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Menaqua Webinars: Tree planitng in the Middle East

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Menaqua Land Restoration is a start-up social enterprise who recently became member of ESP. Menaqua initiates and implements projects in the field of land restoration and sustainable land management in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They focus on re-/afforestation, agroforestry, water conservation and the development of land restoration revenue models.

To promote the development and exchange of knowledge and experience Menaqua is organising a series of webinars. [Read more…] about Menaqua Webinars: Tree planitng in the Middle East

Master, PhD, and postdoc position on ES indicators and dashboards

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Canada-based research project ResNet is looking for three new members – one master student, one PhD student and one postdoc. All three positions will work in the synthesis team of the project, be supervised by Elena Bennett, and work on ES indicators and dashboard development. After the re-opening of universities, hired staff will be based on the island of Montréal, Canada at the Macdonald Campus of McGill University. Further information in attached PDF or via email [email protected].

Measuring the impact of access to justice for a greener Europe project

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EcosystemEvaluation carried out a socio-eonomic impact assessment of the A2J EARL project. The project aims to improve how EU environmental law is used and enforced, by raising people’s awareness of their right to go to court when environmental laws are broken.

The EU’s environmental policies are among the most comprehensive ones at the international level. In spite of this, their proper implementation is often lagging behind. Experience throughout the EU Member States suggests that public authorities alone cannot address this deficit in implementation. Accordingly, empowered citizens and trained actors representing the entire legal chain with extended knowledge about access to justice are vital to enable more effective implementation – something that the A2J EARL project focused on.

EcosystemEvaluation carried out the project’s socio-eonomic impact assessment. [Read more…] about Measuring the impact of access to justice for a greener Europe project