What is Restoration Ecology?

Restoration Ecology addresses the question how to repair various human-disturbed sites. It provides a scientific basis for practical ecological restoration and promotes, among others, the use of spontaneous or reasonably managed succession in the greatest possible extent without using traditional methods of technical reclamation.

Restoration Ecology Group

"Promotion of spontaneous or reasonably
controlled succession in order to restore disturbed sites"

TEAM#UP Focus Group on Ecological Restoration

Published on Oct 21, 2025

Last week, a Focus group on ecological restoration was held in České Budějovice as part of the TEAM#UP project. The goal was clear—to fine-tune the teaching materials that we use to feed the DERTO platform (derto.teamup2restore.eu). All essential information on the topic of ecological restoration will be collected there and made available to a wide range of users. We also discussed the long-term sustainability of the platform and materials, as well as the best way to support the teaching of ecological restoration in VET schools. The meeting was particularly fruitful thanks to the fact that it brought together a very diverse group of people with different perspectives on the issue – from the private, public, academic, and non-governmental sectors.