Since May 2017, YESS has a new executive team, André Mascarenhas and Klara Winkler, with the mission to strengthen the connection between the YESS members (currently over 180). Building on a recent members’ survey, activities and network opportunities are in the planning – for example a bi-monthly interactive journal club will take part from August onwards. [Read more…] about Young Ecosystem Services Specialists news
WEBSITE UPDATE
Lately we made some updates to the ESP website, mainly to make it more user friendly. We hope you like it!
Below we’ll guide you through the changes:
- It is now possible for members to add news, events, collaboration calls or vacancies by using the “Submit your news” form. You will find it in the right sidebar, once you have logged in with your username and password.
- You can use the Login box in the right sidebar to log in to your member profile.
- After logging in, you can access our updated member portal by clicking on “Go to ESP Community” in the right sidebar.
- The member portal has a brand new look and includes some new features, like a detailed member profile which you can already fill out.
- Next to the discussion groups and private messages, you can now use instant messaging to chat with other members in real time.
- The portal now aggregates a Stream of all the activity of people and groups that you follow.
We hope those updates will help you collaborate with your colleagues on the ecosystem services topic. If you find anything that doesn’t work, please inform the secretariat.
Tip: If you encounter a problem, please first try to refresh the page (ctrl + F5) or delete your browser history.
ESP June Update
The monthly ESP Update is out! In this issue you will find updates from the upcoming ESP9 Conference, our Working Groups, the international forum organised by ESP Asia Regional Office and other news, events and vacancies from the field of ecosystem services. [Read more…] about ESP June Update
IPBES: Call for Experts Review of Global Assessment
IPBES is calling for expert reviewers with relevant knowledge and/or experience to participate in the first external review for the IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The deadline to submit your comments is 15 August 2017. [Read more…] about IPBES: Call for Experts Review of Global Assessment
A new study on ecosystem sustainability management available online
A new study with topic Sustainability Whack-a-mole is available online now. It looks at how ecosystem assessments often overlook “distant, diffuse and delayed” impacts. One example is how improved regulations of Chinese and European forests have led to deforestation in the tropics due to increased Chinese and European biomass imports. [Read more…] about A new study on ecosystem sustainability management available online