This is a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Recreational Ecosystem Services of the Ecosystem Services Journal. This Special Issue is focused on the assessment and valuation of the cultural ecosystem service of recreational opportunities, especially at regional and national levels. [Read more…] about Call for Papers: Special Issue, Ecosystem Services Journal
Lunch Seminar: Can you put a price tag on nature?
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs invites you to the lunch seminar “Can you put a price tag on nature?”on Monday 21 November 2016. Costa Rica and Colombia show how they are applying the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting and how this has contributed to more sustainable economies. [Read more…] about Lunch Seminar: Can you put a price tag on nature?
Wood Pellet and Carbon Emissions Reduction
An American study has shown that wood pellet fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than half over fossil fuels. The Northern Forest Center commissioned a study of the greenhouse gas impacts of heating buidings with state-of-the-art wood pellet boilers. [Read more…] about Wood Pellet and Carbon Emissions Reduction
FPS COST Action FP1207: Orchestrating forest-related policy analysis in Europe
Nature&Society has contributed to COST Action FP1207 and the action is titled “Orchestrating forest-related policy analysis in Europe”. The Action is aimed at integrating qualitative and quantitative scientific research to improve coherency of forest policy in the EU.
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Energy, Climate Change and Complexity Science (Seville, Andalucía)
The conference on Energy, Climate Change and Complexity Science will be held in beautiful Seville, in Andalucía, from 19th – 22nd March, 2017. Submission of both talk and poster abstracts is now open. Early bird registration is also open.
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