Worldwide network to enhance the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services for conservation and sustainable development
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!
Last 18th of September, Ilse Geijzendorffer (Tour du Valat, and one of the lead team members of the ESP Mediterranean Working Group) together with a Marianne Kettunen (Institute for European Environmental Policy) gave an OPPLA webinar on How ecosystem services can/should be included in policy?. The session was organized within the framework of the webinar series of the OPERAS project. [Read more…] about New OPPLA webinar on how ES can/should be included in policy
In response to growing interest in ecosystem services, the U.S. Forest Service is identifying needs and opportunities to incorporate an ecosystem services approach into its programs and activities.
In a webinar sponsored by the National Ecosystem Services Partnership Tuesday, October 17 from 1:30-2:45 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone, UTC-05:00), Robert Deal and Nikola Smith of the U.S. Forest Service discuss their report “Integrating Ecosystem Services into National Forest Service Policy and Operations”. [Read more…] about Ecosystem Services and National Forest Policy (webinar)
Below a link for a new Nordic report (with SYKE authors) on Ecosystem services in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP): Ecosystem services approach as a common Nordic understanding for MSP. [Read more…] about Nordic Report on Ecosystem services in Marine Spatial Planning
