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Call for Expression of Interest: membership of the advisory board for “Scenarios for Integrated Land Use Planning”

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ELD is partnering with WOCAT, UNCCD, GEO-LDN and FAO in the preparation of the workshop series “Scenarios for Integrated Land Use Planning” (S4ILUP) – for more information, please take a look at this trailer.

To lay the foundation for a workshop design which most adequately addresses current gaps and needs for actors in the land use planning field across the globe, an Advisory Board (See attached ToR) shall be established.

Following the workshop series (end 2022), a global network of land use planning experts will be maintained and moderated for at least 4 more years, supporting exchange in this field that is high on political agendas. [Read more…] about Call for Expression of Interest: membership of the advisory board for “Scenarios for Integrated Land Use Planning”

Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework

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In 2021 the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) and Climate Focus, on behalf of the Global Restoration Observatory (GRO) network co-led a collaborative effort to formalize a sector-wide Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework. The Framework is designed to support more coordinated global tracking of progress and trends in ecosystem restoration. Through the use of shared variables, the Framework will facilitate the coordination and sharing of project information to support global restoration monitoring while also improving restoration practice.

On 29 March 2o22 a virtual session will take place that will introduce the Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework and explore how to adopt relevant and appropriate content from the Framework for individual monitoring protocols, reporting systems, databases, and platforms. Register here.

Webinar: Piloting Natural Capital Accounts for the United States

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The National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) held a webinar on 11 March 2022 on the topic ‘Piloting Natural Capital Accounts for the United States’. In this webinar you can hear Ken Bagstad (USGS), Scott Wentland (BEA), Mehdi Heris (Hunter College), and Katie Warnell (Duke University) discuss pilot natural capital accounts for land, water, ecosystems, and urban ecosystem services developed for the United States, which were described in a recent special issue of Ecosystem Services. This was the first of two NESP webinars on natural capital accounting; the second will focus on next steps for using natural capital accounting in decision-making.

Watch the recording here.

Piloting Natural Capital Accounts for the United States

by Categories: News, Upcoming events

In this National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) webinar, hear from Ken Bagstad (USGS), Scott Wentland (BEA), Mehdi Heris (Hunter College), and Katie Warnell (Duke University) about pilot natural capital accounts for land, water, ecosystems, and urban ecosystem services developed for the United States, which were described in a recent special issue of Ecosystem Services. This will be the first of two NESP webinars on natural capital accounting; the second will focus on next steps for using natural capital accounting in decision-making.

The webinar will take place on 11 March 2022. Read more and register here.

Workshop on Integrated Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Services, Values and Trade-Offs

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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) and the Forest Division of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) are organizing, in cooperation with the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), a workshop on forest ecosystem services at ETHZ on 5 and 6 May 2022. The event is aimed at forestry professionals and others working on forestry issues, as well as researchers and students.

Registration is free and will open 7 February. More information can be found on this page.

As the number of participants is limited, a waiting list will be kept if necessary. The deadline for registration is 6 April 2022.