The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) will host its seventh biennial World Conference in Foz do Iguassu, Paraná, Brazil from 27 August to 1 September 2017 in partnership with the Brazilian Society for Ecological Restoration (SOBRE) and the Ibero-American & Caribbean Society for Ecological Restoration (SIACRE). The conference is expected to draw more than 1,500 delegates from the around the world embodying the great professional and cultural diversity of the three hosting organizations and representing all stakeholders in the restoration enterprise—from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to artists, educators, students and community leaders.

James Aronson, of Society of Ecological Restoration and Missouri Botanical Garden and MERCES Advisory Board Member, took part in SER 2017, Linking Science and Practice for a Better World -1500 participants attending VII World Conference on Ecological Restoration. He is flying the MERCES flag and how MERCES is working on applying the SER standards document to Marine and especially deep-sea ecosystem restoration.

For more information see the link below:

http://ser2017.org/about.php
http://ser2017.org/program-book.php

And also in their tweeter feed:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/SER2017