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Summer school on economic valuation of natural capital

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The ValuGaps project financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany invites applications for the interdisciplinary Summer School Economic Valuation of Natural Capital: From Theory to Practice.

The program will cover topics on theory and economic methods for natural capital valuation; practical application of economic valuation at the science-policy interface; non-monetary values (including relational values, health, and well-being); ecosystems and their services under global change as well as quantification of ecosystem services with ecological models.

For more details, please visit the website.
Application deadline: 29 February 2024

ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

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Join a live demonstration of the ABC-Map on 7 February.

Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with support from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), ABC-Map is a geospatial app that allows users to assess the environmental impact of projects in agriculture.  [Read more…] about ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

Make Nature Count 2.0 Report and webinar

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Last week on January 10, FSD, in collaboration with the ASN Bank presented their Make Nature Count 2.0 report, marking a significant milestone in their mission to integrate ecosystem service valuation into financial decision-making. The webinar was a success, with presentations, but also an interview and more than enough discussion and questions coming from the 120 people who subscribed.

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Postdoc Vacancy: Monitoring, modelling, and managing ecosystem services across landscapes in Canada

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There is an opening for a postdoctoral scholar to help build an Ecosystem Service Observatory System for Canada. The work will be part of the research carried out within the ResNet project on monitoring, modelling, and managing ecosystem services across landscapes in Canada. The position is supervised by Dr. Elena Bennett, in collaboration with Dr. Rich Sharp at Spring and Dr. Becky Chaplin-Kramer at WWF. The postdoc will be based at McGill’s Macdonald Campus in Montreal. We’re very excited about the possibilities in front of us with this project, and the postdoc has the potential to be at a really cool position at the heart of the work.

Find out more by downloading the attachment.