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International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

This groundbreaking publication provides updated and expanded guidance on the practice of ecological restoration. It clarifies the breadth of ecological restoration and linked environmental repair activities, and includes ideas and input                    from a diverse international group of restoration scientists and practitioners. The 

Standards are available in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Hungarian and Korean.

Follow the link here: https://www.ser.org/page/SERStandards

The FAO elearning Academy is a free, multilingual online learning platform offering hundreds of self-paced, certified courses on food security, nutrition, agriculture, environment and sustainable development.

Courses are available globally in multiple languages and cover 25 thematic areas, supporting capacity-building for professionals, students and policymakers under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Follow the link here: https://elearning.fao.org/

G20 Global Land Initiative (G20 GLI)’s “University Courses” page offers two open-access, transdisciplinary course kits — one on sustainable agriculture for land restoration, another on sustainable urban land restoration — designed for university educators. 

Each course includes about 48 contact hours (≈ 3 ECTS), with modular lecture slides, readings, case studies and exercises, ready to integrate into bachelor’s, master’s or PhD programmes. 

The goal is to build capacity worldwide — equipping future professionals with knowledge and tools to prevent, halt and reverse land degradation, supporting G20’s aim to halve degraded land by 2040. 

Ecology for All! (available on LibreTexts) is an open‑access, modular textbook that introduces ecology across many levels — from individual organisms to ecosystems. 

It covers topics such as ecological interactions, population dynamics, biodiversity, conservation, ecosystem processes, species evolution, and human impacts on the environment — offering a comprehensive foundation in ecological science. 

Its modular structure lets educators pick relevant chapters (e.g. community ecology, landscape ecology, conservation biology) to suit their course needs, making it adaptable for diverse teaching or learning contexts. 

European Digital Credentials are secure digital documents that describe a person’s learning achievements, qualifications, activities, assessments, and professional entitlements. 

They are issued by educational or training organisations and are legally equivalent to traditional paper certificates, but digitally signed and tamper-proof. These credentials can be stored in a Europass wallet, easily shared with employers or institutions, and automatically verified for authenticity and validity. 

The system reduces administrative work, supports cross-border recognition of qualifications across Europe, and helps individuals present their skills and credentials efficiently in job or learning applications.

You can add an ESCO micro credential to your European Digital Credential. 

The Skills & competences section of ESCO lists and structures the knowledge, skills, and competences relevant to the European labour market. It is part of the ESCO classification, which provides a multilingual reference for skills and occupations across the EU. The skills pillar includes four sub-classifications: knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, and language skills and knowledge. ESCO distinguishes concepts by type but does not separate skills from competences. Each concept has preferred and alternative terms in multiple languages, with descriptions and metadata to support links to occupations.

The MERLIN “Knowledge Centre” is an open online repository gathering hundreds of resources — guidance documents, scientific studies, reports, tools, videos, and courses — focused on freshwater and wetland restoration, nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and environmental governance across Europe.

It’s designed for a wide audience: policymakers, NGOs, water managers, conservationists and citizens — offering filtering by resource type, scale (local to continental), topic (rivers, peatlands, climate, restoration, etc.) and language. 

The centre supports knowledge sharing on the 18 flagship restoration case-studies of MERLIN as well as practical guidance (e.g. cost–benefit analyses, water-resilient farming, citizen-science stream monitoring) and training via the MERLIN Academy. 

EcoAdvance works to accelerate freshwater-ecosystem restoration across Europe by identifying — and sharing — what actually makes restoration projects succeed. 

It compiles a searchable library of “success stories” — people, projects, practices — and uses them to build a practical “Prone2Success Checklist,” helping decision-makers navigate complexity, allocate resources wisely and replicate effective freshwater restoration solutions. 

Held in Dublin this September in collaboration with the CLIMAREST project, this two-day training brought together 23 restoration practitioners, researchers, and local authorities from across Europe.

What you'll find in the videos: Sessions covering the UN Decade Principles for Ecosystem Restoration, hands-on guidance with the Marine Restoration Toolbox and Virtual Lab, and insights from Arctic–Atlantic Lighthouse Mission Ocean restoration initiatives.

Here’s how to access the recordings :

→ Visit the SER Restoration Resource Library
→ Use the keyword filter to search for: "marine restoration toolbox"
→ Browse the available sessions and select the videos relevant to your interests

Whether you're advancing seagrass restoration projects, exploring new restoration approaches, or building your network in this field, these resources offer valuable knowledge from leading experts in marine ecosystem restoration.