Recently, Ana Paula García-Nieto and other colleagues of the ESP Mediterranean Biome Working group published an analysis of the “Impacts of urbanization around Mediterranean cities: Changes in ecosystem service supply”. For eight European and four North African cities, we have quantified changes in peri-urban land cover, for periods of sixteen years (1990–2006) in the Northern African, and twenty-two years (1990–2012) in the European cities. Based on land cover changes and using an expert based method, we derived quantitative estimates of the dynamics in the supply of twenty-seven ecosystem services. [Read more…] about New publication on the impacts of urbanization in ES supply by members of the ESP Mediterranean WG
Publications
Call for Papers in STOTEN: Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment
This special issue explores ES oriented concepts, methodologies and models addressing environmental and socio-economic drivers of change that are responsible for alterations in ES supply, this also embraces integration of ES into risk and (cumulative) impact assessment. Contributions are horizontal to all biomes (terrestrial, freshwater and marine) and cover all geographical scales (regional to global). Submission deadline 31 July. [Read more…] about Call for Papers in STOTEN: Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment
Updates from SWG 5 – ES in Water Management
Our colleagues from Sectoral Working Group 5 have two recent developments they would like to share – a new think-piece on urban water security and a session at the upcoming ESP Europe Conference this October. More information below. [Read more…] about Updates from SWG 5 – ES in Water Management
IPBES-6 Plenary report
The advance English version of 6 Plenary report (document IPBES/6/15) and five summaries for policymakers (ipbes/6/15/Add.1 to 5) are posted on IPBES website now. [Read more…] about IPBES-6 Plenary report
New report on Ecosystem Services Accounting released by the JRC
The European Commission Joint Research Center has just released the second report on Natural Capital Accounting: “Ecosystem services accounting: Part I – Outdoor recreation and crop pollination”. You can download the full report on this page.
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