tools for planning ecological restoration I

S17.2 Tools for planning ecological restoration I

S18.1 Tools for planning ecological restoration II

S18.2 Tools for planning ecological restoration II

S19.1 Understanding the impacts of global environmental change and desertification in global drylands

S19.2 Understanding the impacts of global environmental change and desertification in global drylands

S20.1 Restoring wetlands

S20.2 Restoring wetlands

S21. Soil restoration in dry environments: from farms to mines

S22. Increasing the ecological value of forests

W1. YOUNG#ER – Education and training of young professionals towards socio-ecological restoration

W2. Restoring Mediterranean wetlands: challenges for practitioners and lessons learned

W3. What can we learn from eLTER on long-term monitoring and evaluation of restoration interventions?

W4. Socio-ecological restoration of riparian vegetation by integrating biotic and abiotic pressures

W5. Natural capital restoration: enriched toolkit for decision makers

W6. Ecological Restoration contributions to Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Mitigation

Manual for the Ecological Restoration of Mangroves in the Mesoamerican Reef System and the Wider Caribbean

Mangroves in the Mesoamerican Reef Region (MAR) and the Wider Caribbean are the economic foundation of over 134 million people living in the coastal regions. Mangroves provide protection against floods and buffer against storms and hurricanes, to which the region is highly vulnerable. Additionally, due to their close relationship with other ecosystems, such as coral reefs and seagrasses, mangroves and the ecosystem services they provide are the conservation pillars of coastal ecosystems.
Among these services, the storage potential of blue carbon is one of the most essential services in mitigating the effects of climate change, in addition to supporting important tourism and fisheries industries. However, every year the extent of mangroves continues to decline due to the impacts of climate change, change in land use, and the overexploitation of resources.
This manual contributes to strengthening local, national, and regional capacities for the ecological restoration of mangroves and the ecosystem services they provide in the MAR and the Wider Caribbean region. Within the framework of the Cartagena Convention and the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, ecological restoration (ER) of mangroves is considered a Nature-based Solution (NbS) that allows addressing the effects of climate change.
This favors biodiversity conservation and the economic well-being of the population, contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Mangrove ecological restoration in the MAR and the Wider Caribbean is a priority in the Regional Environmental Framework Strategy (ERAM, for its initials in Spanish) of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD, for its initials in Spanish), in the development of the Blue Economy Regional Protocol, led by the MAR2R/CCAD/WWF-GEF Project as well as in the Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021-2030 (RSAP), developed under the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) subprogram of the Cartagena Convention.

SER2021 Flyway Artists: The Americas

This video was developed to bring an experience of local art and connection to the environment to the virtual SER2021 conference. The first of three, this video focuses on the Americas region. Many thanks to the artists who contributed their work to this effort:  (1) Jon MacMull and Credit Valley Conservation, (2) Patrick Makuakane and Na Lei Hula I Ka Wekiu, and (3) Paula Andrea Romero with Arte y Conservacion.

SER2021 Flyway Artists: Asia and Australasia

This video was developed to bring an experience of local art and connection to the environment to the virtual SER2021 conference. The final installment, this video focuses on the East Asia and Australasian flyway. Many thanks to the artists who contributed their work to this effort:  (1) Zheng Qiuyang, (2) Dao Van Hoang, (3) Kristen Lang, and (4) Redwood Reider.

The Global Biodiversity Standard: Introduction to the standard and assessment methodology

The Global Biodiversity Standard (GBS), www.biodiversitystandard.org, is a new, site-based certification methodology designed to assess the impacts of tree planting, reforestation, and sustainable agricultural initiatives on biodiversity, and to mentor practitioners to achieve better biodiversity outcomes. The methodology includes remote-sensing and ground surveys carried out by ‘GBS hubs’ with offices in Brazil, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Peru, and Uganda located in already well-established biodiversity and ecological restoration organizations. The development of the GBS is being developed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International, the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), and other technical partners from CIFOR-ICRAF, Ecosia, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Plan Vivo, Reforest’Action, TRAFFIC, and 1t.org. In this webinar, we shall introduce the Global Biodiversity Standard and the criteria for certification. An outline of the methodology will be presented, covering (1) the use of SER’s 5-Star System to measure ecosystem integrity, including biodiversity, native, rare and threatened species, absence of invasive species, and genetic diversity, (2) a stakeholder engagement survey and (3) a review of monitoring and evaluation plans.

CERPs/CERPITs: this event is pre-approved for 1 CEC.