On June 12, 2019 at the main campus of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia, the First National Workshop on Mapping and Assessment for Integrated Ecosystem Accounting within the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 MAIA project was held. A total of 38 stakeholders attended the Workshop. There were local participants from the MAIA partners and representatives from the Executive Environmental Agency (Ministry of Environment and Waters, National Statistical institute, Executive Forest Agency (Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forests), NGO, researchers, and other experts. [Read more…] about Bulgaria NN: Update July 2019
Training course: Measuring Ecosystem Services & Essential Biodiversity Variables
This course centers on building capacity in the areas of measuring and quantifying ecosystem services and essential biodiversity variables, which are key in efforts to study, report, and manage biodiversity change. The course will take place 16 September – 26 September, 2019, in Kigali, Rwanda in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB) at University of Rwanda. [Read more…] about Training course: Measuring Ecosystem Services & Essential Biodiversity Variables
Two new publications from the ESP community
Achieving Impact from ecosystem assessment and valuation of urban greenspace: The case of i-Tree Eco in Great Britain in Landscape and Urban Planning: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0169204618311915
What do People know? Ecosystem Services, Public Perception and Sustainable Management of Urban Park Trees in London, UK in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1ZCie5m5d7lXgR
New paper from ESP Greek national network (HESP)
New paper: Indicators for mapping and assessment of ecosystem condition and of the ecosystem service habitat maintenance in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
A new research paper has been recently published in One Ecosystem Journal. It presents an ecosystem service framework implementation at landscape level to map and assess ecosystem condition and the “maintenance of nursery populations and habitats” ecosystem service (ES) (hereinafter called “habitat maintenance”), by combining a series of indicators with spatial modelling techniques. [Read more…] about New paper from ESP Greek national network (HESP)
International MSc programme on Ecosystem Services at IHI Zittau
The International Institute (IHI) Zittau, TU Dresden, Germany is now accepting applications for the international Masters programme on Ecosystem Services. The programme is devoted to understanding the causes of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation as well as to analysing their impacts on ecosystem functioning and human well-being in an interdisciplinary manner. [Read more…] about International MSc programme on Ecosystem Services at IHI Zittau