9:00 – 9:40

Tardy, János

Representative of the Minister

Borhidi, Attila

van Diggelen, Rudy

Demszky, Gábor

Patron of the Conference

Ministry for Environment and Water Management

President of the Conference

Chair of the European Chapter of SER

Lord mayor of Budapest

9:50 – 10:30

Aronson, James

Challenges of the new Millennium – a view from southern Europe

10:50 – 11:40

Harris, Jim

Monitoring restoration efficiency – the role of below ground components

11:50 – 12:10

Tudor, Marian

Incorporating social and economic aspects in wetland restoration within the Danube Delta

12:10 – 12:30

Kusik, Tomas

The role of NGOs in wetland restoration – an example from the Zahorie lowland, Slovak Republic

12:30 – 12:50

Brux, Holger

Successful partnership involvement in a long term wetland restoration project, 1996-2006

11:50 – 12:10

Comin, Francisco

Scaled assessment of coal mine restoration: from populations to landscape

12:10 – 12:30

van der Sluis, Theo

Restoration of ecological networks to create permeable landscapes: from analysis to design

12:30 – 12:50

Cullen, Laury

Buffer zones and stepping stones as restoration tools for the Brazilian Atlantic forest

11:50 – 12:10

Forbes, Bruce

Assisted and unassisted revegetation in circumpolar arctic and subarctic ecosystems

12:10 – 12:30

Perez-Rovira, Patricia

Habitat restoration in Valencian community

12:30 – 12:50

Kendle, Tony

Regenerating the forests of the Seychelles

14:20 – 14:40

Guzmán-Álvarez, José-Ramón

Restoration of vegetation cover in a strongly disturbed area due to pyrites mine collapse in Aznalcollar (south of Spain)

14:40 – 15:00

Nicolau, José Manuel

Soil erosion as limiting factor for herbaceous community development in reclaimed slopes form open cast mining

15:00 – 15:20

Schmidt, Torsten

Reforestation of mine-spoils – What determines the growth dynamics of trees?

15:20 – 15:40

Wagner, Markus

The abiotic filter and plant community assembly on a recovering site after alkaline dust pollution

15:40 – 16:00

Harvie, Barbara

Seeds, succession and shale bings

14:20 – 14:40

Grootjans, Ab

How not to restore fen and fen meadows ecosystems

14:40 – 15:00

Lammerts, Evert Jan

Planning restoration strategies in a coastal ecosystem

15:00 – 15:20

Schipper, Piet

Planning restoration strategies used by Staatsbosbeheer

15:20 – 15:40

Gyarmathy, István and Gõri, Szilvia

Report on a recent fire at the Hortobágy National Park, strategy of treatments

15:40 – 16:00

Malt, Steffen

“Internal field segregation” as a concept for integrating nature conservation objectives within agriculturally dominated landscapes

14:20 – 14:40

Decleer, Kris and

van Uytvanck, Jan

Restoration of plant and invertebrate communities of dry and wet heathland on former arable land: biotic and abiotic constraints

14:40 – 15:00

van Kleef, Hein

Restoration of Dutch soft waters. As good for the animals as it was for the plants?

15:00 – 15:20

van Duinen, Gert-Jan

Habitat diversity and colonisation: important keys to restoration of aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna of raised bogs

15:20 – 15:40

Cenni, Mario

Enclosures and soft fish barrier method to restore plant beds through isolation and biomanipulation

16:20 – 16:40

French, Christopher

Modelling soil contaminants in short-rotation forestry stands on brownfield soils

16:40 – 17:00

Kooijman, Annemieke

Implications of higher N and P availability in acid soils for nature management

17:00 – 17:20

Szili Kovács, Tibor

Microbial properties of sandy grassland soil under the manipulation of soil N availability

17:20 – 17:40

Dorland, Edu

Toxic ammonium concentrations: a serious constraint to the restoration of plant diversity in wet heaths

17:40 – 18:00

Bobbink, Roland

Long-term perspectives for the restoration of plant diversity in degraded heaths and acidic grasslands

16:20 – 16:40

Clewell, Andre

Economic sustainability and restoration

16:40 – 17:00

Vesely, Éva-Terézia

Monitoring restoration efficiency – the economic side: the case study of Tiritiri Matangi

17:00 – 17:20

Penning, Ellis

Cyclic floodplain rejuvenation: combining ecological restoration with flooding risk reduction along the river Waal (The Netherlands)

