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Vacancy: PhD position at Hasselt University

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Hasselt University, Faculty of Business Economics, research group Environmental Economics is looking for a PhD student in Environmental Economics for the Valuation of Ecosystem Services. Within an interdisciplinary research project, the task will be to assess how biochar, a soil conditioner produced by pyrolysis of biomass, has an impact on ecosystem services (such as biodiversity, crop productivity, carbon sequestration, water treatment), more specifically on marginal soils, and to change these. value services in monetary terms.

You can only apply online up to and including 31 May 2019. [Read more…] about Vacancy: PhD position at Hasselt University

Webinars on IPBES assessments

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The IPBES Webinar Series is hosted by the task force and technical support unit on capacity-building. The series covers the IPBES regional assessments, methodological assessment on scenarios and models, the IPBES pollinator report, and more.

You can find all the webinars here.

Go to our Training & Education Repository for more resources like this.

ESP April Update

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The ESP newsletter for April is out and we’ve got a lot to share!

Registration is open for ESP Africa, the ESP10 call for abstracts was launched last week, and we are calling for valuation studies for the ES valuation database. Also in this month’s issue you can find updates from the working groups on Mediterranean systems, forestry systems and water management; as well as news from the MENA and West & Central Africa chapters, the Turkey national network and the Young ES Specialists group. For all this and more updates on relevant projects, upcoming events, vacancies and recent publications on ecosystem services, read the full update here.

Call for valuation studies to update the ESVD

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The Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD) hosted by the ESP is one of the most comprehensive global databases of ecosystem service values but has not been updated since 2010. This widely used resource needs to be updated and upgraded to reflect the huge number of new valuation studies and developments in the field during the past 10 years. ESP is starting the process of updating and upgrading the ESVD and therefore requests members to send valuation studies to be included. Relevant valuation studies should:

  • Use a primary valuation method (i.e. not value/benefits transfer)
  • Estimate the monetary value of an ecosystem service(s)
  • Be for ANY biome/ecosystem/habitat etc.
  • Be from ANY location/country/region etc.

Please send full text valuation studies (preferably pdf) to [email protected]. This call for valuation studies will remain open until the end of 2019.