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ESP March Update is here

by Categories: ESP Updates, News, Publications, Upcoming events

In this month’s issue of the ESP newsletter, you’ll find news on:

  • upcoming ESP conferences
  • results of the recent steering committee elections
  • developments from working groups on marine systems, mountain regions and cultural ES
  • updates from Central America & Caribbean regional chapter, Brazil national network and NESP (USA)
  • ESP Asia Regional Office – information on upcoming special issue
  • ESMERALDA Project results
  • Upcoming events, courses and summer schools

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Brazilian National Network Updates

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Read on for recent developments in the ESP Brazil national network – news from BPBES, a PES project in Brazil, an upcoming conference and many new relevant publications.

Last month, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), under the BIOTA Program, the Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) and the Brazilian Plant-Pollinator Interactions Network (REBIPP) launched the Summary for Decision-makers of the 1st -Thematic Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production in Brazil. [Read more…] about Brazilian National Network Updates

Upcoming Advanced Course on Ecosystems Services, Nature and Governance, May 6-10 2019, Braga, Portugal

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The Advanced Course on Ecosystems Services, Nature and Governance: concepts, tools and applications will take place at IB-S, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, on May 6-10, 2019.

In this advanced course, the concepts of ecosystem functions and services will be explored, together with the tools for mapping and modelling, valuation approaches, financing mechanisms and inclusion of ecosystem services into decision making and corporate strategy. [Read more…] about Upcoming Advanced Course on Ecosystems Services, Nature and Governance, May 6-10 2019, Braga, Portugal

Summer School – Land Use and Ecosystem Change

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The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will run an international Summer School on the topic of land use and ecosystem change during at the KITCampus Alpin, IMK-IFU (Garmisch-Partenkirchen), from 20-27 August 2019. Master and doctoral students are invited to learn about and discuss a wide range of issues related to ecosystem functioning, socio-ecological systems and land use change. Application deadline: 31 March 2019. [Read more…] about Summer School – Land Use and Ecosystem Change