17:20 – 17:40

Marrs, Rob

Generic approaches for the restoration of heathland and moorland in the UK

17:40 – 18:00

Mountford, J. Owen

Methods for targeting the restoration of grazing marsh and wet grassland communities at a national, regional and local scale

16:20 – 16:40

Jakob, Sabine

Biodiversity in lignite mining areas – temporal/spatial development of disturbed systems

16:40 – 17:00

Kirmer, Anita

Colonisation during primary succession – spontaneous and initiated vegetation development in former lignite mining areas

17:00 – 17:20

Khater, Carla

Introducing and adapting principles of ecological rehabilitation to limestone quarries in Lebanon

17:20 – 17:40

Borhidi, Attila

Land rehabilitation by using composted wastes in SW-Hungary

17:40 – 18:00

Rawlinson, Helen

Community forestry on old-style sanitary landfills in NW England

18:10 – 18:40

Moderator: Halassy, Melinda

8:30 – 9:20

van Andel, Jelte

The interface between ecological restoration and restoration ecology

9:20 – 10:10

Wiegleb, Gerhard

Goal development through communication in restoration projects – “reference state” or “as much nature as possible”

10:40 – 11:00

Blomqvist, Milena

Should restoration of ditch bank plant species richness focus on colonisation or extinction?

11:00 – 11:20

Rach, Jutta

The smooth and rigorous method: comparison of two re-wetting measures in drained alder forests

11:20 – 11:40

Halassy, Melinda

Dispersal and competition: two important facets of restoring sand grasslands on former Robinia pseudo-acacia plantations

11:40 – 12:00

Dunajski, Andrzej

Microhabitat preferences of seedlings in a degraded mountain Norway spruce forest

12:00 – 12:20

Matus, Gábor

Influence of topography and reforestation on seed bank formation in an abandoned east-Hungarian sandy pasture

12:20 – 12:40

Putwain, Philip

Resilience and species assembly in chalk grassland and lowland heathland communities following severe disturbance

10:40 – 11:00

Whitbread-Abrutat, Peter-Jan

Opportunities for sustainable restoration initiatives from a devastated landscape

11:00 – 11:20

Hannigan Popp, Margaret

Redeeming landscapes: working with communities tackling environmental degradation which draws together the ecological goals and socio-cultural goals

11:20 – 11:40

Swart, Jacques

Decision-making in ecological restoration projects, a challenge to deliberation

11:40 – 12:00

Scott, Richard

Creative conservation: the importance of keeping things simple

12:00 – 12:20

Stashko, Edward

The Centre for Ecological Restoration: a community-based approach in British Columbia, Canada

10:40 – 11:00

Bischoff, Armin

Requirements for successful grassland restoration in the floodplains of central Germany

11:00 – 11:20

Dhillion, Shivcharn

Stimulation of ecosystem processes in boreal grasslands through experimental restoration

11:20 – 11:40

van den Berg, Leon

Restoration of biodiversity in acid grasslands and dry heaths

11:40 – 12:00

Jongepierova, Ivana

Recreation of species-rich grasslands in the White Carpathian Mts.

12:00 – 12:20

Thormann, Annuschka

Restoration of calcareous grasslands – the effects of different restoration methods on the establishment of calcareous grassland species

12:20 – 12:40

Novitskaya, Natalya

Restoration of rare steppe plant habitats on western coastline of Baikal lake

14:10 – 14:30

Bartha, Sándor

Plant immigration windows in a mesic old field succession

14:30 – 14:50

Csecserits, Anikó

Spontaneous succession on sandy old-fields: the experience of 4 years

14:50 – 15:10

Jensen, Jorgen

Succession in a Danish fallow field

15:10 – 15:30

Prach, Karel

Spontaneous vegetation succession: scientific knowledge and restoration practice

15:30 – 15:50

Tolvanen, Anne

Regeneration dynamics of boreal and subarctic plants after disturbance

14:10 – 14:30

van Diggelen, Rudy

Restoring freshwater wetlands: can we get what we want?

