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
PESFOR-W Training School, 23-26 October, Vairao, Portugal
The COST Action Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forest for water) is organising its first training school on the topic: Environmental effectiveness of forest PES schemes to reduce agricultural diffuse pollution to water. The deadline for application is 15 August 2018, travel and subsistence grants of up to 800 Euros will be available for around 18 participants. [Read more…] about PESFOR-W Training School, 23-26 October, Vairao, Portugal
ESP Latin American Conference 2018: Registration is OPEN!
The Ecosystem Services Partnership together with Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services invite you to participate at the ESP 2018 Latin American Conference in Campinas, Brasil, 22-26 October. The theme of the conference is: Global changes, ecosystem services and multilateral agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Registration for the conference is now OPEN! Register here. [Read more…] about ESP Latin American Conference 2018: Registration is OPEN!
New Co-Editors in Chief of IJBESM share their vision for the journal
On International Biodiversity Day, May 22nd 2018, the International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management (IJBESM) announced Alexander van Oudenhoven and Berta Martín-López as new Co-Editors-in-Chief. They took over from Rudolf de Groot, who had led the Journal since 2010. [Read more…] about New Co-Editors in Chief of IJBESM share their vision for the journal