At the 8th ESP World conference in 2015, ESP decided to organize ESP World conferences bi-annually, and regional conferences in the intermediate years. The aim of these regional conferences is to enable people from all around the world to share ecosystem services knowledge and strengthen local networks.
Upcoming conferences
- 5th ESP Europe Conference, 18-22 November 2024, Wageningen, the Netherlands – Call for sessions is OPEN, deadline 10 April 2024
- 11th ESP World Conference, 2025, Darwin, Australia
- 6th ESP Europe Conference, May 2026, Prague, Czechia
Suggestions for other regional conferences are welcome, especially from regions not mentioned above. If you are interested in organising an ESP conference, you can express interest by filling out this form and sending it to [email protected].
Regional conferences 2022/2023
Below find more information about the conferences from the current regional conference cycle which already took place
- 4th International ESP Latin America and Caribbean Conference, 6-10 November 2023, La Serena, Chile (hybrid conference)
- 4th ESP Europe Conference, 10-14 October 2022, Heraklion, Crete, Greece (hybrid conference)
- 3rd ESP Africa Conference, 8-10 June 2022, Musanze, Rwanda (hybrid conference)
On 12-15 December 2012 our colleagues from A Community for Ecosystem Services held the ACES 2022 Conference in Washington DC, USA.
Regional conferences 2020/2021
This cycle of regional conferences was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. As a result some conference were postponed or cancelled. The conferences which did take place in this period were held in a partially or fully online format:
- 3rd ESP Asia ESP Conference, 14-17 December 2021, Nagasaki, Japan (online conference)
- 3rd ESP Europe Conference, 7-10 June, Tartu, Estonia (hybrid conference)
- 3rd ESP Latin America and the Caribbean Conference, 25-27 November, Mexico City, Mexico (online conference)
Find out more on our Previous Conferences page.
Regional conferences 2018/2019
This cycle of regional conferences included:
- ESP MENA Conference, 22-25 April 2018, Dead Sea, Jordan
- ESP Asia Conference, 9-13 October 2018, Dehradun, India
- ESP Europe Conference, 15-19 October 2018, in San Sebastian, Spain
- ESP Latin America and the Caribbean, 22-25 October 2018, Conference in Campinas, Brazil
- ESP Africa Conference, 17-20 June 2019, Kpalime, Togo
On 3-6 December 2018 our colleagues from A Community for Ecosystem Services held the ACES 2018 Conference in Washington DC, USA.
On 2-6 September 2019 our colleagues from the Oceania Ecosystem Services Forum held the OESF 2019 Conference in Otautachi (Christchurch), Aotearoa New Zealand.
Find out more on our Previous Conferences page.
Regional conferences 2016
ESP regional conferences took place in 2016 for the first time on four different continents: Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa. Check the previous conferences for more information. Also in North America the bi-annual conference with ACES was held.
To learn from this year ESP has compiled a survey report consisting of survey results of the four conferences. Read the survey report regional conferences 2016.
Oceania Ecosystem Services Forum
From 27-31 March 2017 the Oceania Ecosystem Services Forum took place in Brisbane, Australia. Learn more at the official website of the event.