SER Calendar of Events
I Congreso Colombiano de Restauración Ecológica
Date(s):	July 27-31, 2009
Location:	Bogota, Colombia
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Midwest Oak Savanna and Woodland Conference
Date(s):	July 29-August 1, 2009
Location:	Sylvania, OH
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SER International's World Conference on Ecological Restoration
Date(s):	August 23-28, 2009
Location:	Perth, Western Australia
Details:	SER's world conference is held every other year, with the next event scheduled for August 23-28, 2009, in Perth, Western Australia. Attendees will experience a southern hemisphere global biodiversity hotspot, world-renowned for its unique flora and fauna, with 90 percent of species endemic to the region. Western Australia is a unique place, situated on one of the oldest continental landmasses on earth, with the earliest evidence of life (3.8BY stromatolite fossils) to extraordinary plant and animal life fostered by being an island continent for the past 65 million years. Restoration is big business in Western Australia, whether it is restoring degraded farmland, urban bushland or wetlands. And with Western Australia being one of the most productive and diversified mineral and energy regions in the world, there will be opportunities to witness the leading edge approaches being used in post-mining restoration. For more information about the 2009 conference, or to join the mailing list, please email seri2009@bgpa.wa.gov.au.
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6th European Dry Grassland Meeting
Date(s):	31 August - 2 September 2009
Location:	Halle (Saale), Germany
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SER British Columbia Chapter Conference
Date(s):	November 5-7, 2009
Location:	Naramata, BC, Canada
Details:	Shared Responsibility For A Sustainable Landscape Conference, Nov 5-7, Naramata BC Each year, the SER BC organizes a conference highlighting restoration issues in Canada. This year's conference will be hosted in Naramata, BC, from Nov 5-7 2009. The theme of the conference is, "Shared Responsibility for a Sustainable Landscape". Please click here for more information. We are currently accepting papers, posters, and field trip leaders for this conference. RESTORATION PROJECT CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP The SER-BC will be hosting a workshop in conjunction with our Nov 5-7, 2009 annual conference where we will demonstrate the certification standards using actual projects. We would invite you to be part of developing these standards. Find out more.
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Red Ibero Americano y Caribe de Restauracion Ecologica
Date(s):	November 9-13, 2009
Location:	Curitiba, Brazil
Details:	La Red Iberoamericana y del Caribe de Restauración Ecológica (RIACRE) en conjunto con la Sociedad Brasilera de Recuperación de Áreas Degradadas (SOBRADE y la Fundación de Investigaciones Forestales de Paraná (FUPEF), con apoyo de la Universidad Federal de Paraná (UFPR) y la Empresa Brasilera de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (EMBRAPA), programaron para el período del 9 al 13 de Noviembre de 2009, en Curitiba, Estado de Paraná, Brasil, el Congreso Iberoamericano y del Caribe sobre Restauración Ecológica. Serrá el mayor evento del género y congregará especialistas de la región para un amplio intercambio de experiencias, tecnologías, productos y servicios para la relevante tarea de restauración ecológica de ambientes degradados. Con este evento se pretende avalar el estado del arte en los paises miembros, promover discuciones que permitan avanzar en el desenvolvimiento de modelos de restauración ecológica, contribuyendo así con la tarea de restaurar ambientes degradados por la minería, la agricultura, la pecuaria, la reforestación comercial, las actividades industriales, la urbanización y la construcción de carreteras y embalses.
