Am Mittwoch, den 03. Juni 2026 um 16:15 Uhr hält Prof. Dr. Iris Möller vom Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Irland einen Vortrag zum Thema "Estuarine restoration for coastal protection - acknowledging time, space, and uncertainty through observation-based action (talk in English, Raum: GW2, B1150).
Coastal ecosystems exist (and survive) on account of the interaction between biological, physical, and chemical processes. This interaction is particularly visible in the way in which water flows through, against, and over, bio-physical structures but also maintains those structures with which such ecosystems are associated. The size and scale of these interactions, however, matters, and is intrinsically connected to the time-scale over which restoration is envisaged.
This talk will illustrate the different scales of interactions of geomorphological and biological processes through the lens of bio-geomorphology. It will further highlight how uncertain outcomes are an intrinsic characteristic of an inherently unpredictable coastal system. What ‘nature-based solution’ and coastal ‘rewilding’ mean is important when managing expectations around restoration in the absence of predictable outcomes. The notion of land- and sea-scape restoration emerges from this. In this context, the role of local communities has been explored recently within the EU-funded NATURESCAPES and REWRITE projects, leading to the suggestion of a new way of working with, and generating, knowledge for transformative change.