Registration is open for the 4th International ESP Latin America and Caribbean Conference. The conference, organised under the theme “Sharing Knowledge about Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital to Build a Sustainable Future”, will take place from 6th to 10th November 2023 in the vibrant city of La Serena, Chile. The event is organised by the Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies at Mendel University in Brno, la Corporacion Regional de Desarrollo Productivo deCoquimbo (CRDP) and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP).
Upcoming events
ESP Webinar: Participatory Community Monitoring of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
The third edition of the ESP Education & Training Webinar Series, organised by the Young Ecosystem Services Specialist Network – YESS, will be on the topic of Participative Community Monitoring of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in Latin America and the Caribbean. The session is planned as a space to share significant advances and experiences in participatory science exercises and self-managed monitoring of ecosystem, developed by rural communities, indigenous communities, African descendants, ethnic groups, etc., in which early-career researchers (ECRs) tend to be advisors and accompaniers.
The webinar will take place on 26 April 2023. The language for this webinar is Spanish. [Read more…] about ESP Webinar: Participatory Community Monitoring of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ecosystem Services symposium at Ecological Society of Australia 2023
Members of ESP Australia national network are hosting a symposum on ES during the ESA 2023 national conference (3-7 July) in Darwin. We would like to invite members of the ESP community based in Australia to submit their abstracts.
The symposium is titled Ecosystem Services: concepts, valuation, and applications and aims to discuss and enhance the participants’ understanding of ecosystem services (ES). [Read more…] about Ecosystem Services symposium at Ecological Society of Australia 2023
Call for abstracts: Developing Indigenous-specific Ecosystem Services framework for marketing
At this year’s EcoSummit (13-17 June, Gold Coast, Australia) SWG 9 – Indigenous peoples & Local communities group lead Kamalji Sangha together with Robert Costanza and Jeremy Russell-Smith will host a symposium on Developing Indigenous-specific Ecosystem Services framework for marketing. In this symposium, the authors will share information on the Indigenous perspectives of Ecosystem Services (ES), currently available ES frameworks, and how these current frameworks fail to incorporate indigenous context. [Read more…] about Call for abstracts: Developing Indigenous-specific Ecosystem Services framework for marketing
Economic incentives that affect biodiversity
The international conference “Economic incentives that affect biodiversity” will take place on 13-16 June 2023 at the International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA) on the Isle of Vilm, Germany and will be hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). The event will provide a platform for exchange between experts from science, administration and civil society on subsidies, tax systems and market-based approaches both harmful and beneficial for nature conservation.
The call for contributions is open until 10 March 2023. Find out more about this event here.