The training on rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services held in Geumsan county brought together 35 participants of local residents, wetland interpreters, and citizen scientist to appreciate values of Cheonnae wetland located in Geum-river watershed.
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Welcome to new steering committee members of ESP-Asia RO
We are delighted to welcome our new steering committee of ESP-Asia 2019-2020. ESP Asia SC has a total of 9 seats including hosting countries of ESP Asia Conferences(4), recommended ESP members(3), ESP headquarter(1), and ESP Asia Regional Office(1).
ESP Asia SC plays a role in the scientific program committee leading the organization of biannual ESP Asia Conferences and other ESP-Asia events including ESP Asia Intergovernmental Meeting, ESP Asia Forum and other collaborative thematic sessions during ESP Conferences in future.
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To further strengthen and grow our network globally, we will organise a new round of regional conferences in 2020. Interested in organising an ESP regional conference in 2020? You can express interest by filling out this form and sending it to [email protected].
Update from SWG 8A: Task Force on Agrobiodiversity (TFA)
Ecosystem services of crop wild relatives and landraces
Understanding the value of the provisioning services provided by plant genetic resources (PGR) is essential to inform the development of policy to support conservation actions. As part of the EC-funded project, Farmer’s Pride (www.farmerspride.org), which aims to establish a network of stakeholders and sites for in situ conservation and sustainable use of PGR in Europe, partners in the project are working to identify cost-effective strategies and policies to improve the PGR conservation and use system in the region and establishing a dialogue to communicate recommendations to policy-makers.
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A two-day conference was held in Nicosia on 4 & 5 December with the title “Mapping & Evaluation of Ecosystem Services in Cyprus”. The conference was co-organized by the Department of the Environment and the Department of Forests with the project iLIFE-TROODOS, under the aegis of the Honorable Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment, Kostas Kadis.
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