On 2 February 2021, Nidhi Nagabhatla (co-lead of ESP’s Sectoral Working Group on ES in water management) participated as a panelist at the joint webinar ‘Blue Guide to Coastal Resilience Launch’. This event was organized by Partnership for Ecosystem and Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation (PEDRR), The Nature Conservancy, UNU, INWEH, and Friends of the Ecosystem Based Adaptation (FEBA), to launch The Blue Guide and celebrate World Wetlands Day. [Read more…] about Blue Guide to Coastal Resilience launched on World Wetlands Day
Virtual Coffee with Changemakers series
Nidhi Nagabhatla, co-lead of SW5 is also serving as the chair of the Partnership for Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) to support their MOOC – Nature-based Solutions to Disaster and Climate Resilience. The MOOC was launched in January 2021 and is rolling the Virtual Coffee with Changemakers series. Nidhi moderated the first session of Virtual Coffee with Changemakers session on Friday, January 29, with special guests Jeffrey Sachs and Gary Lewis, the UN Environment Programme‘s Director for Disasters and Conflict.
The recording of the event is available here.
Save the date: 8th session of the IPBES Plenary
The IPBES Bureau, at its 15th meeting, considered the extraordinary situation caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the implementation of the IPBES work programme and the hosting of the eighth session of the IPBES Plenary (IPBES 8) in Marrakech, Morocco. After careful consideration and consultations, the Bureau decided that IPBES 8 would be postponed from January/February 2021 to 14-24 June 2021 and be held as an online meeting. It will be preceded by online regional consultations and stakeholder day(s) (information on the time and date of these events will follow in due course).
The provisional agenda for the session is available on the IPBES website at: https://ipbes.net/events/ipbes-8-plenary.
Announcing ACES 2021 Preview: A Web-Based Symposium
The program and steering committees are excited to announce “A Community on Ecosystem Services 2021 Preview.” We would like to take this opportunity to engage with the ACES community on the vision and plans for ACES 2021; connect ACES to new communities with like interests; and highlight early career ecosystem services researchers. This virtual program will take place December 16-17, 2020 and will include five sessions.
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Society for Ecological Restoration 2021 World Conference
The 9th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER2021) will take place online on 21-24 June 2021 and will focus on innovative and creative approaches to achieving the promise of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The conference theme – A New Global Trajectory – encourages us to think broadly about the pathways we can take forward, the partnerships that will make this change possible, and the tools we have for success. [Read more…] about Society for Ecological Restoration 2021 World Conference