The School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow has an opportunity for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to the ESRC SDAI funded project ‘developing and exploring methods to understand human-nature interactions in urban areas using new forms of big data‘. The post holder will also contribute to research and data service activities of the UKRI-ESRC-funded Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC). [Read more…] about Research Associate: Understanding human-nature interactions in urban areas using new forms of big data
News from Slovenia national network
On 8 November, we organised the final event of the NatGuidES project in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where we presented the manual for the identification, assessment and mapping of ecosystem services (ES).
The manual for the identification, assessment and mapping of ES, which was created within the framework of the NatGuidES project, defines practical steps for the implementation of the concept of ES in protected areas (PA), with the aim of supporting managers in the management of PA by means of a protocol for the identification, assessment and mapping of ES. [Read more…] about News from Slovenia national network
BIOTRAILS Learning Platform
The BIOTRAILS Learning Platform has been developed as part of the BIOTRAILS Horizon Europe project which explores pathways towards transformative change for biodiversity. The learning platform acts as an online community and social learning space aiming to help support the fruitful collaboration and learning on challenges and opportunities for transformative change and the climate-biodiversity-society nexus within four value chains (for cocoa, aquaculture, gold and handicrafts) and beyond, through the project’s “Learning and Action Alliances” or LAAs. By joining the trans-project LAA, you will have the chance to: [Read more…] about BIOTRAILS Learning Platform
Call for input: Identifying seeds of change
Are you passionate about your work to integrate biodiversity and lessons from nature into all layers of society? Do you have a project using nature to change your living environment? Or are you using biodiversity and ecosystem indicators in your business process? Let us know! We are looking for initiatives that challenge the status quo. E.g. by altering decision-making processes in the public or private sector, changing market dynamics or conditions, redefining our understanding of human-nature interactions. In other words; initiatives that are (potential) ‘seeds’ of transformative change.
Help us in this challenging quest for seeds of change by filling out this survey. [Read more…] about Call for input: Identifying seeds of change
Inspired by SELINA: Secondary school students in Bulgaria map and assess ecosystem services in karst areas
From 3 – 7 July 2023 the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG-BAS), an ESP member organisation and one of the Bulgarian partners in the SELINA project, co-organised an innovative field course for secondary school students titled “Education for and by karst”. A total of 17 students from two secondary schools in Sofia, Bulgaria took part in the training.
One of the modules in the course focused on the mapping and assessment of ecosystem services in karst areas, led by SELINA and ESP Bulgaria members Stoyan Nedkov, Hristina Prodanova, Vanya Stoycheva and Gergana Petkova. The idea for the training module emerged from the discussions at the first SELINA thematic workshop in March 2023. There, participants deliberated on the barriers and enabling factors for transformative change and highlighted the need to integrate biodiversity and ecosystem services-related themes in the education process, especially in secondary schools. [Read more…] about Inspired by SELINA: Secondary school students in Bulgaria map and assess ecosystem services in karst areas