Oceania Regional Chapter Lead Team:

• Simone Maynard (Australia)

This position is currently vacant – for regional balance a Co-Lead is sourced from the small island states in Oceania. Please contact Simone Maynard for more information on this position.

Active National ESP Networks:

• Australia: This network is Chaired by Neville Crossman. It is still in its preliminary stages of development.
• New Zealand: This network is Chaired by Michael Townsend. It is still in its preliminary stages of development.

If you are interested in establishing a national network in this region please contact us at  [email protected].

Project News:

Please contact us to upload news relating to your ecosystem services project in Oceania.

• Australia 21 has been active in promoting ecosystem services in Australia for sometime. Through high-level stakeholder workshops, a draft National Ecosystem Services Strategy for Australia was developed. Here is a link to the Australia 21 ecosystem services project.

• The South East Queensland (SEQ) Ecosystem Services Framework is now available online!

• The Australia 21 group in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Australian National University  have recently released their new report Considering the environment in national strategic thinking.

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Publications:

Please contact us to upload publications relating to your ecosystem services research in Oceania.

• Ausseil, A.-G., Dymond, J., Kirschbaum, M., Andrew, R. & R. Parfitt (2013). Assessing the mulitple ecosystem services in New Zealand at the catchmnet scale. Environmental Modelling & Software. 43: 37-48.

• Crossman, N., Burkhard, B., Nedkov, S., Willemen, L., Petz, K., Palomo, I., Drakou, E., Martin-Lopez, B., McPhearson, T., Boyanova, K., Alkemade, R., Egoh, B., Dunbar, M. & J. Maes (2013). A blueprint for mapping and modelling ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services. 4: 4 – 14.

• Liu, S. & N., Crossman (2013). Bringing ecosystem services into integrated water management. Journal of Environmental Management. 129: 92 – 102.

• Maynard, S., James, D. & A. Davidson (2010). The Development of an Ecosystem Services Framework for South East Queensland. Environmental Management. 45(5): 881-895.

• Maynard, S., James, D. & A. Davidson (2012). An adaptive participatory approach for developing an ecosystem services framework for South East Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 1–8.

• Morrison, M. & D. Hatton-MacDonald (2010). Economic valuation of environmental benefits in the Murray-Darling Basin. Canberra, Australia.

• Petter, M., Mooney, S., Maynard, S., Davidson, A., Cox, M. and I. Horosack (2012).  A methodology to map ecosystem functions to support ecosystem services assessments. Ecology and Society. 18(1):31.

• Pittock, J. , Cork. S & S., Maynard (2012). The state of the application of ecosystem services in Australia. Ecosystem Services. 1: 111 – 120.

• Plant, R., Taylor, C., Hamstead, M. & T. Prior (2012). Recognising the broader benefits of aquatic ecosystems in water planning: an ecosystem services approach. National Water Commission. Canberra, Australia.

• Townsend, M. & S. Thrush (2012).  Ecosystem functioning, goods and services in the coastal environment. Auckland Regional Council Technical Report 2010/033. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.