Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla, co-lead of the SWG 5 made keynote remarks at the International E-Conference “Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering – TRACE 2020 – Amity University, India (August 2020). Her presentation titled “Water Security in the Fast-Changing World and the Circular Economy Discourse” elaborated on the relevance of nature-based solutions and circularity (beyond recycled and reuse) in managing water systems. The talk focused on various dimensions that apply in transforming these concepts to action and reiterated the significance of interdisciplinary thinking as the key to sustainable water futures. The video of the talk is available here.
Equity and Ecosystem Services Webinars
The National Ecosystem Services Partnership will be hosting two webinars (22 September and 1 October 2020) on equity and ecosystem services as a gateway for the ecosystem services community to start thinking and acting more deliberately on the multiple dimensions of equity and inclusion that play out in ecosystem services research and practice. Join us to hear from members of the NESP community who have focused on different facets of equity in their work, and participate in a conversation about how we can learn from each other to incorporate and act on equity considerations as they relate to ecosystem services. [Read more…] about Equity and Ecosystem Services Webinars
Session on Ecosystem Services at Virtual Expert Forum on SEEA EEA 2020
The Virtual Expert Forum on SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) 2020 is taking place online in several sessions between June and September 2020. Session 3 on ecosystem services will take place on 24-25 August.
This session will be structured around topics listed below. The draft agenda is available here.
Day 1 is intended for a broader audience and will mostly consist of general discussions for information and engagement purposes. Day 2 is, however, aimed at an expert audience and will be structured around small group discussions on technical issues. [Read more…] about Session on Ecosystem Services at Virtual Expert Forum on SEEA EEA 2020
Updates from SWG 5 – ES in Water management
New paper: Soft power, discourse coalitions, and the proposed interbasin water transfer between Lake Chad and the Congo River
Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla, co-lead of ESP’s sectoral working group on ES in water management, co-authored the paper Soft power, discourse coalitions, and the proposed interbasin water transfer between Lake Chad and the Congo River. The article examines the transboundary water interactions between the two relatively under-researched basins of Lake Chad and the Congo River; [Read more…] about Updates from SWG 5 – ES in Water management
Postdoc and PhD vacancies: Agroecology/Landscape Ecology @Leibniz University Hannover
The Institute of Geobotany at Leibniz University Hannover invites applications for the position of a PhD Candidate and Scientific Researcher (Postdoc) in agroecology/landscape ecology. Deadline to apply is 7 August 2020.
Prof. Emily Poppenborg Martin is establishing a new international research group at the Institute of Geobotany in the field of agroecology and landscape ecology, with particular focus on arthropod biodiversity and ecosystem services in farmland. [Read more…] about Postdoc and PhD vacancies: Agroecology/Landscape Ecology @Leibniz University Hannover