International Conference on Ecological Restoration ICER on May 20-21, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada

Air Quality
Art and Ecological Restoration
Assisted migration
Bio Monitoring
Biodegradable Materials
Biodiversity
Biodiversity restoration/ inter and intraspecific functional diversity
Challenges (particular issues and obstacles to face in the real world)
Clean Energy
Climate change and ecological restoration
Communicating restoration science: outreaching, extension, training
Community engagement in ecological restoration: traditional knowledge, social perception
Conservation
Deforestation
Desertification
Ecological processes, ecosystem functioning and services
Ecological Restoration
Ecological theories and restoration/Restoration Ecology principles
Economical, social and philosophical implications
Economy of ecological restoration (costs, funding, profitability, jobs, livelihoods, ecosystem services)
Environmental Impact Assessment
Ethics and values (philosophical aspects of restoration)
Failures and mistakes in restoration projects and decisions
Farming Methods and the Environment
Fire management in ecological restoration
Genetics in ecological restoration
Geospatial Technologies
Governance and public policies/legislation
Habitat Rehabilitation
International policy and global restoration commitments
Land Management
Landscape ecology and restoration
Mining and the Environment
Natural regeneration / passive restoration/ resilience
Natural Resources Management
Planning (governance, priorities, goals)
Pollution Reduction
Rehabilitation of severely degraded sites/ reclamation/ pollution
Restoration and water: production and regulation
Restoration for carbon sequestration
Restoration in parks and protected areas
Restoration in the Anthropocene
Restoration in the context of agroecosystems/agroforestry
Restoration in urban and rural/urban context
Restoration of Coastal ecosystems
Restoration of Drylands and Mediterranean ecosystems
Restoration of invaded ecosystems
Restoration of Temperate and Boreal Forests
Restoration of Temperate Grasslands
Restoration of Tropical Forests
Restoration of Tropical Savannas and Grasslands
Restoration of Wetlands and Aquatic ecosystems
Restoration outcomes, monitoring (evaluating success)
Restoration planning, setting priorities at different scales
Restoration success: indicators, monitoring (sampling, GIS, LIDAR) and adaptive management
Restoration techniques in different biomes/ecosystems
Restoration, socio-ecological resilience and tipping points
Science behind restoration
Seeds and seedling production
Setting restoration goals
Soil Erosion
Soil restoration / plant, soil and water relationship
Sustainable Development
Valuation
Waste Management
Wildlife and restoration / rewilding