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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Help us update the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD)

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To make better informed decisions about trade-offs involved in land use change, or any activity affecting ecosystems and biodiversity, we need better information about the full importance of ecosystems to our wellbeing. In addition to intrinsic/ethical and other non-monetary values, economic considerations still dominate cost-benefit analysis.

To provide information on the economic benefits of ecosystems and biodiversity, and on the costs of their loss, a database was developed for the TEEB study, published in 2010.

We are now updating this database which now contains over 600 studies and more than 4000 value records distributed across all biomes, services and geographic regions (3x as much as the original TEEB database). We are currently setting up a review-process to double-check the current data, and welcome new studies for our repository.

Are you interested in developing the ESVD? Find more information on how you can contribute in the full invitation letter:

Invitation letter to review the ESVD

Sign-up form for ESVD Review Teams

More information about ESVD

Finalists for 2020 European Natura 2000 Award

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The European Commission has announced the finalists of the 2020 European Natura 2000 Award, and anyone can vote for their favorite project.

All 27 finalists are being considered for one of the five category Awards. Check out all the finalists on the European Commission website. The finalist who receives the highest number of votes will receive the EU Citizens’ Award.

Voting remains open until 15 September 2020.

You can find all the finalists and cast your vote here.

 

NESP Webinar: Piloting Ecosystem Accounts for the Southeastern U.S.

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The National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) will host a webinar on Piloting Ecosystem Accounts for the Southeastern U.S., on Thursday, 21 May 2020, 2pm-3pm Eastern Time.

Hear from Ken Bagstad (USGS), Katie Warnell (Duke University), Charles Rhodes (TBD Economics), and Marc Russell (US EPA) about a new publication that details the first effort to develop Ecosystem Accounts for the U.S. at a broad scale. The team will describe the potential for U.S. ecosystem accounting and explain their pilot accounts for a 10-state region in the Southeast. The pilot accounts address air quality, water quality, biodiversity, carbon storage, recreation, and pollination for selected years from 2001 to 2015. [Read more…] about NESP Webinar: Piloting Ecosystem Accounts for the Southeastern U.S.

Call for Contributions: Special Issue in Environmental Management

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The lead team of the ESP Sectoral Working Group 5 on ES in Water Management (SWG 5) invites high quality contributions from researchers and scholars from around the world for a Special Issue in Environmental Management (Springer) titled: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Water Resource Management—Tools, Policies, and Promising Pathways. This special issue calls for papers on recent multi- and interdisciplinary efforts to measure, plan for, incentivize, and implement projects aimed at enhancing water-related ES in basins around the world. [Read more…] about Call for Contributions: Special Issue in Environmental Management

EU Project MOVE-ON celebrates virtual Kick-Off Meeting

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Setting the ground to advance MAES in Europe´s overseas

Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES), as part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, is entering a new phase in the Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union. With the Kick-off of the MOVE-ON Project, the European Commission funded another initiative to enhance work on ecosystems, their services, biodiversity and condition in the EU Overseas. [Read more…] about EU Project MOVE-ON celebrates virtual Kick-Off Meeting

World Biodiversity Day 2020 will be celebrated online

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On 22 May 2020 (coming Friday) we celebrate the Interational Day for Biological Diversity, kicking off the World Biodiversity Week. The International Day for Biological Diversity 2020 has the theme ‘Our Solutions are in Nature’ and for the first time will be celebrated through an online-only campaign.

What is happening this week?

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