The PECS3 conference Pathways to Sustainability: Social-ecological resilience and transformation across multiple scales will take place in Montreal Canada (12-15 August 2024) to share ideas on how to transform sustainable development to better contend with the challenges of the Anthropocene. [Read more…] about PECS3 conference: Pathways to sustainability
New paper on national mapping and assessment of ES projects in Europe
A paper coming forth from a session at the 3rd ESP Europe conference in Tartu titled: ‘National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe – Participants’ experiences, state of the art and lessons learned’ was recently published in Ecosystem Services.
The national mapping and assessment of ecosystem services (ES) has been set out since 2011 with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. By now, most EU Member States implemented mapping and assessment projects to some degree. We surveyed 13 EU Member States’ more recent implementations to give a systematic overview of the components assessed, the data & methods used, and the greatest challenges as perceived by participants. [Read more…] about New paper on national mapping and assessment of ES projects in Europe
Call for abstracts: Potentials of collective actions to landscape management and governance
As part of 35th International Geographical Congress, taking place in August 24-30, 2024, in Dublin, a session titled “Potentials of collective actions to landscape management and governance” is scheduled. We welcome you to contribute by submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation to this session, under the Commission on Land Use and Land Cover Change. Find more information about the call for abstracts here.
Join the SMILES COST Action
The SMILES Action focuses on establishing a network of researchers and practitioners working on ecosystem services, land use change, natural capital assessment, nature-based solutions and governance within small and medium islands within Europe and its overseas territories. We look for early career investigators that are interested in joining this action, as well as people with expertise in marine ecosystem services and governance. Participants will be invited to contribute to collaborative research on island natural capital, ecosystem services, nature-based solutions and climate resilience, and benefit from the possibility of receiving travel funds dedicated to short term scientific missions. For more information see the website.
Second external review of the IPBES nexus assessment
The second external review of the thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (nexus assessment) is open from 20 November 2023 to 14 January 2024 (8 weeks).
The second external review, which focuses on the second draft of the chapters and the first draft of the summary for policymakers of the assessment, is one of the most important phases in the IPBES assessment process. The second external review is addressed to Governments and interested and qualified experts, including scientists, decision makers, practitioners and other knowledge holders. [Read more…] about Second external review of the IPBES nexus assessment