Community seed picking event, Le Parc naturel marin du Bassin d’Arcachon, France
Credit: Richard Lilley
Please join us for the 2nd European Seagrass Restoration Workshop in Bassin d’Arcachon, after registering you will be invited to submit your details to the ESRA Practitioner database.
Community Practitioners – Community
The following Community Practitioners are working on fostering community engagement with restoration programmes in Europe:
Dr. Richard ‘RJ’ Lilley
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen & European Seagrass Restoration Alliance.
Project Affiliation:
RJ is working with both seed based and transplant based Nanozostera noltii restoration methods in the Parc naturel marin du Bassin d’Arcachon, France and with Nanozostera noltii transplants in the Étang de Berre, France.
Contact: [email protected]
Thomas Fauvel
L’Office français de la biodiversité
Project Affiliation:
Thomas is working with both seed based and transplant based Nanozostera noltii restoration methods in the Parc naturel marin du Bassin d’Arcachon, France.
Contact: [email protected]
Katherine Knight
The Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund
Project Affiliation:
Katherine is working with a number of communities from across Scotland which are part of SMEEF Seagrass Meadows Scotland.
Contact: [email protected]
Juan Lugilde-Yáñez
University of Galway
Project Affiliation:
Juan Lugilde-Yáñez is working on assessing different transplantation and monitoring methods for Z. marina, N. noltei, and Z. marina var. angustifolia (including both shoot and seed transplants). He is also conducting a study on the ecophysiological status of seagrass meadows in Ireland and collaborating on molecular studies, as well as promoting stakeholder and citizen science engagement.
Contact: [email protected]