The 15th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE 2026) will take place in Brest, France, from 24 to 28 August 2026.
Among its thematic sessions, SS2 – Supporting NRR implementation through restoration knowledge hubs: Governance, monitoring and practice is open to abstract submissions. Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and public authorities, the session will address implementation challenges such as governance bottlenecks, delivery capacity, monitoring and adaptive management, social trade-offs, risk management, and financing. It also aims to link research needs with practical implementation and promote cross-border learning and collaboration. This session will also explore key obstacles and strategic recommendations for translating the EU Nature Restoration Regulation into ambitious, credible, well-funded and socially legitimate National Restoration Plans (NRPs).
Rooted in the BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub
The session draws directly on the work of the BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub, which plays a central role in connecting science with policy and practice. Its mission is to cluster, synthesise, and translate research into outputs that support effective restoration on the ground. By consolidating the collective knowledge of 22 BiodivRestore projects, Biodiversa+ is transforming scientific evidence into actionable policy inputs, advancing the EU’s ambition for large-scale, resilient nature restoration.
Three of the session’s four coordinators are members of the BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub:
- Vito Emanuele Cambria (Botanic Garden of Rome, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), who recently presented the Hub’s activities to support the NRP drafting process at the conference “The Nature Restoration Law: Technical Pathways for Developing the National Restoration Plan” in Rome
- Katalin Török (HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót, Hungary)
- Tuula Larmola (Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke, Helsinki)
- Philip Corrigan, co-coordinator of the session
Submit your abstract
Session SS2 is open to submissions until 31 May 2026. Researchers, land managers, practitioners and public authority representatives are all encouraged to contribute.
When submitting, please make sure to select the Knowledge Hub session: SS2 – Supporting NRR implementation through restoration knowledge hubs: Governance, monitoring and practice.
