Organized by the Project on ‘Restoring Peatlands in Russia – for fire prevention and climate change mitigation’ and the Project on ‘Enhancing ecosystem services through ecosystem restoration as part of сlimate change adaptation’
Workshop will be held in a mixed format (Khanty-Mansiysk – Zoom) on 3 July 2021, from 13:30 to 16:00 Moscow time.
Workshop Goal is to familiarize the participants with the experience gained in the restoration of peatland ecosystems for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean. It can help to end poverty, combat climate change and prevent a mass extinction.
The following topics will be discussed:
- Goals, objectives, principles and mechanisms of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
- Role of the ecosystem restoration projects in the climate change mitigation and adaptation measures
- How you can contribute to the ecosystem restoration projects
- How to organize such projects in different ecosystems and under various climatic conditions
- What is specific about the projects on restoring hydrological regime in peatlands
- Opportunities for the exchange of expertise on ecosystem restoration in the Arctic provided by the Nothern Forum
- What you should know about the tundra ecosystems restoration: planning, design, implementation, monitoring and communication
- How to develop monitoring designs to address important climate questions for projects on restoring various ecosystems, from the forested steppe to the tundra
Speakers:
- Olga Denyshchyk, Succow Foundation, Germany;
- Hans Joosten, Greifswald Mire Centre, Germany;
- Darya Ryazantseva and Elena Veshnyakova, EthnoExpert, Russia-Latvia;
- Tatiana Minayeva, Wetlands International/ Care for Ecosystems, Yurga State University/ Institute of Forest Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Germany–Russia;
- Larisa Makarova, Scientific & Technical Centre “Meshchersky”, Russia;
- Alexander Kaverin, Yugra University
- Sergei Uvarov, LLC Rubus, Russia;
- Ruslan Bolshakov, LLC Econord, Russia;
- Andrey Sirin and Daniil Ilyasov, Centre on Conservation and Restoration of Peatland Ecosystems, Institute of Forest Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia