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Landscape 2021: Diversification for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture

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20-22 September 2021, Berlin, Germany 
Call for sessions, masterclasses, market place booths and post-conference workshops now open. Download the flyer here.

Landscape 2021 will bring together scientists from across disciplines with key actors to explore whether and how diversity and diversification can contribute to a more sustainable and resilient agriculture. Promising approaches reduce trade-offs between high productivity and use of external resources, the provisioning of ecosystem services, biodiversity and soil health as well as robust economic perspectives, social justice, cultural values and recreational opportunities. [Read more…] about Landscape 2021: Diversification for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture

InVEST Virtual Workshops

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During the summer, the Natural Capital Project (NatCap) at Stanford University launched the inaugural InVEST Virtual Workshop summer series. The 3-part live digital training engaged over 1,200+ students highlighting NatCap’s InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) software suite. The training included an overview of some of the popular InVEST models and deep dives; spotlighting real-world case studies and demonstrate how the models and cases link back to the Natural Capital Project’s overall ecosystem services analysis approach. You can find all the slides here.

MOOC: Introduction to the Natural Capital Project Approach

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The Natural Captial Project at Stanford University recently released a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Introduction to the Natural Capital Project Approach. The MOOC is divided into four modules exploring NatCap’s approach to using ecosystem service information to inform decisions. The course uses specific examples to illustrate how the approach has worked in each case and highlights key methods and tools used in the implementation.

Instructors include Gretchen Daily, Stacie Wolny, Jess Silver, Roy Remme, Sara Cafasso, Anne Guerry and Lori Avila. Register here.

 

BIOTA-FAPESP Program celebrates 20 years of contributing to public policy

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Launched in March 1999, BIOTA-FAPESP is one of Brazil’s most ambitious programs of research on biodiversity. In the 20 years since its inception, it has not only increased knowledge and understanding of biodiversity but also built a scientific foundation for the formulation of guidelines and policies governing biodiversity conservation and restoration.

In commemoration of the twentieth anniversary the program launched a series of 8 webinars aiming to synthesize BIOTA’s impact over the past two decades. [Read more…] about BIOTA-FAPESP Program celebrates 20 years of contributing to public policy