Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities International Restoration Conference, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Book of abstracts Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities International Restoration Conference, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Book of abstracts Soil Conservation Service of Iceland and Agricultural University of Iceland Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities Selfoss, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Thursday, October 20. 08:20 Registration 08:50 Conference opening, Guðmundur Halldórsson 09:00 Address from the Minister for the Environment Session I: Restoration in the North – Challenges and opportunities 09:20 Special challenges and opportunities for restoration in the North .................................. 5 Bruce Forbes 10:00 Peatland and forest restoration in Finnish conservation areas ....................................... 6 Päivi Virnes 10:20 Coffee/tea 10:40 Hekluskógar – large scale restoration of birch woodlands with minimum inputs ........... 7 Hreinn Óskarsson, Guðmundur Halldórsson & Ása L. Aradóttir 11:00 Vegetation recovery after transplantation in an alpine environment, Bitdal, Norway .... 8 Scientific committee: Line Rosef & Per Anker Pedersen Ása L. Aradóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland 11:20 Dam removal: enhancing or degrading ecological integrity? ......................................... 9 Dagmar Hagen, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Birgitta Malm Renöfält Guðmundur Halldórsson, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland Christer Nilsson, Umeå University 11:40 The effects of birch forest degradation on beneficial soil fungi Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen, Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen in Iceland and the Faroe Islands ................................................................................... 10 Anne Tolvanen, Finnish Forest Research Institute Edda Sigurdís Oddsdóttir, Tróndur Leivsson & Guðmundur Halldórsson 12:00 Lunch Local organizing committee: Ása L. Aradóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland Session II: Setting objectives and evaluating success in restoration Ólafur Arnalds, Agricultural University of Iceland 13:00 Setting objectives and evaluating restoration ............................................................... 11 Guðmundur Halldórsson, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland Joy Zedler Guðjón Magnússon, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland 13:40 Driving forces behind EU (LIFE nature) co financed projects aimed at ecological Kristín Svavarsdóttir, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland restoration in Denmark ................................................................................................. 12 Editor: Jonas M. Thomasen, Sally Ida Frandsen & Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen. Guðmundur Halldórsson 14:00 Short-term vegetation recovery in a large scale restoration project, Dovre Mountain, Norway ............................................................................................... 13 Published by: Dagmar Hagen & Marianne Evju Soil Conservation Service of Iceland and Agricultural University of Iceland 14:20 Restoration in the Faroes .............................................................................................. 14 Janus Hansen & Anna Maria Fosaa Printing: 14:40 Coffee/tea Oddi Ecolabelled Printing Company Layout: Case studies Árni Pétursson, Oddi 15:00 Can restoration help conserving the biodiversity of ecosystems threatened by climate change? ...................................................................................... 15 Figures on front page: Lenka Kuglerová & Roland Jansson Alex Máni Guðríðarson and Guðjón Magnússon. 15:20 Recovery of nursery area for salmon (Salmo salar) in the River Ellidaar .................... 17 Þórólfur Antonsson and Friðþjófur Árnason Sponsors: 15:40 Restoration of the Icelandic Sea Eagle population ........................................................ 18 Programme for Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009 Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson The Nordic Council of Ministers’ Terrestrial Ecosystem Group 16:00 Discussions The Nordic Council of Ministers’ strategy for sustainable development 2009–2012 17:00 Field visit – wetland bird reserve in Flói by the south coast of Iceland 20:00 Dinner at Hotel Selfoss ISBN 978 9979 881 09 4 Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities Selfoss, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Thursday, October 20. 08:20 Registration 08:50 Conference opening, Guðmundur Halldórsson 09:00 Address from the Minister for the Environment Session I: Restoration in the North – Challenges and opportunities 09:20 Special challenges and opportunities for restoration in the North .................................. 