Since May 2017, YESS has a new executive team, André Mascarenhas and Klara Winkler, with the mission to strengthen the connection between the YESS members (currently over 180). Building on a recent members’ survey, activities and network opportunities are in the planning – for example a bi-monthly interactive journal club will take part from August onwards.
Following a series of YESS sessions at the ESPconferences, this year in China YESS will co-host an early career session, which will give PhD candidates the chance to present their work and discuss it with senior researchers and journal editors such as Dolf de Groot (Int. J. Biodiversity Science & Ecosystem Services Management), Leon Braat (Ecosystem Services) or Robert Costanza (Ecological Economics). Last week, the latest newsletter was sent out – if you haven’t received it, subscribe to the YESS newsletter. Follow us on Twitter.