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Members of Mediterranean ESP working group at MedECC workshop

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Four members of the ESP Mediterranean working group (Mario Balzan – Malta College of Arts, Ioannis Vogiatzakis – Open University of Cyprus, Céline Dubreuil – Plan Bleu, France – and Alejandra Morán – CREAF-CTFC, Spain), together with other 36 experts from across the Mediterranean Basin, participated in a workshop on Mediterranean Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Marseille, France, from the 17th to 19th of July. The workshop was organized by the MedECC (the network of Mediterranen Experts on Climate and Environmental Change; ) and Plan Bleu.

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Short Course of ES in Sustainable Development

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The Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Development Short Course will be held by University of East Anglia, 11-16 September 2017. This course is designed for practitioners working in government institutions, NGOs, international agencies and private sector with an interest in identifying, appraising and managing the synergies and trade-offs among multiple users and uses of nature.

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New Publications on marine ES from the Canary Islands

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Our colleagues from University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) have been active in the last year with the evaluation of seagrass ecosystem services, mainly quantifying the nursery and fisheries services. Part of their research effort has been to assess the anthropogenic impacts related to nutrient enrichment in the water column and sediments.
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New publication: Greek National Agenda Concerning ES

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The members of the Greek ESP NN (HESP) collaborated on an article regarding the Greek national agenda concerning ES. Founded in 2004, the HESP is the Greek National Network of Universities, researchers, managers of Protected Areas (PA), decision makers and other professionals dedicated to the advancement of the research and application of ecosystem services (ES) in the Greek part of the Mediterranean Basin.

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