Our colleagues participated in the SER Europe Conference, in the beautiful Reykjavik. The Conference, held on Sept 9-13, represents the European chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration. Thanks to Cristina Gambi, Nadia Papadopoulou, Chris Smith and Alba Medrano for sharing our latest development on Marine Restoration! Over 400 people, representing 48 countries all over the world, took part in the conference. 

Nearly 200 oral talks―including seven excellent keynotes—and over 80 posters were presented; in addition to six specialized workshops and an open Climate Forum.

MERCES was present with the following talks and posters:

- Key concepts for ecological restoration in the deep-sea
- Stakeholder perceptions on marine restoration: policy targets and supporting actions
- Restoring macroalgal Cystoseira forests: life-history traits highlight the need for combined active and passive restoration
- MERCES: Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas (H2020 Project)

You may also check the programme and full list of abstracts here: http://ow.ly/PTfR30lRKYQ Enjoy!
 

You can find the conference group photo on the SERE Announcement Board http://sere2018iceland.weebly.com/ (also accessible from the conference website https://sere2018.org/). 
MERCES project and outputs have been presented in the framework of the session: coastal/marine restoration moderated by James Aronson, member of the SER International and of the MERCES advisory board.