REDRESS at ECOMONDO 2025
From November 4 to 7, 2025, Rimini (Italy) expo hosted “Ecomondo” (https://www.ecomondo.com/en/about/ecomondo-fair), the international benchmark for ecological transition and the circular economy. This 28th edition presented a program full of innovations, visionary projects, and unmissable opportunities for companies, start-ups, researchers, innovators, and policymakers. UNIVPM organized an exhibition where all projects on ecological restoration and innovative […]
SER2025 – Denver, Colorado
Denver (USA) has been the capital of the ecological restoration 2025. The conference of SER2025 took place from 30 September to 4 October 2025. This world conference brings together 1,400 delegates from 70 countries to support the delivery of global commitments to restore lands and seas for the benefit of people and nature. The program […]
The European Researchers’ Night 2025!
On 26 September 2025, the European Researchers’ Night has been celebrated across the continent, involving more than 1.5 million people of all ages in 460 cities across 25 countries.The European Researchers’ Night brings research and researchers closer to the public, attracting over 1.5 million visitors across Europe and beyond every year promotes excellent research projects […]
ICES Conference 2025
ICES Annual Science Conference 2025 is hosted at Klaipėda University in Lithuania on 15-18 September 2025. This conference, the flagship event of ICES, brings together marine scientists from around the world to share innovative research, ideas, and build lasting collaborations. Nadia Papadopoulou and Chris Smith (HCMR) are both presenting the mission of SERE (Society for […]
REDRESS 3rd Newsletter
The third REDRESS newsletter is now available. The document presents an overview of the tasks and results achieved from 1 February 2024 to 31 July 2025. We present an update of the restoration interventions along the EU Seas, the dissemination and communication activities of the REDRESS partners and the activities of the young REDRESS researchers. […]
MARE Conference 2025
Deep-dive into the governance of deep-sea restoration REDRESS at the MARE conference Between 24 and 27 June 2025, REDRESS project participants Nadia Papadopoulou, Chris Smith, Johanna Buerkert and Marloes Kraan participated in the MARE conference (https://marecentre.nl/). Under the theme “Tensions, Trade-offs, and Transformations for the Ocean Decade and Beyond”, the conference explored tensions, trade-offs, and […]
One Ocean Science and UN Ocean Conference 2025
Nice has been the capital of the Ocean Science for two weeks, this June 2025. The One Ocean Science week (https://one-ocean-science-2025.org/) anticipated the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/ocean2025). The motivation of these two important conferences can be summarised as following: We are part of One Ocean, a global common and a critical resource to human […]
REDRESS at the European Maritime Day 2025
The European Maritime Day 2025 took place in Cork, Ireland, on the 21-23 May 2025. The conference is organized by the European Commission, the Cork City Council and the Irish ministry Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (https://maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/theme/governance/european-maritime-day_en). Our colleagues Helena Vieira (UAVEIRO) and Stephen Hynes (UNIVERISTY OF GALWAY) participated in different sections “to pay […]
The effectiveness of marine ecosystem restoration interventions
An international team has demonstrated the effectiveness of marine ecosystem restoration interventions. The publication has just appeared in the prestigious international journal: Nature Communications. Over the last 100 years, Man has destroyed or damaged a large part of marine ecosystems. Italy is no exception, where more than 30% of seagrass meadows and coralligenous plants have […]
Joint Cluster Event Restore & Protect Marine Biodiversity and Reducing ByCatch
The European Research Executive Agency (REA) hosted the cluster event in Brussels on March 13 and 14, 2025. The meeting was organized by the European Commission (DG RTD, DG Mare, DG Env & Rea), BioAgora, Eklipse, HIFMB and B-Useful. Cristina Gambi on behalf of REDRESS was invited to be part of the knowledge exchange network […]