In the next National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) webinar, hear from Emily Pindilli, an economist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), about the USGS LandCarbon program’s in-depth ecosystem service assessments at three different National Wildlife Refuges. An overview of the assessment done for the Great Dismal Swamp Refuge will include discussion of the quantification of multiple services including: carbon sequestration, catastrophic fire mitigation, and recreation under a set of management alternatives. [Read more…] about Webinar: Ecosystem Service Assessments at Three National Wildlife Refuges: Methods, Results, and Lessons
ECOSERV 2020 – 6th Scientific Symposium “Ecosystem services in transdisciplinary approach”, 6-8 July 2020, Poznan, Poland
Call for abstracts is open, deadline: April 30, 2020. You can find more information on the conference website.
Poland National Network and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan are pleased to announce that Registration and Call for Abstracts for ECOSERV 2020 Symposium are now open!
The Symposium which is under the patronage of ESP, is open for the world-wide diverse audience including academics, experts, policy makers, and business. [Read more…] about ECOSERV 2020 – 6th Scientific Symposium “Ecosystem services in transdisciplinary approach”, 6-8 July 2020, Poznan, Poland
PhD position Effects of landscape heterogeneity and crop diversity on biological pest control and pollinator health
A PhD position at UFZ (Halle/Leipzig) on the Effects of landscape heterogeneity and crop diversity on biological pest control and pollinator health.
Closing date for applications: 1 December 2019
Project starts: 1 February 2020
Interested candidates should apply through the UFZ website.
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Clear goals but murky path to ecosystem sustainability: Knowledge gaps identified from international biodiversity assessments
To overcome current biodiversity loss, new study identifies need for better knowledge on effective governance, institutions, and connections between social and ecological systems.
International sustainability policies set out clear goals for protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, but how to actually achieve these goals remains elusive in practice, as biodiversity loss continues at an alarming rate. A new study published in the journal Nature Sustainability by an international team of 32 scientists identifies key knowledge gaps that need to be answered to tackle the root causes of biodiversity loss, and calls for more relevant, solutions-focused research that can address the social-ecological crisis. [Read more…] about Clear goals but murky path to ecosystem sustainability: Knowledge gaps identified from international biodiversity assessments
PhD position at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) in collaboration with the Institute for Environmental Technology Science (ICTA) (the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability more specifically) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, (UAB) and the Green Lab of the Centre for Environmental Studies of Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, offers a 3-year PhD research fellowship. The PhD position is part of a research project concerning the plurality of values of urban biodiversity. [Read more…] about PhD position at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)