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INES: New project on water related ecosystem services

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INES (INtegrated assessment and mapping of water-related Ecosystem Services for nature-based solutions in river basin management) is a three years fundamental research project funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund. The project aims to develop a methodological framework for mapping, modeling, and assessment of water-related ecosystem services (WRES) in respect to the implementation of nature-based solutions in water management. The project is led by Stoyan Nedkov – professor at the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIGGG-BAS), contact person of ESP in Bulgaria and co-lead of the South-East Europe Regional Chapter of the ESP.

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Ecosystem and Social based approaches for adaptation to climate change and preventing water conflicts and in Central Asia

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In this paper Dr. Bulat K. Yessekin, regional coordinator of the Central Asian water and climate change platform and lead of ESP’s West & Central Asia regional chapter, outlines a new ecosystem based model to prevent water and social conflicts in Central Asia. He goes over the current traditional models for resource managemend and the ways the ecosystem approach can be implemented for the Central Asia context, with examples out of Kazakhstan.

Read the full article here.

Special issue: Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Water Resources Management

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Sectoral Working Group 5 – ES in Water Management has released a Special Issue in Environmental Management on Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Water Resources Management. Most articles are open access and available here. Interesting for all those working on water management and ecosystem services (or green infrastructure, or nature-based solutions). A lot of great case studies from around the world are featured, as well as innovative methods and literature reviews. For an overview and synthesis, check the introductory article here.

Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework

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In 2021 the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) and Climate Focus, on behalf of the Global Restoration Observatory (GRO) network co-led a collaborative effort to formalize a sector-wide Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework. The Framework is designed to support more coordinated global tracking of progress and trends in ecosystem restoration. Through the use of shared variables, the Framework will facilitate the coordination and sharing of project information to support global restoration monitoring while also improving restoration practice.

On 29 March 2o22 a virtual session will take place that will introduce the Restoration Project Information Sharing Framework and explore how to adopt relevant and appropriate content from the Framework for individual monitoring protocols, reporting systems, databases, and platforms. Register here.

Webinar: Piloting Natural Capital Accounts for the United States

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The National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) held a webinar on 11 March 2022 on the topic ‘Piloting Natural Capital Accounts for the United States’. In this webinar you can hear Ken Bagstad (USGS), Scott Wentland (BEA), Mehdi Heris (Hunter College), and Katie Warnell (Duke University) discuss pilot natural capital accounts for land, water, ecosystems, and urban ecosystem services developed for the United States, which were described in a recent special issue of Ecosystem Services. This was the first of two NESP webinars on natural capital accounting; the second will focus on next steps for using natural capital accounting in decision-making.

Watch the recording here.