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Society for Ecological Restoration

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Society for Ecological Restoration
AbbreviationSER
Legal statusnon-profit
FieldsEcological restoration
Membership4000 (in 2023)
Official language
English
Kingsley Dixon, Karma Bouazza, Ramesh Venkataraman, Laura Graham
Websitewww.ser.org

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) is a conservation organization based in the United States, supporting a "global community of restoration professionals that includes researchers, practitioners, decision-makers, and community leaders".[1] The organization was founded in 1988.[1] The mission of the organization is to: "advance the science, practice and policy of ecological restoration to sustain biodiversity, improve resilience in a changing climate, and re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture."[1]

SER produces definitions and standards for the practice of ecological restoration, including the SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration (2004),[2] International Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration (2016),[3][4][5] and a certification program for professionals: Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP).[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "About SER". www.ser.org. Society for Ecological Restoration. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ Society for Ecological Restoration International Science & Policy Working Group (2004) The SER international primer on ecological restoration. Society for Ecological Restoration International, Tucson, Arizona.
  3. ^ McDonald T, Gann GD, Jonson J, Dixon KW (2016a) International standards for the practice of ecological restoration – including principles and key concepts. Society for Ecological Restoration, Washington D.C. http://www.ser.org/?page=SERStandards
  4. ^ Higgs, Eric; Harris, Jim; Murphy, Stephen; Bowers, Keith; Hobbs, Richard; Jenkins, Willis; Kidwell, Jeremy; Lopoukhine, Nikita; Sollereder, Bethany; Suding, Katherine; Thompson, Allen; Whisenant, Steven (May 2018). "On principles and standards in ecological restoration". Restoration Ecology. 26 (3): 399–403. doi:10.1111/rec.12691. hdl:1826/13291.
  5. ^ Gann, George D.; McDonald, Tein; Aronson, James; Dixon, Kingsley W.; Walder, Bethanie; Hallett, James G.; Decleer, Kris; Falk, Donald A.; Gonzales, Emily K.; Murcia, Carolina; Nelson, Cara R.; Unwin, Alan J. (May 2018). "The SER Standards: a globally relevant and inclusive tool for improving restoration practice-a reply to Higgs et al". Restoration Ecology. 26 (3): 426–430. doi:10.1111/rec.12819. S2CID 90909160.
  6. ^ "Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner Program". www.ser.org. Society for Ecological Restoration. Retrieved 22 January 2019.


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