This article in the journal Ecosystem Services reviews the prevalence and usage of the concept of ecosystem services in American and other common law legal systems. It suggests that this concept is rarely relied on by courts and other adjudicatory bodies. [Read more…] about Ecosystem Services and Judge-Made Law: A Review of Legal Cases in Common Law Countries
IJBESM Special Issue: Certifying Environmental Social Responsibility
The web section of the Special Issue on ‘ Certifying Environmental Social Responsibility ’ is finally online. This Special Issue aims to contribute to the emerging science on how to maintain and rehabilitate biodiversity and ecosystem services effectively in the tropics where agricultural expansion has shaped the landscapes. This Special Issue is a result of a research program by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. [Read more…] about IJBESM Special Issue: Certifying Environmental Social Responsibility
Updates from ESP Greek national network (HESP)
Our colleagues from the Hellenic ESP national network in Greece organised two workshops on ES implementation as an environmental management tool since the beginning of 2018. Next to this, members of HESP have authored a number of relevant publications. Keep reading for more information on the workshops and publications.
During the final conference of the ESMERALDA project last week in Brussels, Panayotis Dimopoulos as Greek MAES coordinator presented the progress in Greece regarding MAES which was well received. There is interest in the way Greece has progressed regarding ES and MAES, rising from a modest position on the ESMERALDA ES barometer into the top three of countries where there is progress. Regarding MAES in Greece, that is a component of a LIFE Integrated Project.
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University of Twente: Call for a PhD position
PhD candidate understanding and mapping social-ecological system flows
The department of Geo-information Processing (GIP) of the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), part of the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands is looking for a PhD candidate for understanding and mapping social-ecological system flows. You can submit your application (detailed Curriculum Vitae and a letter elaborating the motivation for the application) before 25 June 2018. [Read more…] about University of Twente: Call for a PhD position
ESMERALDA final Conference in Brussels
The EU Horizon 2020 project ESMERALDA, involving several ESP members and ESP itself as a full project partner, gathered around 100 delegates from altogether 30 European countries, representatives of the European Commission and other relevant organizations at its final Conference from June 11-13, 2018 in Brussels. On the first day, together with the EU MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services) working group, a marketplace was organized to demonstrate different methods and tools for mapping and assessing ecosystem services.
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