Webinar Series on Wetland Research and Innovation Launches This November
The Horizon Europe Sister Projects ALFAwetlands, RESTORE4Cs, REWET, and WET HORIZONS are proud to announce the launch of “Wetlands in Action”, a dynamic series of expert-led webinars showcasing the latest in wetland science, innovation, and cross-project collaboration.
Running from November 2025 to May 2026, this unique webinar series brings together leading voices in European wetland research for a deep dive into cutting-edge developments in conservation, data collection, stakeholder engagement, sustainable management, and policy. Each of the 45-minute sessions will feature concise presentations followed by an open Q&A, creating a platform for meaningful exchange and networking among professionals across disciplines.
The webinars reflect the powerful synergies created by the collaboration between the four projects, each contributing unique perspectives, methodologies, and case studies to support evidence-based solutions for wetland restoration and resilience.
The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) European Chapter also joins some of the sessions, offering valuable insights into global opportunities for scientific collaboration and support within the wetland research community.
Whether you’re a scientist, policy expert, practitioner, or stakeholder, this is your chance to connect with key players shaping the future of Europe’s wetlands.
Session 5: Registration open now!
From Policy to Practice: Unlocking Wetland Restoration through Markets, Regulation and Communities
Mark Reed
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) – WET HORIZONS
Financing peatland restoration through high-integrity nature markets in Europ
Jan Peters
Michael Succow Foundation – ALFAwetlands
Nature Restoration Regulation: The political mandate for the restoration of wetlands in Europe – on knowledge, barriers, and enablers
Caspar Verwer
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Netherlands – REWET
From Regulation to Recovery: Policy-Guidance for Scaling Wetland Restoration in Europe
Maria del Mar Otero
Universidad de Málaga – RESTORE4Cs
Governing the Tide: A Policy Roadmap for Europe’s Coastal Wetlands
Session 6: Registration open now!
Tools for Restoration: Resilient Wetland Restoration
Marta Stachowicz
Warsaw University of Life Science
WET HORIZONS: ServiPeat decision support tool / app for visualising spatial data products
Alessandro Gimona
James Hutton Institute (UK)
WET HORIZONS: ServiPeat decision support tool / app for visualising spatial data products
Jaime Ribalaygua Batalla
President and founder of the Climate Research Foundation
REWET: Improving the information available for the management of natural areas and ecological restoration to make them resilient to climate change
Jyrki Jauhiainen
Natural Resource Institute Finland, Luke
ALFAwetlands: From Leaves to Litter: Measuring Aboveground Carbon Inputs and Losses in Wetland Soils – Jyrki Jauhiainen,
Christoph Schröder
European Topic Centre for Spatial Analysis and Synthesis of the University of Malaga
RESTORE4Cs: Interactive Platform and Toolbox
Previous webinars and their recordings:
Session 1:
Tracking Carbon and GHG Dynamics in Wetland Restoration
Liang Chen
REWET
Greenhouse gases dynamics in Ylpässuo peatland after restoration, Finland
Miguel Cabrera-Brufau
RESTORE4Cs
Does Coastal Wetland Restoration Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Insights from Six Case Pilots of RESTORE4Cs
Columba Martinez Espinosa and Luca Marazzi
Society of Wetland Scientists Europe Board
SWS Europe: Connecting Science and Education to Empower Wetland Professionals Across Europe
Session 2:
From Perception to Action: Engaging Citizens in Wetland Restoration and Conservation
Annika Tienhaara
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Valuing Wetland Restoration: A choice Experiment on Citizens´Preferences Across Six EU countries”?
Patrick Graf
Catholic University of Leuven
SOMER – A standardized instrument to gauge social acceptance of wetland conservation and restoration
Lorenzo Pugliese
Aarhus University
From observation to restoration: citizen participation in WET HORIZONS
Session 3:
Data-Driven Wetland Monitoring: GHG Hotspot and Rewetting Impact Assessment
Alexandra Barthelmes
Michael Succow Foundation / Greifswald Mire Centre
GHG emission hotspot mapping for EU+
Jonas Franke
Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH
Remotely monitoring and assessing the impact of rewetting and wetland restoration – Example of the VerifAId Transparency Platform
Some relevant references, several of which were also mentioned during Tuesday’s webinar:
· ALFAwetlands Training “Unlocking the Power of Wetland Mapping for Restoration” (about EWM use)
· Publication “Identifying hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands in the European Union”
· Data of “Identifying hotspots of greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands in the European Union”.
Session 4:
Remote Sensing of Wetland and Peatland Dynamics: Restoration and Carbon Emissions
Rana Parvez
Natural Resources Institute Finland
Remote sensing-based monitoring of wetlands and their restoration.
Pouya Ghezelayagh
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
From Subsidence to Carbon Emission: A Fully Remote Sensing Framework for Quantifying Peatland Carbon Loss in Large-scale