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9:00 - 10:00
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Registrations for morning and day participants
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10:00 - 12:00
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Morning Programme: High-level Information Session
chaired by Karolina D’Cunha, European Commission
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Attend a series of high-level talks and find out more about nature restoration from selected speakers.
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10:00 - 10:05
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Opening speech
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Hilde Eggermont, Strategic Coordinator of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform/ Chair of the European Biodiversity Partnership
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10:05 - 10:20
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Restoration ambition needed in the EU – the view of the NGOs
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Sergiy Moroz, Policy Manager for Biodiversity and Water, European Environmental Bureau
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10:20 - 10:35
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Upscaling effective ecological restoration in the EU is impossible without massive investment in structural science-practice collaboration
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Kris Decleer, Society for Ecological Restoration, Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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10.35 - 10:50
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Four flagship nature restoration research projects
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Craig Bullock, coordinator of WaterLANDS and on behalf of the other GD7-1 projects (MERLIN, SUPERB and Rest-Coast)
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10:50 - 11:05
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Belgian example: Presentation of Sigmaplan
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Jos Rutten, General Director, Agentschap Natuur en Bos, Belgium
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11:05 - 11:20
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Guidance on barrier removal – The European Commission
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Hans Stielstra, European Commission
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11:20 - 11:35
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Estonian example: Sindi Dam removal presentation
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Tanel Ader, Senior Officer, Fishery Resources Department, Environment Ministry, Estonia
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11:35 - 11:55
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Feedback from the room & wrap up
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Karolina D’Cunha, European Commission
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11:55 - 12:00
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Concluding remarks and Closing
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Karolina D’Cunha, European Commission
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12:00 - 14:00
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Lunch break
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12:30 - 14:00
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Registrations for afternoon participants and set up for stand holders
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Participants who registered for a stand at the market can use this time to set up their stand.
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14:00 - 18:00
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Afternoon Programme:
Biodiversity Market
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14:00 - 17:00
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Biodiversity Spring Market
Explore the various stands present at our market: AFRD Georgia, Agentschap Natuur en Bos, BeeOdiversity, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership), Biotope, Brussels Health Gardens - Jardins Santé à Bruxelles, Contracts 2.0, DEMNA, Dr. FOREST, EcoCities - UHasselt, ENVISION, EuropaBON, FACE (European Federation for Hunting and Conservation), Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, INBO (Research Institute Nature and Forest Flanders), Jane Goodall Institute Belgium, LIFE RIPARIAS, LIFE stierkikker-project, LifeWatch (VLIZ), Lifewatch-WB, National Ecosystem Services Assessment of Hungary, National Scientific Secretariat on Invasive Alien Species, RBINS (CEBioS)
Network with colleagues from research, policy and practice.
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17:00 - 18:00
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Cocktail and Closing of the day
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