Rachel Neugarten, Conservation International’s director of Conservation Priority Setting, will discuss the organization’s approach to mapping important places for ecosystem services in a webinar 3-4 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 22. The discussion will include how this approach informs conservation priority-setting for Conservation International, as well as trends in protected area spatial representation of ecosystem services in five countries. [Read more…] about Webinar: Conservation International Rapid Ecosystem Services Assessments and Mapping
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IUFRO Conference, 1-5 October 2018, Argentina
The theme of the IUFRO 2018 Conference is Adaptive Management for Forested Landscapes in Transformation. The conference will highlight accelerated changes imprinted in our planet within the Anthropocene. [Read more…] about IUFRO Conference, 1-5 October 2018, Argentina
New publications from the members of the Marine Biome WG
Two new publications from the members of the Marine Biome Working Group: [Read more…] about New publications from the members of the Marine Biome WG
Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) V2.0 Launched
A revised version of the interactive Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) is now available online.
TESSA, developed by a consortium and with input from over 150 experts, provides guidance and methods to value ecosystem services currently provided by sites compared to their likely provision under different management decisions, thus allowing the consequences of alternative management decisions to be assessed. It promotes the collection of locally-relevant field data and the combination of qualitative and quantitative data analysis. [Read more…] about Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) V2.0 Launched
IPBES: Announcement call to Members and Observers
IPBES has extended the nomination period for members of the review panel to perform the external review of IPBES. The network also announced a call for nominations for a member of the Committee on Conflict of Interest from the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG). Call for nominations for members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) is still ongoing. Deadlines for these three calls is 2 February 2018.
You can read more about these three calls in this IPBES newsletter.