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Call for input: Identifying seeds of change

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Are you passionate about your work to integrate biodiversity and lessons from nature into all layers of society? Do you have a project using nature to change your living environment? Or are you using biodiversity and ecosystem indicators in your business process? Let us know! We are looking for initiatives that challenge the status quo. E.g. by altering decision-making processes in the public or private sector, changing market dynamics or conditions, redefining our understanding of human-nature interactions. In other words; initiatives that are (potential) ‘seeds’ of transformative change.

Help us in this challenging quest for seeds of change by filling out this survey. [Read more…] about Call for input: Identifying seeds of change

Request to participate in survey on deforestation in Brazilian Amazon

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We are a group of researchers based in Europe and Latin America and we are currently conducting research on pathways towards lower deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon forest.

We would like to receive input from ESP-members through a survey that we have developed. Click here to access the survey.

The survey is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and takes about 5 minutes to complete.

We are planning to use the answers to the survey in a publication. In case you have any comments or questions regarding the survey or the publication, then do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].

ESP Working group on Governance & Institutional aspects of ES organises strategic workshop

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Dear ESP Colleagues,

Our thematic working group No 18 on governance and institutional aspects looks back on more than a decade of dedicated activities to strengthen a socio-political focus on ecosystem services provision and coordination. As a core of our activities, we regularly organise thematic sessions at ESP Europe and ESP World conferences, have successfully edited three special issues on governance of ecosystem services in the journal Ecosystem Services, and working group members engaged in various joint projects.

However, by now the working group faces the challenges of lacking active and engaged members and fresh ideas. Therefore, we believe it is a good moment to put our heads together and to reflect on past activities, the goals and objectives of our TWG18 and revise and adjust them to recent developments and future needs.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to join us in a strategic reflection and brainstorming workshop about the envisioned future TWG18 activities and impacts on November 13-14 in Brussels, Belgium. [Read more…] about ESP Working group on Governance & Institutional aspects of ES organises strategic workshop

PhD vacancy: Exploring opportunities for ecosystem service economies on the Indigenous estate

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Charles Darwin University‘s (CDU) Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) is seeking applications for a PhD project, based in Darwin, to assess the value of ecosystem services (ES) from native forests for the Indigenous peoples in East Arnhem Land, NT.

About the Opportunity
The proposed project will aim to assess the value of ES from native forests for the Indigenous peoples in East Arnhem Land, NT. The project will evaluate the benefits of forestry-related economic opportunities including job creation, the opportunity to work and learn on-country, enhanced well-being, etc. Estimating the value of Indigenous provenance timber and non-timber products and other ES will help to establish an emerging Indigenous forestry market sector, in line with the National Indigenous Forestry Strategy (2005). [Read more…] about PhD vacancy: Exploring opportunities for ecosystem service economies on the Indigenous estate

4th International ESP Latin America and Caribbean Conference 2023: Registration OPEN

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Registration is open for the 4th International ESP Latin America and Caribbean Conference. The conference, organised under the theme “Sharing Knowledge about Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital to Build a Sustainable Future”, will take place from 6th to 10th November 2023 in the vibrant city of La Serena, Chile. The event is organised by the Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies at Mendel University in Brno, la Corporacion Regional de Desarrollo Productivo deCoquimbo (CRDP) and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP).

Register here.