Description
Natural ecosystems are undergoing rapid change, resulting in functional losses and disruptions to associated ecosystem services. Ecological restoration provides a hopeful and positive outlook to halt and reverse these losses. The need for restoration has recently been acknowledged by the UN ‘Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’. This recognition has lent a new urgency to ecosystem restoration, leading to skyrocketing expectations for successful restoration outcomes. However, in coastal ecosystems, restoration successes targeting habitat-building species such as shellfish reefs, salt marshes, seagrasses and mangroves are generally low. Hence, there is a great need to advance knowledge and develop tools that can contribute to coastal restoration practice. In this talk, I want to take you along on a journey and highlight how linking ecological theory to practice can lead to successful restoration outcomes in a heavily altered seascape (the Dutch Wadden Sea), emphasizing the value of connecting science to practice for the advancement of both.| Period | 21-Sept-2022 |
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| Event title | Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 2022 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Conference number | 15 |
| Organiser | Netherlands Ecological Research Network (NERN) |
| Location | Lunteren, NetherlandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | National |