The workshop was organised by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) on behalf of the Alpine Biodiversity Board of the Alpine Convention, in cooperation with the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) Action Group 7 and with technical support of the blue! advancing european solutions. 

With almost 50 participants, the workshop gathered diverse expertise and perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for nature restoration in the Alps. Governmental authorities outlined their current steps to develop and implement restoration policies and implementation, putting special focus on national restoration plans. The first ideas regarding the role of the Alpine nature in these plans were shared. The panel discussion with representatives from the European Commission, BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub of Biodiversa+, and the Carpathian Convention, brought up the transnational aspects of the restoration planning and implementation. Furthermore, researchers, restoration practitioners as well as experts from other sectors contributed their vision of a more holistic restoration planning and action. 

The Alpine region is a biodiversity hotspot and reservoir of unique but vulnerable nature that delivers various crucial ecosystem services. In the light of existing pressures including land use and climate change, it should be understood and managed as a continuous ecological region. The Alpine Convention and EUSALP and a functioning multinational cooperation offer a good basis to tackle this challenge. Furthermore, networks such as Biodiversa+ or compatible projects can provide valuable support to lower the threshold for implementation. The workshop concluded that working together can help streamline the efforts put into restoring the nature of the Alps, create synergies and facilitate reaching the set restoration targets.