This article in the journal Ecosystem Services reviews the prevalence and usage of the concept of ecosystem services in American and other common law legal systems. It suggests that this concept is rarely relied on by courts and other adjudicatory bodies. [Read more…] about ES and Judge-Made Law: A Review of Legal Cases in Common Law Countries
ES and U.S. Stormwater Planning: An Approach for Improving Urban Stormwater Decisions
This article in the journal Environmental Science and Policy presents an ecosystem services framework for assessing the context-specific needs of decision makers, while considering the strengths and limitations of greenwater infrastructure use in urban stormwater management. [Read more…] about ES and U.S. Stormwater Planning: An Approach for Improving Urban Stormwater Decisions
Mapping the Global Distribution of Locally Generated Marine ES
The Case of the West and Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Fisheries
Ecosystem service maps are instrumental for the assessment and communication of the costs and benefits of human-nature interactions. This article in the journal Ecosystem Services proposes an integrated way of assessing and mapping global flows of marine ecosystem services. [Read more…] about Mapping the Global Distribution of Locally Generated Marine ES
Transnational Workshop: Alpine ecosystem services (ES) – a toolset for international cooperation
The University of Innsbruck hosts an interactive AlpES workshop on 28th September 2018 about the integration of the ES concept in international decision-making. The goal of the event is to discuss and elaborate links for ES management in transboundary (environmental) conflicts. [Read more…] about Transnational Workshop: Alpine ecosystem services (ES) – a toolset for international cooperation
Registration for ESP conferences in 2018 now open
Registration is open for the Ecosystem Services Partnership 2018 regional conferences.
ESP is organising three conferences in October 2018 focusing on the use of the ecosystem services concept in science, policy and practice to find ‘nature based solutions’ for conservation, restoration and sustainable development issues in Asia (India 9-12 October, including a keynote by Pavan Sukhdev), Europe (Spain, 14-19 Oct, for which almost 500 abstracts have been submitted!), and Latin America (Brazil, 22-25 October).
Together with ACES ESP is organising a conference in N.America, Washington, USA, 3-7 December.
For more information and to register, check out the events’ official websites:
- ESP Asia 2018, Communicating and Engaging Ecosystem Services in Policy and Practice in Asia
- ESP Europe 2018, Ecosystem services in a changing world: moving from theory to practice
- ESP Latin America 2018, Global changes, ecosystem services and multilateral agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean
- ACES 2018 (North America), Natural resources benefitting people