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Catch up on ecosystem services news with our August Update. In this month’s issue:
2017 Ansan International Conference on Urban Forest Greening Cities and Citizen’s Wellbeing will be held at the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art on 29th September, and is jointly organized by the Ansan city government, Ansan Evergreen Foundation and ESP Asia Regional office. [Read more…] about 2017 Ansan International Conference on Urban Forest
In this month’s update, you will find news from some of our many Working Groups and National Networks; the ESP Asia Regional office; the upcoming ESP9 Conference; a website update from the secretariat; and more publications, events and announcements from the field of ecosystem services. Happy reading! [Read more…] about ESP July Update is out
In collaboration with the Gyeonggi-provincial government and the Korean National Institute of Forest Science, ESP Asia Regional Office started local community trainings to increase awareness on benefits of ecosystem services in civilian control zones of DMZ areas in Korea and to identify perceived values of natural capitals among local residents; [Read more…] about ESP Regional Office Asia: community trainings and research on cultural ES
The EU funded Capacity Building on Marine Strategy Framework Directive in Turkey Project (MARinTURK) supports the possible transposition and implementation of the MSFD in the near future. As part of the initial assessment, the economic and social analysis of the different marine water uses as well as the assessment of cost of degradation has been completed for both the Mediterranean and Black Seas of Turkey. [Read more…] about Marine ES taken into account in MSFD application in Turkey
