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Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) V2.0 Launched

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A revised version of the interactive Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) is now available online.

TESSA, developed by a consortium and with input from over 150 experts, provides guidance and methods to value ecosystem services currently provided by sites compared to their likely provision under different management decisions, thus allowing the consequences of alternative management decisions to be assessed. It promotes the collection of locally-relevant field data and the combination of qualitative and quantitative data analysis. [Read more…] about Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) V2.0 Launched

IPBES: Announcement call to Members and Observers

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IPBES has extended the nomination period for members of the review panel to perform the external review of IPBES. The network also announced a call for nominations for a member of the Committee on Conflict of Interest from the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG). Call for nominations for members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) is still ongoing. Deadlines for these three calls is 2 February 2018.

You can read more about these three calls in this IPBES newsletter.