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!

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Call for sessions: 3rd ESP Europe Conference 2020

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The 3rd European Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference will take place in Tartu, Estonia on 21-24 September 2020. Call for sessions is now OPEN!

We would like to call on the ecosystem services community at large, and ESP members especially, to submit a session proposal for our upcoming conference. The deadline for session submission is 1 March 2020. Check the call for sessions page for more information and to submit your proposal.

You can find more information about this event on the official conference website.

ESP January Update is out!

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Our first Update for 2020 is out. The ESP community has kicked off 2020 with a lot of activity and exciting plans for the year ahead.

Read all about it here.

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Survey: Supporting implementation of the CBD through national ecosystem assessments

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As part of the project ‘Supporting implementation of the CBD through national ecosystem assessments’, funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund, the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) are developing guidance around how national ecosystem assessments can support implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The following survey is a part of the development of this guidance. It should only take ten minutes to complete and can be accessed here.

Vacancy: PhD position in Ecosystem Services @UFZ

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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is offering a PhD position in Ecosystem Services, working at UFZ/iDiv in the ESuDis project within the DFG Biodiversity Exploratories project, led by Dr. Maria Felipe-Lucia in collaboration with Prof. Berta Martin-Lopez, Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

This project investigates the relationships between natural and anthropogenic capital on the supply of ecosystem services, and on the use and demand by different stakeholders, in order to understand its effects on the distribution of ecosystem services among stakeholders at multiple spatial scales. [Read more…] about Vacancy: PhD position in Ecosystem Services @UFZ

Vacancy: PhD candidate to relate ecosystem services to diversity of agricultural systems

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The Environmental Systems Analysis (ESA) group at Wageningen University & Research is looking for excellent, open-minded & team-spirited PhD-researcher, eager to unravel the variety of worldwide agricultural systems and their related biodiversity and ecosystem services. The study will focus on pollination and natural pest control by exploring the dynamics in space and time of these ecosystem services.

You will work on the project: ‘Global modelling of biodiversity and ecosystem services for agricultural systems’. [Read more…] about Vacancy: PhD candidate to relate ecosystem services to diversity of agricultural systems