In this webinar, Lisa Wainger of the University of Maryland and David Ervin of Portland State University will discuss findings of a recent Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics report, The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests, which resulted from an interdisciplinary project that they co-chaired. [Read more…] about Webinar on Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests
Archives for June 2017
Special Issue on Recreational ES: Submission deadline extended to 30 June
The Ecosystem Services Journal has extended the submission deadline for its special issue on recreational ecosystem services. The new submission deadline is 30 June 2017.
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Call for experts EKLIPSE on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
EKLIPSE is inviting experts to join an expert working group to develop recommendations for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures to improve biodiversity and related ecosystem services, with a focus on Ecological Focus Areas–this is a direct policy request from IUCN and the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
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Reports on ecosystem market mechanisms in Europe
The ECOSTAR Hub has published three original new reports benchmarking for the first time the size, scope, and scale of ecosystem market mechanisms in Europe for voluntary carbon, watershed investments, and biodiversity offsets and compensation. The reports have been developed by Ecosystem Marketplace and Etifor.
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Call for Abstract of International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Climate Change
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, West & Central Asia is organizing International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Climate Change in collaboration with Department of Zoology, University of Karachi from July 25-27, 2017 at the University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.