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Restorative justice processes in Cape Town prisons: what is the meaning of restoration for gang members, victims, and their communities of care? KU Leuven

Leuven Institute of Criminology

Cape Town has a pressing gang problem, with its violence reaching a new level of severity. This is not a recent issue, but rather the result of decades of social injustice and state failure. Part of this state failure has been the inability of the criminal justice system (CJS) to adequately address the gang phenomenon. Although there have been attempts to transform the South Africa CJS to be more in line with South ...

LIFE Harwin -Habitat Restoration in the Wingevalley: ecological restoration and endangered species recovery in a fragmented landscape Meise Botanic Garden

Stefan Versweyveld
Natuurpunt Beheer, Agentschap Natuur en Bos (ANB), Natuurpunt Studie, Meise Botanic Garden
The main objective is the restoration of the exceptional natural values of the Wingevalley, in particular the variety of rare European habitats with a high species diversity, using new approaches to tackle habitat fragmentation and species extinction. Therefore, the project area will become a reference example for the target habitats and species within the Natura 2000 network.

HAbitat Restoration in the WINgevalley: ecological restoration and endangered species recovery in a fragmented landscape (HARWIN). University of Antwerp

Tobias Ceulemans
Ecosphere, Agentschap Natuur en Bos, Meise Botanic Garden, Geobiology
LIFE HARWIN is part of the LIFE sub-programme "Nature and Biodiversity". The project region suffers from several threats like habitat fragmentation and too small populations of key species. In this project we aim for the ecological restoration and quality improvement of 350 ha qualifying habitats along the entire gradient of the Winge Valley: aquatic habitats 3130 (annex species Luronium natans), 3140, 3150; heathland habitats 6230*, 4030, 4010; ...

Studio Rubens: de restoration of Peter Paul Rubens' 'Enthroned Madonna adored by Saints' Rubens Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Van, Nico Hout, Koen Bulckens
University Antwerp: AXIS (Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory) en ARCHES (Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences), Collection research, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The 'Enthroned Madonna adored by Saints' is so large that the restoration has to be carried out in the museum gallery. The KMSKA makes a virtue of necessity and is creating a special setting for it: Studio Rubens. There, the masterpiece will undergo two years of restoration: The scanning and analysis of the canvas; the removal of varnish; the treatment of the reverse side; the application of the new coat of varnish ... Prior to the restoration, ...

Sparse representations for restoration and coding of 3D signals Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Adrian Munteanu
Ghent University, Electronics and Informatics
The goal of this project is the development of advanced coding and restoration techniques for three-dimensional (3D) signals based on adaptive sparse representations. We treat three types of 3D signals: static volumes, mesh models, and 3D video.3D video technologies that make use of depth information obtained by means of infrared Time-Of-Flight (TOF) sensors will play an important role in future television and video distribution systems. ...

Examining resilience loss and regime shifts through a socio-ecological lens in the context of tropical dry forest restoration KU Leuven

Bart Muys
Forest, Nature and Landscape, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Tropical dry forests (TDFs) are globally on the brink of collapse due to the loss of ecological resilience caused by chronic environmental degradation. The crossing of critical environmental thresholds in these systems can trigger abrupt ecological regime shifts. These shifts not only hinder forest restoration efforts, but also jeopardize the wellbeing of forest-dependent human communities.    
This research investigates ...

Enhanced silicate weathering for ecosystem restoration. University of Antwerp

Willem-Jan Emsens
Ecosphere
Anthropogenic soil acidification alters ecosystem functioning and triggers a decline in vegetation diversity, particularly in grasslands and heathlands. A solution for ecosystem recovery may be Enhanced Silicate (rock) Weathering (ESW), which was initially developed as a climate change mitigation technique. ESW consists of fine-grinding of silicate rocks, and then applying the powder to soils. During subsequent weathering, CO2 reacts with the ...

Multiscale Exploration on Cohesion/Adhesion Restoration Efficiency and Mechanism of Sustainable Bio-rejuvenated Bitumen (BORBs). University of Antwerp

Wim Van den bergh
Sustainable Pavements and Asphalt Research (SuPAR)
In Europe, over 90% of European roads are surfaced with asphalt, and the sustainability goal serves as a central driver for reclaimed asphalt recycling. Rejuvenation technology has been developed for 100% recyclability of asphalt by adding rejuvenators and restoring chemo-rheological properties of aged bitumen. However, most rejuvenators are derived from non-renewable petroleum sources, and it is essential to develop renewable bio-based ...

Restoration of an 18th century copy after a work by Jacob Jordaens, Maria visits her niece Elisabeth University of Antwerp

Natalia Ortega Saez
Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES)
Mary Visits Her Cousin Elizabeth The painting depicting Mary Visits Her Cousin Elizabeth is a copy of a composition by the Flemish master Jacob Jordaens. The original work, originally housed in the church of Rupelmonde, is now located in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. At least three versions of The Visitation are known to exist. The painting described here is believed to date from the late 18th or early 19th century. In 1815, it was provided ...

Understanding and addressing Andean forest vulnerability to global change through ecological restoration Ghent University

Marijn Bauters
Department of Environment

The Andean forest is a global biodiversity and endemism hotspot under increasing threat by climate and land-use change. This proposal aims to understand tree species' physiological responses to warming, and to develop science-based germination and reforestation techniques to restore these forests. Additionally, the project incorporates how stakeholder perceptions regarding native tree species planting shape the local incentives for ...