14:30 – 14:50

Trepel, Michael

Requirements for model application in wetland restoration – experiences from northern Germany

14:50 – 15:10

Okruszko, Tomasz

Use of hydrological models for fen restoration chances and constraints - Biebrza Middle Basin case study

15:10 – 15:30

Beltman, Boudewijn

Restoration of terrestrialized plant communities in The Netherlands. A study in successes and failures of processes and patterns

14:10 – 14:30

Jones, Andrew

Conserving genes through restoration – the science and the practice

14:30 – 14:50

Hölzel, Norbert

The influence of diaspore transfer with plant litter on restoration success

14:50 – 15:10

Sliva, Jan

Efficiency of plant re-introduction by hay transport

15:10 – 15:30

Rey Benayas, José Maria

Performance of introduced seedlings of three Quercus species in abandoned mediterranean cropland under different levels of radiation input and weed competition

15:30 – 15:50

Vergeer, Philippine

Reintroduction of threatened plant species in fragmented landscapes

16:50 – 18:20

Moderators: Kuleshova, Julia & Struchkov, Anton

16:50 – 18:20

Moderators: Someus, Edward & Harris, Jim

16:50 – 18:20

Moderators: Aronson, James & Higgs, Eric

16:50 – 18:20

Moderator: Sessa, Reuben

18:20 – 19:00

Moderators: van Diggelen, Rudy & Higgs, Eric

8:30 – 9:20

Sharman, Martin

Science in support of ecological restoration: the role of professional bodies

9:20 – 10:10

Vallejo, Ramón

Restoration strategies for dry lands

10:40 – 11:00

Stoyanova, Julia

Bioenergetic understanding of natural forest ecosystems functioning – a background for successful restoration

11:00 – 11:20

Hald, Anna

Restoration of agriculturally improved grassland on humic soil – scale, management, role of persistent seed bank and indicators of potential botanical nature quality

11:20 – 11:40

Kotowski, Wiktor

Prospects of fen restoration: a species perspective

11:40 – 12:00

Halle, Stefan

The two-step filter model: a suggestion for a conceptual framework for restoration ecology

12:00 – 12:20

Meire, Patrick

Ecological restoration of the Shelde estuary: how to improve the ecosystem functions?

10:40 – 11:00

Hendriks, Rob

Survival plan for woodland and nature in The Netherlands: past, present and future

11:00 – 11:20

Török, Katalin

Medium-term research agenda for restoration in Hungary

11:20 – 11:40

Roetzer, Harald

Restoration of dry grasslands in the Weinviertel region (lower Austria)

11:40 – 12:00

Eriksen, Marit

Land use and biodiversity status, use and maintenance: the case of Na Heao, Thailand

12:00 – 12:20

Beyen, Wouter

Brackish meadows in a changing environment: de Putten near the port of Antwerp

10:40 – 11:00

Donath, Tobias

Evaluation of restoration success of flood-meadows along the northern Upper Rhine

11:00 – 11:20

Ramseier, Dieter

Restoration of drained wet grasslands in northern Switzerland: botanical aspects of an experimental approach

11:20 – 11:40

van der Hagen, Harrie

Dune slack restoration in the Dutch mainland dunes, initial results

11:40 – 12:00

Tomassen, Hilde

Restoration of degraded peatlands in The Netherlands: the roles of methane and carbon dioxide

12:00 – 12:20

Tosserams, Marcel

From lake to estuary? Ecological restoration perspectives for lake Volkerak-Zoommeer

12:20 – 12:40

Lakner, Gábor

Experiments on the protection of reed dominated habitats in lake Balaton

14:10 – 14:30

Pizl, Vaclav

Earthworm populations in initial successional stages of restored species-rich meadows on arable soil

14:30 – 14:50

Brun, Jean-Jacques

Changes in lumbricid coenosis during wet meadows restoration. Consequences on food availability for the Eurasian curlew

14:50 – 15:10

Tajovsky, Karel

Impact of flood restoration on soil macrofauna (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Oniscidea) in floodplain habitats

15:10 – 15:30

Verberk, Wilco

Management and mechanisms: the relationship between environmental heterogeneity and aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity

15:30 – 15:50

Frouz, Jan

The effects of soil macrofauna on organic matter accumulation and soil formation in post-mining landscape

14:10 – 14:30

Dickinson, Nicholas

Healthy soils: when and how are soil contamination issues resolved?

14:30 – 14:50

Bedecarrats, Alain

Patterns of vegetal dynamics triggered by artificial seed sowing on ski trails in Savoy (France)

14:50 – 15:10

Chauvin, Christophe

Ecological restoration on degraded marls in the Southern French Alps using Austrian black pine

15:10 – 15:30

Krautzer, Bernhard

Soil erosion and water flow on slopes in dependence on application techniques

15:30 – 15:50

Hayes, Michael

Restoring species-rich grasslands: effects of sward management on the natural re-colonisation of hill-land

16:10 – 17:15

Moderators: Grootjans, Ab & Higgs, Eric

17:20 – 18:00

Moderators: Harris, Jim; van Diggelen, Rudy; Török, Katalin