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ESP October Update is out!

by Categories: ESP Updates, News

The October issue of our newsletter was out earlier this week. In this month’s ESP Update you will find:

  • latest info on our Regional Conferences (proceedings from the Asia conference are now online, call for abstracts is open for ESP Africa 2019!),
  • updates from several Working Groups and National Networks (the Caribbean regional sub-chapter is recruiting members, the Polish network of ESP would like your input for a survey)
  • a whole lot of activities from our colleagues over at the YESS group
  • call for nominating candidates for the ESP Steering Committee
  • other news from our partners around the globe

Read the October Update now!

Call for papers: Special Issue on Operationalizing ES in support of ecosystem-based marine spatial planning

by Categories: Collaboration calls, News, Publications

On Tuesday session B1b: Operationalizing ES in support of ecosystem-based marine spatial planning took place at the ESP European Conference in San Sebastian. As a result, the session organisers decided to submit a Special Issue in Ocean and Coastal Management Journal.

If you are interested in the topic of connecting ecosystem services and marine spatial planning, you are more than welcome to send your papers to Daniel Depellegrin at [email protected].

ESP Steering Committee: Call for Nominations OPEN

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The Ecosystem Services Partnership is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic people to join the Steering Committee and contribute their time and skills to the ESP’s mission.

The call for proposals for Steering Committee candidates is open until 15 November 2018. Any ESP member in ‘good standing’ is eligible for this position. We would like to encourage nominations of especially active and dynamic candidates, coming from all regions, and with different scientific backgrounds. We also encourage nominations for women or young people.

All ESP members will receive an invitation to nominate their candidate(s). You can also use this link to nominate (you will be asked to log in with your username and password): https://www.es-partnership.org/esp-steering-committee-call-for-nominations/

Ecosystem Services community responds to recent Nature articles

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Members of the ecosystem services community have responded to the recently published article and editorial in Nature. Even though the article painted the situation within the community as hostile and divided, the responses which followed have clearly illustrated that this is not the case.

Nature published several response letters, whose sentiment was along the same lines: despite different opinions and views on some matters, we have one common goal – to highlight the importance of biodiversity to human well-being. [Read more…] about Ecosystem Services community responds to recent Nature articles