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“Wetlands Management, Economics and Policy” Workshop
Date(s):	January 13-15, 2010
Location:	Victoria, British Columbia
Details:	The University of Victoria in conjunction with the University of Alberta and Ducks Unlimited will host a workshop on “Wetlands Management, Economics and Policy” at the Hotel Grand Pacific in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, January 13-15, 2010. Papers from the conference will be published in the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (special issue) to appear in 2011. As wetland policy discussions and changes are ongoing across Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere, the timing of such a conference is ripe for advancing the state of knowledge about the benefits of wetlands and fuelling policy discussions. Wetland ecosystems are among the most important in the world, both from an economic and environmental perspective. Wetlands provide a large number of services, the most important of which relate to protection against flooding, water quality, assimilation of wastes, and wildlife habitat. In Europe, coastal wetlands protect residential areas against flooding from the sea, while all wetlands are important for recreation, improving water quality, and providing habitat for numerous waterfowl and other wildlife. The Prairie Pothole Region of Canada and the United States provides most of the breeding habitat for North American waterfowl. However, this region is also North America’s breadbasket and, as is true of many wetland areas, is a highly altered landscape that is primarily utilized for agricultural production. Given the focus in many countries on energy crops for ethanol and biodiesel, it will be increasingly difficult to protect wetlands and associated grasslands in such agricultural regions. The complexity of wetland ecosystems poses challenges for management, valuation and the establishment of sound policy to conserve them. In recognition of these challenges and the important but often neglected role of wetlands in society, selected papers from the workshop will be published in a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics devoted to wetlands management, economics and policy. The organizing committee is soliciting abstracts for selected papers to be presented at the conference and considered for publication in the special issue of the CJAE. A paper abstract of no more than two typed pages (double-spaced, 2.54 cm margins, Word, RTF or PDF format) should be sent no later than 31 August 2009 to Linda Voss (wetlands@uvic.ca). Abstracts will be reviewed and notification requests for full manuscripts will be sent by 15 September 2009. Authors who decide not to submit their papers for consideration in the special issue of the CJAE may still present at the Conference. Those authors who do wish their papers to be considered for the special issue are requested to submit completed papers by 1 March 2010 so that they can go through the review process. Please note that all published papers appearing in the CJAE are levied a publication charge of $75 per page. More information is available from the conference website: http://web.uvic.ca/~wetlands
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Mangrove Forest Ecology, Management and Restoration
Date(s):	March 3-5, 2010
Location:	Hollywood, Florida, USA
Details:	The eighth annual "Mangrove Forest Ecology, Management and Restoration" training workshop will be held at the Anne Kolb Nature Center, in Hollywood, Florida, USA, March 3-5, 2010. The training site is within a 500 ha mangrove restoration project at West Lake Park operated by Broward County. The award-winning project was designed by Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, who will be teaching the course. Mr. Lewis has taught this very successful course in Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka. The workshop includes an introduction to mangrove forest ecology, management options and problems, and restoration design issues. There is a total of 24 contact hours for the course. The class programs are all presented in a PowerPoint format, and each student is provided with a print out of the presentation and additional handouts including monitoring reports for typical restoration projects. Case studies of 5 successful mangrove restoration projects, and several unsuccessful projects, are discussed. Field trips are taken within the 500 ha West Lake Park mangrove restoration project (now 20 years old) and the adjacent John U. Lloyd Park shoreline erosion control project using mangroves and a revetment, for a comparison. Participants are invited to bring pending project designs to the course for professional review and critique. The emphasis is on cost-effective successful mangrove management and restoration, and cost figures for typical projects are discussed and explained. The Ecological Mangrove Restoration (EMR) method of mangrove restoration is emphasized as the best approach to successful restoration at minimal cost (see Erftemeijer and Lewis 2000; Lewis 1999, 2000a, 2000b, 2005; Lewis and Marshall 1998; Lewis and Streever 2000; Lewis et al. 2005, Lewis and Gilmore 2007, Stevenson et al. 1999 and Turner and Lewis 1997). Planting of mangroves is discussed in light of the many failures of this alone to successfully restore mangroves. Cost for the course not including travel to Ft. Lauderdale, lodging or food is $850, due by January 1, 2010 to Coastal Resources Group, Inc., P.O. Box 5430, Salt Springs, Florida, USA 32134-5430. Two qualified students will be allowed to attend for free, and can apply at any time for the two fee-waived positions. This course is organized by the Coastal Resources Group, Inc., a US based 501(c)3 tax exempt corporation, and will be taught in conjunction with the Mangrove Action Project (www.mangroveactionproject.org). Lodging close to the training site is available at the SleepInn in Dania Beach, Florida. Reservations need to be made early. Each participant is responsible for making their own reservations. No formal application forms are needed. Receipt of the necessary registration fee in advance of the registration deadline is all that is needed along with the contact information for the registrant. There is a $100 cancelation fee if received more than 30 days prior to the course. No refund is available for cancellations received less than 30 days in advance of the course. Issuance of formal letters of invitation will require receipt of full payment of registration fees before letters are sent. More information can be provided by Robin Lewis at LESRRL3@aol.com and www.mangroverestoration.com. Individual courses for private firms, government agencies or NGOs in the USA or foreign countries can be arranged for a flat fee plus expenses. Literature Cited Erftemeijer, P. L. A., and R. R. Lewis. 2000. Planting mangroves on intertidal mudflats: habitat restoration or habitat conversion? Pages 156-165 in Proceedings of the ECOTONE VIII Seminar "Enhancing Coastal Ecosystems Restoration for the 21st Century, Ranong, Thailand, 23-28 May 1999. Royal Forest Department of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. Lewis, R. R. 1999. Key concepts in successful ecological restoration of mangrove forests. Pages 12-32 in Proceedings of the TCE-Workshop No. II, Coastal Environmental Improvement in Mangrove/Wetland Ecosystems, 18-23 August 1998, Ranong, Thailand. Danish-SE Asian Collaboration in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems (TCE) Research and Training. NACA, P.O. Box 1040, Bangkok, Thailand 10903 Lewis, R. R. 2000a. Don't forget wetland habitat protection and restoration for Florida's fisheries. National Wetlands Newsletter 22(6): 9-10 + 20. Lewis, R. R. 2000b. Ecologically based goal setting in mangrove forest and tidal marsh restoration in Florida. Ecological Engineering 15(3-4): 191-198. Lewis, R.R. 2005. Ecological engineering for successful management and restoration of mangrove forests. Ecological Engineering 24 (4 SI):403-418. (http://www.royrlewis.com/Ecol_Eng_Mangrove_Rest_Lewis_2005.pdf) Lewis, R. R., and M. J. Marshall. 1998. Principles of successful restoration of shrimp aquaculture ponds back to mangrove forests. Page 327 in World Aquaculture Society Book of Abstracts, Aquaculture '98, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Abstract) Lewis, R. R., and W. Streever. 2000. Restoration of mangrove habitat. Tech Note ERDC TN-WRP-VN-RS-3.2 U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 7 pp. (http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wrtc/wrp/tnotes/vnrs3-2.pdf) Lewis, R. R., A. B. Hodgson, and G. S. Mauseth. 2005. Project facilitates the natural reseeding of mangrove forests (Florida). Ecological Restoration 23(4):276-77. (http://www.mangroverestoration.com/LEWISH_1.PDF) Lewis, R.R., and R. G. Gilmore. 2007. Important considerations to achieve successful mangrove forest restoration with optimum fish habitat. Bull. Mar. Sci. 80(3):823-837. Stevenson, N. J., R. R. Lewis and P. R. Burbridge. 1999. Disused shrimp ponds and mangrove rehabilitation. Pages 277-297 in "An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation", W. J. Streever (Ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. 338 pp. (http://www.mangroverestoration.com/Stevenson_et_al_1999_Disused_Shrimp_Ponds.pdf) Turner, R. E., and R. R. Lewis. 1997. Hydrologic restoration of coastal wetlands. Wetlands Ecol. Manage. 4(2):65-72.
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Seed Ecology III
Date(s):	June 20-24, 2010
Location:	Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)
Details:	Plans are now in place for Seed Ecology III, the Third International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the Environment, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on 20-24 June 2010. For more information, please visit the conference website at: www.seedecology3.org If you think you might be interested in attending, please send a quick note to the email address below: admin@seedecology3.org Your response will help with planning, and it will also place your name on an email list to receive further updates as they become available. For any questions, contact: Carol C. Baskin Phone: 859-257-8770 Email: ccbask0@uky.edu
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