5 Bruce Forbes 10:00 Peatland and forest restoration in Finnish conservation areas ....................................... 6 Päivi Virnes 10:20 Coffee/tea 10:40 Hekluskógar – large scale restoration of birch woodlands with minimum inputs ........... 7 Hreinn Óskarsson, Guðmundur Halldórsson & Ása L. Aradóttir 11:00 Vegetation recovery after transplantation in an alpine environment, Bitdal, Norway .... 8 Line Rosef & Per Anker Pedersen 11:20 Dam removal: enhancing or degrading ecological integrity? ......................................... 9 Birgitta Malm Renöfält 11:40 The effects of birch forest degradation on beneficial soil fungi in Iceland and the Faroe Islands ................................................................................... 10 Edda Sigurdís Oddsdóttir, Tróndur Leivsson & Guðmundur Halldórsson 12:00 Lunch Session II: Setting objectives and evaluating success in restoration 13:00 Setting objectives and evaluating restoration ............................................................... 11 Joy Zedler 13:40 Driving forces behind EU (LIFE nature) co financed projects aimed at ecological restoration in Denmark ................................................................................................. 12 Jonas M. Thomasen, Sally Ida Frandsen & Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen. 14:00 Short-term vegetation recovery in a large scale restoration project, Dovre Mountain, Norway ............................................................................................... 13 Dagmar Hagen & Marianne Evju 14:20 Restoration in the Faroes .............................................................................................. 14 Janus Hansen & Anna Maria Fosaa 14:40 Coffee/tea Case studies 15:00 Can restoration help conserving the biodiversity of ecosystems threatened by climate change? ...................................................................................... 15 Lenka Kuglerová & Roland Jansson 15:20 Recovery of nursery area for salmon (Salmo salar) in the River Ellidaar .................... 17 Þórólfur Antonsson and Friðþjófur Árnason 15:40 Restoration of the Icelandic Sea Eagle population ........................................................ 18 Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson 16:00 Discussions 17:00 Field visit – wetland bird reserve in Flói by the south coast of Iceland 20:00 Dinner at Hotel Selfoss Friday, October 21. Saturday, October 22. Session III: Legislation, policy, implementation Field excursion to Þórsmörk. Theme: Resilience of degraded vs. restored ecosystems to 08:30 Legislation, policy and implementation of restoration ................................................... 22 natural hazards. Susan Baker 09:10 How sustainable is the sustainable mire and peatland strategy? ................................... 23 Anne Tolvanen Posters 09:30 Using a social-ecological system framework to analyse the interactions between Development of methods for preservation of threatened species and agri-environmental policies and rangeland restoration in Iceland ............................... 24 plant communities after road construction.................................................................................. 37 Þórunn Pétursdóttir et al. Tanaquil Enzensberger and Kristin Daugstad 09:50 Coffee/tea Eradication of lupine by Roundup and effects on other vegetation and seed bank ..................... 38 10:10 Drivers of restoration — lessons from a century of restoration in Iceland .................... 25 Magnús H. Jóhannsson, Anne Bau, Ásta Eyþórsdóttir Ása L. Aradóttir et al. and Magnús Þór Einarsson 10:30 Restoration of tributaries of the Vindel River combined with monitoring and evaluation of ecological responses ....................................................... 27 Evaluating processes in older stream restoration sites to measure restoration outcomes ......... 39 Johanna Gardeström, Daniel Holmqvist & Christer Nilsson Eliza Maher Hasselquist, Christer Nilsson and Dolly Jörgensen 10:50 Forest Restoration in Denmark — challenges and implementation— does close-to-nature forest management realize the principles of ecological restoration? ... 29 From puddle to pool: Restoration of Lake Kolviðarnesvatn syðra ............................................. 41 Ragnhildur Þ. Magnúsdóttir, Erla Björk Örnólfsdóttir, Jørgen Bo Larsen & Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen 11:10 International Training Programme on Land Restoration: Jón S. Ólafsson and Sigurður Már Einarsson Discussions between nations .......................................................................................... 30 Ice formation in rivers and streams: effects on vegetation and tools for proactive restoration . 42 Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir & Berglind Orradóttir Lovisa Lind and Christer Nilsson 11:30 Lunch Invasive species in Iceland – Nootka lupine and Cow parsley ..................................................