SER Press Room

With members who are restoration experts around the globe, SER is the journalist's best source of stories, insight and information on ecological restoration. For prompt assistance with interviews, photos or news story ideas, please contact the SER office in Washington D.C., at info@ser.org or (202) 299-9518. 

PRESS RELEASES

The Power of Ecological Restoration to Create Meaningful and Social Change
August 23, 2011
MERIDA, Mexico - Day two of the 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration: Re-establishing the Link between Nature and Culture hosted by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) focused on the social and cultural aspects of ecological restoration...(read more)

Ecological Restoration: A Key Tool for Economic Prosperity, Environmental Health and Biodiversity
August 22, 2011
MERIDA, Mexico - Nearly 1,000 delegates from 60 countries gathered in the capital of Yucatan to discuss the role of ecological restoration in supporting and sustaining economic activity, cultural values, and biodiversity...(read more)

The Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER) Welcomes its New Executive Director
May 5, 2009
The Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER) has named Amanda Jorgenson as its new Executive Director. With a background in conservation biology and more than a dozen years of experience running conservation programs...(read more)

Ecological Restoration as a Tool for Reversing Ecosystem Fragmentation
October 8, 2008
Ecosystem fragmentation, along with many other global trends, is causing the natural world to undergo profound changes at all spatial scales, from the micro-habitat to the continental. The widespread and unprecedented human impact upon nature has adversely affected ecosystem health and resilience, biodiversity, and the provision of ecological goods and services that all species depend on (e.g. clean air, fresh water and healthy soils). The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International maintains that even with the tremendous pressures that humans presently exert upon our ecosystems, fragmentation is neither inevitable nor irreversible...(read more)

Opportunities for Integrating Ecological Restoration and Biological Conservation within the Ecosystem Approach
May 19, 2008
The movement to conserve biodiversity is now at a critical junction. How do we maintain the viability and resilience of plant and animal species in the face of unprecedented habitat destruction and accelerated climate change? Outside certain plant and animal groups, ex-situ conservation currently has a limited role to play in preserving and safeguarding biodiversity on any significant scale (in terms of amount and coverage of materials available), and is often too narrowly focused on particular groups or even "charismatic" organisms, underplaying the role of...(read more)

James Aronson Receives International Environmental Award
August 21, 2007
TUCSON, Arizona: On August 8, 2007, James Aronson, co-founder of the Restoring Natural Capital Alliance, was presented with the prestigious Communications Award by the Society for Ecological Restoration International for his work as a passionate...(read more)

CSU Professor Receives International Environmental Award
August 18, 2007
TUCSON, Arizona: On August 7, 2007, Edward Redente, Emeritus Professor of Restoration Ecology at the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University, was presented with the prestigious Theodore M. Sperry Award by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International...(read more)

Ecological Restoration: A Global Strategy for Mitigating Climate Change
August 6, 2007
On August 6, 2007, the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER) issued a position statement on global climate change during its joint conference with the Ecological Society of America (ESA) “Ecological Restoration in a Changing World” held last week in San Jose, CA. The SER position statement has been endorsed by the ESA governing board. An estimated 4,500 people participated in the meeting...(read more)