In light of the COVID-19 outbreak and after careful consideration, the Conference Organising Committee, in close consultation with the ESP Steering Committee, has decided to postpone the 3rd ESP Europe Conference to 17-20 May 2021. This decision was taken to ensure that everyone can travel and participate safely. [Read more…] about 3rd ESP Europe Conference postponed to 17-20 May 2021
Upcoming events
Training School Analysis of the cost effectiveness of Woodlands for Water PES
The Cost Action PESFOR-W (Payment for Ecosystem Services: Forest for Water) organises a training school on Analysis of the cost effectiveness of Woodlands for Water PES. The training school will take place on 6-8 October 2020 in Freiburg, Germany. The deadline for application is June 30th, 2020. Applicants should send a one-page motivation letter, an estimate of their travel costs, and their full CV for full consideration to [email protected]
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ESP-SEE is a Co-organiser of the IGC “Geo Decade 2020-2030”
The South-East Europe regional chapter of Ecosystem Services Partnership lately joined as a co-organiser of the International Geographic Conference “Geo Decade 2020-2030”. That news was published in the beginning of June with the second invitation for the conference.
The conference will be conducted at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” on 24-26th November 2020 in a combined format: “face-to-face” and on-line. [Read more…] about ESP-SEE is a Co-organiser of the IGC “Geo Decade 2020-2030”
3rd ESP Europe Conference postponed to spring 2021
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak and after careful consideration, the Conference Organising Committee, in close consultation with the ESP Steering Committee, has decided to postpone the 3rd ESP Europe Conference to 10-13 May 2021. This decision was taken to ensure that everyone can travel and participate safely. [Read more…] about 3rd ESP Europe Conference postponed to spring 2021
GLF Bonn: Food systems in focus at a time of crisis
Bonn – Efforts to combat global hunger and malnutrition are increasing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recently published Global Report on Food Crises 2020, estimates that pre-COVID, 135 million people in 55 countries were facing acute hunger mainly due to conflict, the effects of climate change, and economic crises, according to the U.N. World Food Programme.
Yet, even before the pandemic shutdown began, more than 800,000 people worldwide did not get enough food to eat and about 2 billion people were experiencing malnutrition. The situation is becoming more severe, and U.N. projections indicate that global population will grow over the next 30 years from 7.7 billion to 9.7 billion adding more pressure to the food production system. [Read more…] about GLF Bonn: Food systems in focus at a time of crisis