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Call for valuation studies to update the ESVD

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The Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD) hosted by the ESP is one of the most comprehensive global databases of ecosystem service values but has not been updated since 2010. This widely used resource needs to be updated and upgraded to reflect the huge number of new valuation studies and developments in the field during the past 10 years. ESP is starting the process of updating and upgrading the ESVD and therefore requests members to send valuation studies to be included. Relevant valuation studies should:

  • Use a primary valuation method (i.e. not value/benefits transfer)
  • Estimate the monetary value of an ecosystem service(s)
  • Be for ANY biome/ecosystem/habitat etc.
  • Be from ANY location/country/region etc.

Please send full text valuation studies (preferably pdf) to [email protected]. This call for valuation studies will remain open until the end of 2019.

Ecosystem Service Valuation in Lebanon

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Did you know that by the end of 2020, we will for the first time ever have a national-level estimate of the economic value of Lebanon’s forest ecosystem services? And that, by 2021, Lebanon plans to be one of the few (or possibly the only) countries in the region who will be piloting payment for ecosystem services? These breakthroughs in forest information and conservation approaches in the Arab region are being led by the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI), a Lebanese NGO that aims at conserving and expanding Lebanon’s forests through a community-based approach and public-private partnerships. [Read more…] about Ecosystem Service Valuation in Lebanon

Call for Workshop Host- Financing options for greener cities

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ICLEI European secretariat in cooperation with the EKLIPSE project and NATURVATION project are searching for a South-Eastern European municipality to host a two-day capacity-building workshop titled: Financing Greener Cities – “Exploring financing options for greener cities; Strengthening the capacity of local stakeholders to explore appropriate financing arrangements for nature-based interventions.”

With this call the organisers would like to invite local governments to apply for hosting this workshop in which several municipal representatives, researchers and civil society organisations will take part. Applications must be submitted before 31 March 2019. [Read more…] about Call for Workshop Host- Financing options for greener cities

Sectoral WG 10: Special Issue “Ecosystem Services in a Bio- and Circular Economy” open for submissions

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This Special Issue edited by SWG 10 lead team members Marianne Thomsen and Lorie Hamelin endeavors to put together a comprehensive set of articles of key relevance for the sectoral working group (SWG) on “ecosystem services in a bio- and circular economy” of the Ecosystem Service Partnership.  [Read more…] about Sectoral WG 10: Special Issue “Ecosystem Services in a Bio- and Circular Economy” open for submissions

Webinar: Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis at USAID

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The National Ecosystem Services Partnership (US) is hosting a webinar on the topic Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis at USAID. 

Hear Aaron Bruner (Conservation Strategy Fund), Jenny Kane (USAID Office of Forestry and Biodiversity), and Paul Oliver (USAID Office of Economic Policy) present on a new USAID report in the February National Ecosystem Services Partnership webinar. [Read more…] about Webinar: Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis at USAID