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7th Biodiversity X-Mas Market

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The Belgian Biodiversity Platform, together with the European Commission, is happy to invite you to the seventh edition of its Biodiversity X-Mas Market (formerly known as the BEES Market; previous editions here and here). After a year of cancellations and postponed events, let’s meet again face-to-face!

This edition of the X-Mas Market will have a particular focus on the upcoming changes in the EU landscape of Biodiversity policy, governance and funding. [Read more…] about 7th Biodiversity X-Mas Market

Vacancy: Interdisciplinary Post-doctoral Research Associate for Convergence Research in Sustainable Coffee Production

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School of Science and Engineering: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane University seeks a post-doctoral research associate for a newly funded, NSF-funded Convergence Research project. Centered in the Yoro region of Honduras, this exciting and interdisciplinary project brings together conservation biologists, ecologists, agronomists, farmers, indigenous peoples, economists, social scientists, land managers, and engineers to co-design, assess, and implement a system for sustainable coffee production. The post-doc will work with the team on the initial phase of this NSF project which focuses on sustainability at the coffee-farm scale. [Read more…] about Vacancy: Interdisciplinary Post-doctoral Research Associate for Convergence Research in Sustainable Coffee Production

A renewed commitment to nature in Lebanon – official launch of ESP Lebanon national network

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On October 6, 2021, the Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management (LDEM​) at the American University of Beirut hosted online a group of 50 people from 19 institutions to introduce the Lebanon National Network that will be formed as part of the Ecosystem Services Part​nership. The network will include academics, students, practitioners, and activists who explore and explain the benefits of nature to guide sustainable development in Lebanon. [Read more…] about A renewed commitment to nature in Lebanon – official launch of ESP Lebanon national network

Vacancy: Education Officer at Capitals Coalition

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The Capitals Coalition started a new education program that entails developing an online course on: “Redefining business value: embedding nature and people in decision-making for a sustainable future”.

To further support the development of this trajectory, Capital Coalition are hiring an Education Officer for two days a week (15 hours) to facilitate the process and content creation from the 1st of November to approximately beginning of March 2022.  [Read more…] about Vacancy: Education Officer at Capitals Coalition

NESP October Webinar: Global Earth-Economy Modeling: Linking GTAP and InVEST to address sustainability challenges

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In this National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) webinar, Justin Johnson (University of Minnesota) will present recent work completed with the World Bank that lays out a new model, GTAP-InVEST, that links a computable general equilibrium model from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) with an ecosystem services model, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), to assess important sustainability challenges. Modeling the interaction between nature’s services and the global economy to 2030, this talk will discuss a range of policy scenarios available to reduce the impact of nature’s loss on economies. [Read more…] about NESP October Webinar: Global Earth-Economy Modeling: Linking GTAP and InVEST to address sustainability challenges