Our February update is packed with news!
- Catch up on recent activities of ESP’s working groups and national networks
- Keep an eye on the regional conferences’ deadlines
- Find out where ESP10 will be held!
- Vacancies, upcoming events & more
ESP connects over 3000 ecosystem services scientists, policy makers and practitioners who work together in more than 40 Working Groups and a growing number of National Networks on all continents. ESP regularly organises World and Regional conferences and provides many Services to further enhance the application of ecosystem services for nature conservation, ecosystem restoration and sustainable management. Partner up with ESP and join in the global effort for the future of our Natural Capital!
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Webinar: Networking for the landscape
The potential of collaborative governance in addressing institutional misfit in the provision of ecosystem services
This webinar aims to provide insights regarding the specific features through which the collaborative governance approaches could successfully address and mitigate issues of institutional misfit in landscape management. Additionally it aims to introduce aspects of the importance of Science-Policy-Society interface regarding biodiversity and ecosystems services. [Read more…] about Webinar: Networking for the landscape
Young ES Specialists (YESS): Recent activities
An update on the activities of the YESS network – past and upcoming events, meet-the-author and YESS Journal Club news. [Read more…] about Young ES Specialists (YESS): Recent activities
Wetlands Ecosystem Services and/as Nature-based Solutions
Nidhi Nagabhatla, a senior researcher with United Nations University- Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH – The UN Think Tank on Water), Canada and co-lead SWG 5 – ES in Water management – would like to share her work- Multi-functional Wetlands; Pollution Abatement and Other Ecological Services from Natural and Constructed Wetlands -published by Springer as the inaugural book in their new Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management Series. The book presents a comprehensive synthesis to sustainable and wisely utilize Wetlands Ecosystem Services and/as Nature-based Solutions. [Read more…] about Wetlands Ecosystem Services and/as Nature-based Solutions
Special Issue IJBESM: Operationalising Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services
This Special Issue provides key recommendations for scientists, policy makers and practitioners who intend to operationalise marine and coastal ecosystem services in decision making. This Special Issue is a result of a collaboration between the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Working Group on Resilience and Marine Ecosystem Services and the Ecosystem Service Partnership Marine Biome Working Group. [Read more…] about Special Issue IJBESM: Operationalising Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services