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Equity and Ecosystem Services Webinar series: recordings available online

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The National Ecosystem Services Partnership did two webinars on equity and ecosystem services, and the recordings are available online.

Equity and Ecosystem Services Part 1:

Panelists

Jacqueline Loos (Leuphana University at Lüneburg): How ES ties into the environmental justice framework
Benis Egoh (University of California Irvine): Commodity trade, ES, and equity
Leah Bremer (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): Connections between ES and place-based biocultural restoration and the importance of relationships, showing up to community work days, taking a long-term view, and respecting the people, culture, and history of place [Read more…] about Equity and Ecosystem Services Webinar series: recordings available online

Special Issue: Ecosystem Services from Natural Resources Managed by the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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This special issue in the journal Sustainabliy targets to highlight the contributions that indigenous peoples and local communities make to the wider global community for better recognition and support for their efforts. The editors invite articles addressing:
1. IPLCs land/water/sea management and related ecosystem services (ES)
2. Case studies on Payments for ES (PES) of IPLCs’ managed natural resources
3. Stewardship mechanisms (reviews/comments)
4. ES from agricultural lands managed by the small-scale farmers, applying traditional practices [Read more…] about Special Issue: Ecosystem Services from Natural Resources Managed by the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

AgoraNatura is now online: Germany’s first online-marketplace for certified nature conservation projects

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As of the end of September 2020, companies and private individuals can use the new online-marketplace at www.agora-natura.de to invest in biodiversity and ecosystem services in Germany. AgoraNatura is a Germany-wide platform that aims to encourage voluntary payments from companies and private individuals for biodiversity and ecosystem services. All projects on the platform are certified according to the Naturplus standard and make their expected effects on various public environmental goods transparent.

You can find more information about the AgoraNatura project here.

New book: Ecosystem Services as an Urban Planning Tool: The Case of Çankaya District

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The book “Ecosystem Services as a City Planning Tool: The Case of Çankaya District” prepared within the scope of the Nature and Cities Project carried out by the Nature Conservation Center (DKM) was published. It emphasizes the importance of urban spatial planning taking into account nature-based solutions and ecosystem services, and at the same time, the book provides a tool to guide decision-makers and practitioners on these issues. [Read more…] about New book: Ecosystem Services as an Urban Planning Tool: The Case of Çankaya District

Special Issue: Sustainable Urban Design and Land Use Planning

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This special issue is now open for submission. It invites authors working on themes of urban planning, architecture, landscape ecology, social science, soil science, agronomy, environmental, structural, and mobility engineering to publish their latest advances in a collection of papers that will answer the question: can sustainable urban design and land use planning be integrated and supported by new ecosystemic, socioecological, structural–technological, smart mobility assessments aided by GIS techniques with a resilient spatial perspective? If so, how do plans and projects benefit from these assessments and, moreover, how are the adopted solutions practically targeted, evaluated, delivered and monitored by plans and projects? The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 April 2021.

You can find more information here.