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SER2011 World Conference on Ecological Restoration

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Closes May 15

http://www.ser2011.org/en/ser2011-scientific-program/call-for-abstracts-posters/

EARLY REGISTRATION Closes June 15

http://www.ser2011.org/en/registration/

SER2011 Awards: Last chance to make nominations

The SER Award nominations are open until Tuesday May 17 2011 and this is the last call for nominees. We seek nominations for four awards: The Theodore M. Sperry Award, the Full Circle Award, the Communications Award, and the John Rieger Award. SER Awards are presented in recognition of meritorious achievement and service for advancing the craft, knowledge, and public awareness of ecological restoration. Recipients may include Society members and others. Please read the individual award criteria carefully, a nomination must meet the award criteria to be considered. Descriptions of the award criteria and a link to the on-line nomination form may be found at:

http://www.ser.org/content/ser_awards_program.asp

NOAA: Give Us your Ideas - Closes May 18, 2011

NOAA and other federal and state agencies are leading efforts to assess impacts to, and determine appropriate restoration for, Gulf resources injured by the Deepwater BP oil spill. We are in the process of identifying the types of restoration activities that will be appropriate to restore the natural resources impacted by the spill.

http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration/give-us-your-ideas/

OTS Specialty Course Costa Rica - Conservation & Restoration Genetics: May 21-June 5, 2011

http://www.ots.ac.cr/images/downloads/education/graduate/specialty-courses/genetics-2011.pdf

University of Victoria Restoration Institute: Novel Ecosystems - May 27-28, 2011

http://www.restorationinstitute.ca/

An Investment Forum: Mobilizing Private Investment in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa - Nairobi 25- 27 May 2011

http://www.profor.info/profor/sites/profor.info/files/FORUM-ADVISORY-NOTE.pdf

Call Open for Ramsar Wetland Awards - Closes May 31, 2011

http://iucn.org/about/union/members/resources/news/?7045/Call-open-for-Ramsar-Wetland-Awards&utm_campaign=1107418314&utm_content=1023835583506&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailvision

Restoration-based Teacher Professional Development Workshop - August 1-5, 2011

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5284397.pdf

Ecosystem Services: Integrating Science and Practice: The Netherlands - October 4-7, 2011

http://www.fsd.nl/esp/77938/5/0/30

Special Issue "Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration" - Deadline Dec 1, 2011

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/special_issues/urban_bcr/

SER Members receive 25% off Island Press purchases. Contact Caroline Bronaugh at

caroline@ser.org for details!

The 13-year-old who has the world planting trees
At the age of nine, Felix Finkbeiner hatched a plan to plant a million trees in his native Germany. Now he's a global eco-superhero
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/8476747/The-13-year-old-who-has-the-world-planting-trees.html

The EU's 2020 biodiversity strategy, to be presented next week, will pave the way for the value of nature to be taken into account across all policies, including factoring the environment and ecosystems into national economic plans.

While the public receives the benefits from farm-sourced ecological goods and services, farmers bear the associated costs. The new federal government needs to recognize the value farmers contribute to such public benefits. It is now time farmers are compensated for their efforts in protecting our environment and for the losses incurred through supporting sound wildlife populations.

The World's Tropical Forests Are Already Feeling the Heat
Much attention has been paid to how global warming is affecting the world's polar regions and glaciers. But a leading authority on tropical forests warns that rising temperatures could have an equally profound impact on rainforests and are already taking a toll on some tropical species.
 http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_worlds_tropical_forests_are_already_feeling_the_heat/2397/

A new aesthetic: Landscape design Includes habitat restoration
The future of landscape design calls for a resolution of these two differing criteria at work here - conventional landscape design criteria versus the need for habitat restoration. Where the mistake is being made is trying to shoehorn habitat restoration goals into the conventional aesthetic criteria of landscape design.

http://myedmondsnews.com/2011/05/native-plants-part-3-landscape-design-should-include-habitat-restoration/

Ecuador: The project "Floreana, an integrated approach to restoration"
A different plan is needed here when compared to the other protected islands of the archipelago, because this is the first major restoration project on an inhabited island. Its small area and low population constitute favourable conditions to develop an integrated approach.
 http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/ecosystem-restoration-project-floreana-island-galapagos.php?id_page=675