Scope and Theme
Resilience is critical for future landscapes and the human and ecological communities that they support. Addressing the coupled ecological and climate crises requires the restoration of natural processes at multiple scales. Proposed solutions must therefore improve the resilience of landscapes to a range of interacting stressors.
Current advances in landscape ecology are building landscape resilience against multiple threats including increased risk of flooding, drought, heat stress, habitat loss and intensive land-use.
This international conference will showcase new insights, methods and interventions that are making progress towards reversing biodiversity decline, restoring ecosystem functioning and the enhanced provision of ecosystem services at the landscape scale.
Conference speakers will report on the latest developments in habitat restoration, local and national government policy, and understanding the drivers of change that affect landscape resilience.
Audience
We aim to bring together people from across science, policy, conservation, finance and industry, to learn and share approaches to monitor and report ecosystem recovery. This multidisciplinary conference will appeal to anyone with an interest in landscape restoration, impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on landscapes, nature-based solutions to climate change, and natural capital markets.
Programme
The conference will take place on the 7th and 8th of July in the Core Technology Facility at the University of Manchester (6 Grafton St, Manchester, M13 9WU), followed by fieldtrips on 9th July. There will be an informal welcome reception in the early evening on Monday 6th July, and a conference dinner on the 7th.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission has been extended until 23:59 on 30 April 2026. Submit yours here.
Your 500-word abstract will be reviewed by the conference organisers, who will be in touch by the beginning of May to confirm acceptance and presentation format (oral, flash or poster presentation), and your assigned session. We will endeavour to honour your preferences but cannot guarantee if there is a high level of interest. Delegates may be a co-author for more than one presentation, but should be the lead author for only one talk. Presenters should register (below) by 1st June
We encourage contributions from student, early career researchers and non-academic colleagues!
Following acceptance, oral presenters will be asked to submit a final 500-word abstract which will be published in our (online) conference proceedings. Poster presenters have the option to submit a pdf of their poster for inclusion in the proceedings.
Please direct questions to matthew.dennis@manchester.ac.uk
Registration
Registration is now open, with early bird rates available until 8th May. Members get discounted rates - join Landscape Ecology UK today!
Conference fees include:
Entry to the full 3 day event*
Conference dinner
Lunch and refreshments for three days
Attendance on a 1-day or half-day field trip on day 3.
Conference fees: non-students
Early-bird fees are available until 23:59 on the 8th May 2026.
Early-bird member: £260.00
Early-bird non-member: £325.00
From the 9th May 2026 registration fees will increase to:
Non-early member: £295.00
Non-early non-member: £375.00
*The day delegate rate is £195.00 for both members and non-members.
Conference fees: students
The rate for our student members is £165.00.
Please direct questions to matthew.dennis@manchester.ac.uk
Conference Organisers
The conference is organised by Prof. Jonny Huck and Dr Matt Dennis, and hosted by the Collective for Integrated Restoration, Conservation and Landscapes Ecology (CIRCLE).