Save the date – Training workshop on “Ecological wetland restoration” for wetland managers and practitioners

This training will be organised by Tour du Valat, with the support of MedWet, in the framework of the project “Strengthening the restoration of Mediterranean Wetlands for nature and people”, coordinated by WWF Spain and financed by MAVA Foundation.

Dates: from 20 to 22 June, 2022

Duration: 3 days half-day training, including “virtual field visits”

Location: virtual (streaming and recorded)

Participants: wetland managers and technicians from different restoration sites around the Mediterranean basin. It is free of charge.

Languages: French with simultaneous translation into English.

Facilitators: François Mesléard, Hugo Fontes, Loïc Willm, Brigitte Poulin, Gaëtan Lefebvre and Marc Thibault (Tour du Valat)

Main topics:

The following topics will be covered during the visit:

Restoration history and theoretical framework;
Experiences and practices of Mediterranean wetland restoration;
Nature-based solutions;
Restoration adapting to climate change (Mar-o-Sel); and
Three site visits (Former saltworks, temporary marshes of Camargue and Caissaire)

Proposed agenda

Monday, June 20: (François Mesléard, Marc Thibault and Brigitte Poulin)
9:00-10:45 (Paris time) Restoration history and theoretical framework:

Short history of restoration
Why restore?
Ecological restoration
Restoration ecology

Rehabilitation, creation, restoration
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Virtual site visit (Former saltworks)

Tuesday, June 21: (François Mesléard, Hugo Fontes, Loïc Willm)
9:00-10:45. Experiences and practices of Mediterranean wetland restoration

examples of restoration of Mediterranean wetlands: from simple actions to complex processes based on a scientific approach when recreating a wetland
Plan the restoration

Monitoring and evaluation
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Virtual site visit (Temporary marshes of Camargue)

Wednesday, June 22: (Brigitte Poulin, Loïc Willm, François Mesléard)
9:00-10:45      Restoration adapting to climate change (Mar-o-Sel)
10:45-11:00    Coffee break
11:00-12:00    Virtual site visit (Cassaire)

Registration link:
https://forms.gle/v4Fms4NVLbSM8Bjb8

Contact:
Lisa Ernoul, Tour du Valat
ernoul@tourduvalat.org

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