WELCOME TO THE SER INTERNATIONAL 2009
CONFERENCE WEB SITE!
SER International meetings provide an essential
international forum for scientists and practitioners who look to restoration
as a means to conserve the planet’s dwindling biodiversity and
failing ecosystems. These meetings provide a critical platform to
assist us in defining the principles of restoration, understanding
goals and milestones, debating what ecosystem functions to measure
and closing the gap between the science of restoration ecology and
the practise of ecological restoration.
With a focus on Making Change in a Changing
World, the local conference organising committee hope
to engage the debate on the impact of a changing world on our restoration
capabilities. With this focus, SER International 2009 aims to accommodate
as many interests as possible.
The meeting will host an array of themes representing current research and global restoration practice. Themes that are relevant, of high focus and contemporary in Australia will also be part
of the SER International 2009 program. A preliminary list of themes
to be addressed include:
- Restoration ecology in a changing world
- status of restoration ecology
- setting goals in a changing world
- global climate change
- priorities for restoration
- investigating ecological processes –which ones and how?
- future of restoration ecology - where do we go to from here?
- Linking science with the arts –social and cultural aspects of restoration
- community involvement in restoration
- indigenous ecological knowledge for restoration
- Restoration at the landscape scale
- using landscape ecology in ecological restoration
- using ecological restoration in landscape ecology
- Ecological restoration of ecosystems
- wetland restoration
- river restoration
- coastal and mangrove restoration
- marine restoration
- forest restoration
- woodland restoration
- shrubland restoration
- grassland restoration
- desert restoration
- Ecological restoration of disturbed sites
- agricultural landscape restoration
- post-mine restoration
- post-extraction restoration
- post-contaminated soil restoration
- road ecology and restoration
- Ecological restoration within urban areas
- plant-animal interactions in urban areas
- Ecological restoration of threatened species, populations and habitats
- linking ex-situ and in-situ conservation and restoration practices
- linking conservation of species with habitat restoration
- Management and technical aspects
- adaptive management
- monitoring – the long and short of it!
- remote sensing capabilities
- modelling capabilities
- plant provenance
- Disturbance ecology and management
- disturbance ecology
- weed management
- fire ecology and management
Given it's location, SER International 2009 is
aiming to attract a broader audience, including practitioners and
scientists from Oceania and the Eastern Hemisphere regions. SER International
2009 provides an ideal opportunity to promote the SERI and ecological
restoration within these regions - India and China represent two new
major global hubs for economic growth with growing restoration needs.
The local organising committee sincerely
looks forward to your attendance at SER International 2009 and welcomes
you to Australia and Perth. 
Other Events
SER International 2009 will immediately
follow the
10th International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL).
For international delegates, this provides an ideal opportunity to
attend both meetings while in Australia.
SER International 2009 will precede the Fourth International Seminar
on Mine Closure, currently scheduled for September 2009. For more
information about this seminar, please email acg@acg.uwa.edu.au.
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