The web section of the Special Issue on ‘ Certifying Environmental Social Responsibility ’ is finally online. This Special Issue aims to contribute to the emerging science on how to maintain and rehabilitate biodiversity and ecosystem services effectively in the tropics where agricultural expansion has shaped the landscapes. This Special Issue is a result of a research program by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. [Read more…] about IJBESM Special Issue: Certifying Environmental Social Responsibility
Archives for July 2018
Registration for ESP conferences in 2018 now open
Registration is open for the Ecosystem Services Partnership 2018 regional conferences.
ESP is organising three conferences in October 2018 focusing on the use of the ecosystem services concept in science, policy and practice to find ‘nature based solutions’ for conservation, restoration and sustainable development issues in Asia (India 9-12 October, including a keynote by Pavan Sukhdev), Europe (Spain, 14-19 Oct, for which almost 500 abstracts have been submitted!), and Latin America (Brazil, 22-25 October).
Together with ACES ESP is organising a conference in N.America, Washington, USA, 3-7 December.
For more information and to register, check out the events’ official websites:
- ESP Asia 2018, Communicating and Engaging Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia
- ESP Europe 2018, Ecosystem services in a changing world: moving from theory to practice
- ESP Latin America 2018, Global changes, ecosystem services and multilateral agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean
- ACES 2018 (North America), Natural resources benefitting people
Vacancy: Senior Researcher in ecosystem Services and nature-based solutions
The MCAST is seeking to recruit a Senior Researcher for the project ReNature, which is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The appointee will provide research support for activities relating to ecosystem services and nature-based solutions, and which are carried out by the Applied Environmental Sciences Research Group. [Read more…] about Vacancy: Senior Researcher in ecosystem Services and nature-based solutions