ECOSERV 2020/2021 – 6th Scientific Symposium ‘Ecosystem services in transdisciplinary approach’ – took place on July 7-9 in Poznań, Poland. The Symposium was organized by the ESP Poland National Network and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, this time as part of the 3rd World Conference of the Society for Urban Ecology. We were glad that the conference was attended by over 300 participants representing 36 countries from 6 continents. In participants’ opinion, we had three very rewarding days, filled with inspiring plenary keynotes, high level of thematic sessions with interesting presentations. [Read more…] about ESP Poland NN co-organises ECOSERV 2020/2021
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Mobile phone and social media data for human-nature research
This session will take place on 22 July 2021, 14:00, online and it aims to provide a venue for studies that use social media and mobile phone data for the assessment of human-nature interactions and preferences towards the natural environment.
Find out more and register here.
For more on this topic, check out the ESP working group on Big Data and Digital Communication.
Survey on new ES classification
As a part of PhD research at University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran, feedback on a new ecosystem services classification is needed.
The research topic is “Ecosystem Services in Lake Urmia basin: a new classification”. The main purpose of this research is to introduce a new classification of ecosystem services based on the humanistic perspective.
Your feedback on this survey will help the authors in the classification design. The survey will only take about 10 minutes to complete.
Please read and fill in the survey in the attached file. You can submit the filled in survey by email, at [email protected].
Two webinars on ecosystem services in the context of the US
Two webinars were held by the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP – United States) in May and June, on ES valuation and on forest-based ES. Read more below and follow the links to watch the recordings.
Different methods, different values: How the choice of ecosystem service valuation method can affect cost-benefit analysis and prioritization decisions. Hear a presentation that synthesizes the results of over a decade of ecosystem services valuation work in the U.S. state of Minnesota and compares and contrasts results from “traditional” non-market approaches (stated preference surveys, hedonic analyses, avoided cost approaches, and travel cost models) with “alternative” valuation methods based on ecosystem service metrics, surveys, semi-structured interviews, and Q sort assessments. Read more.
Payment for forest-based ecosystem services from private lands in the United States. Hear a presentation on an effort to account, estimate, and document the full extent of direct payments for ecosystem services to private forest landowners in the United States. Read more.
BIOM ecological society Kyrgyzstan launches initiative for ecosystem protection
As part of a new initiative on ecosystem protection, БИОМ ecological society Kyrgyzstan launched an initiative appealing to the international community to recognize the role and value of natural ecosystems for dealing with global climate change.
In support of the same initiative, an online event was held earlier this month. The aim of the conference was to launch a multi-stakeholder dialogue to recognize the value of natural ecosystems and their key role in shaping the climate and conditions of Life on the planet as a basic priority of development programs. You can watch the full conference here and find the proceedings in English here.
Read the text of the Appeal to Protect Natural Ecosystems here.
For more information, please contact Bulat Yessekin, lead of the ESP West and Central Asia regional chapter.