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The presence and spread of invasive alien species (IAS) are a major threat to biodiversity, as well as affecting the economy and human well-being. For this reason, there is a need to develop effective strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of IAS and promote the resilience of native communities. Studies suggest that seeding with native species...

A short update on the current state of play with the adoption of the Nature Restoration Law (status on 17 May) for the RestoreNature NGO coalition mainly to inform the NGO action in the next weeks, especially in the run up to important votes in the European Parliament.

The group had the opportunity to present our restoration experiment at the National Botanical Garden's "Kert a köbön" invasive species event series. The event included two guided tours to the restoration experiment. At first we gave a brief introduction of the National Botanical Garden and the Ecological and Botanical Institute, and then we gave...

Invasion of alien species is one of the main drivers of land degradation threatening both natural and managed ecosystems. Ecological restoration is crucial in controlling invasion to improve biotic resistance and avoid further land degradation. We investigated the possibility of controlling the establishment of invasive alien species (IAS) by...

From 31 March to 1 April 2023, the Restoration Ecology Group attended in the 23rd Biology Days in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca. Thank you for the quality organisation!

The purpose of academic work is to test whether long-term changes in weather conditions – especially drought events –influence vegetation development to an extent that modifies the results of restoration trials. Attempts to eliminate black locust stands and restore sandy grassland in Hungary have already started in the 1990s. In 1995, three sites...

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A new booklet on pollination research has been published in collaboration with our research group.

An important session to discuss on the importance of the NRL for the scientific community across Europe. Jointly Organised by Alternet - SERE - INBO
Monday 27 February - 14-15:30hr CET online
The Nature Restoration Law: challenges for the scientific community - Alternet Science-Policy Seminar Series
In short we will be announcing the seminar on SERE...

This study aimed to assess the impact of the invasion of Asclepias syriaca, a perennial non‐native herbaceous species, on basic soil attributes and vegetation composition, and to study the effect of mechanical control, namely cutting of Asclepias, on target and other plant species. Sandy region of Kiskunság National Park, Hungary, Central Europe....

Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems. Convened under UN auspices, chaired by China, and hosted by Canada, the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on...

The lack of knowledge on the traits related to the germination and establishment of native plant species represents obstacles to restoration. Seed mass, germination and emergence variability from two characteristic grasses ( Festuca vaginata and Stipa borysthenica ), and two dicots ( Centaurea arenaria and Dianthus serotinus ) of Hungarian sandy...

David Cevallos received his PhD certificate in Quito, Ecuador at the Hungarian embassy. His doctoral research was: 'Delineation of seed transfer zones based on Ecological knowledge and testing by seed traits of populations from different provenance for ecological restoration use'. Congratulations to David!

Ecological restoration started in France in the 1860's with the program "Restauration des Terrains en Montagnes" in order to recover vegetation cover to prevent erosion in mountain areas. Since then, and especially from the early 2000's other restoration projects have been implemented in various ecosystems and with various approach and objectives....

Open days for university students were held at the Centre for Ecological Research on October 28, 2022. Melinda Halassy presented the research activities of our group and how the students can get involved in ongoing research. The presentation can be downloaded below in Hungarian.

Restoration prioritization helps determine optimal restoration interventions in national and regional spatial planning to create sustainable landscapes and maintain biodiversity. Here we investigate different forest-steppe vegetation types in the Pannonian sand region to provide restoration recommendations for conservation management, policy and...

Presenters: Kris Decleer, Research Institute for Nature and Forests-Flanders (INBO)

On 19-21 September 2022, we did the mowing and seeding of native grassland species (Festuca vaginata, Galium verum, Gypsophila paniculata, Saponaria officinalis) part of our new field experiment: 'Seed-based restoration to prevent the establishment and spread of invasive species'.

Between 18 and 20 July we built a second foil tent and replanted our seeding experiment native (Festuca vaginata, Galium verum, Gypsophila paniculata, Saponaria officinalis) and non-native plants (Asclepias syriaca, Conyza canadensis, Tragus racemosus) to flowerpots twice the size of the previous ones, since some species grew significantly. We had...

Between July 7-15 our research group completed the fieldwork related to the study which examine the impact of the landscape structure on restoration success. We made vegetation samplings on five restoration project sites and within the 500 m radius of the surrounding landscape in the Kiskunság sandy region. We hope that the collected data from the...