2018 DMZ International Forum was held on 6-7 September in the Uijeongbu Arts Center with the topic of “Connecting People and Nature for Peace: Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Development in DMZ areas”. This Forum was jointly organized by Gyeonggi Province and ESP Asia RO. Dr. Rudolf de Groot, the chair of ESP gave a welcoming speech. [Read more…] about 2018 DMZ International Forum
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ES Training Workshop “Valuing and Capturing the Benefits of Ecosystem Restoration”
The ES Training Workshop “Valuing and Capturing the Benefits of Ecosystem Restoration” took place on 3 September in Seoul. This training was jointly organized by National Institute of Ecology and ESP Asia RO. Dr. Rudolf de Groot, the chair of ESP led this workshop and gave a special lecture about the ecosystem conservation and restoration. [Read more…] about ES Training Workshop “Valuing and Capturing the Benefits of Ecosystem Restoration”
New publication on personal and collective values in biodiversity conservation
Caught Between Personal and Collective Values: Biodiversity conservation in European decision‐making
Individual decision‐makers at different governance levels operate in social contexts, which means that they sometimes need to compromise their personal values. This dissonance is rarely the direct target of empirical analyses of environmental decision‐making. A recent paper by ESP researchers reports a Q‐analysis of decision‐makers’ personal perspectives and the perspectives they perceive to dominate in their decision‐making contexts. [Read more…] about New publication on personal and collective values in biodiversity conservation
New Paper Series from the National Ecosystem Services Partnership
The National Ecosystem Services Partnership (US) has published the Ecosystem Services Conceptual Model Series. The Series provides a collection of resources explaining why ecosystem services conceptual models (ESCMs) are useful for decision making, providing guidance for building ESCMs, and describing NESP’s initial efforts to standardize and apply these models with federal agency partners. [Read more…] about New Paper Series from the National Ecosystem Services Partnership
ESP Greek National Network (HESP) Update
Hereby some news from the Greek ESP -HESP: sessions at upcoming conferences, new publications, projects and more:
HESP member Kostas Kormas, Professor of Aquatic microbial ecology from Thessaly University, is a member of the scientific committee of the 3rd Hydromedit conference of 8-11 November in Volos, Greece. [Read more…] about ESP Greek National Network (HESP) Update