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Help wanted: Fill out survey on ECR engagement in science-policy interfaces

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We, the Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) Network’s delegation to the 7th IPBES Plenary in Paris in 2019 are conducting study about engagement of early-career researchers (ECRs) in science-policy interfaces. We are interested in perspectives and experiences of both ECRs as well as researchers at later career stages. We would really appreciate if you participated in the study by filling out online survey by April 1st.

News from ESP Marine Systems Working Group

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Two new publications and a call for papers from ESP’s Biome Working Group 2 – Marine Systems.

  • New publication on the relationship between ocean and human health. Open access, read more here.
  • New publication on integrating ecosystem services with biodiversity in spatial planning, applied to the Belgian coastal zone. It is  based on a combination of expert-based ecosystem functioning approaches and stakeholder involvement. Read more here.
  • Call for papers for a special issue of Ecosystem Services on blue-green finance: Bridging the Biodiversity Finance Gap. Read more here.

Call for Special Issue on Ecosystem Services in Sustainability

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The journal Sustainability is calling for contributions for the Special Issue: Ecosystem Services – from Conceptual Frameworks to Policy Implementation.

This Special Issue aims to gather contributions addressing the link between science and policy in the operationalization of the ecosystem services concept. Possible topics to be addressed include the following:

  • How can we integrate ES and biodiversity science in policy formulation processes? What models, indicators, and tools should we use?
  • How can we use ES to support environmental planning and assessment processes?
  • How can we navigate the ES concept in the water–ecosystems–food nexus?
  • How can we scale up locally derived experience onpolicy instruments for ES and biodiversity conservation to national and transnational level
    policies?
  • How can we integrate diverse sources of knowledge and multiple values to improve participation in ES assessment processes?

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IUCN motion supports natural capital accounting for biodiversity

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The motion  Accounting for biodiversity: encompassing ecosystems, species and genetic diversity led by Conservation International and many partners seeks to support and facilitate further development and implementation of the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA). It encourages  IUCN member countries to implement and further develop SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting and to further investigate how statistical and accounting approaches can more fully incorporate existing knowledge, and advances in biodiversity measurement. A blog about the motion has been posted at the Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) website – see this link

We encourage our ESP colleagues who are IUCN members to comment and express support to the motion during online discussion. [Read more…] about IUCN motion supports natural capital accounting for biodiversity

GI_Forum 2020: connecting spatially – Call for papers

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GI_Forum provides a platform for dialogue among geospatial minds, informing the GeoInformation Society, contributing to a more just, ethical and sustainable society.

GI_Forum is organized by the Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS, University of Salzburg and in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences. [Read more…] about GI_Forum 2020: connecting spatially – Call for papers