On October 6, 2021, the Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management (LDEM) at the American University of Beirut hosted online a group of 50 people from 19 institutions to introduce the Lebanon National Network that will be formed as part of the Ecosystem Services Partnership. The network will include academics, students, practitioners, and activists who explore and explain the benefits of nature to guide sustainable development in Lebanon. [Read more…] about A renewed commitment to nature in Lebanon – official launch of ESP Lebanon national network
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Stork or birds of prey? Assessing the baseline indicators of the LIFE Danube Free Sky project
The LIFE Danube Free Sky project is a transnational project with the aim to save thousands of birds from electrocution and collisions with power lines. To achieve this, the project involves and collaborates with numerous stakeholders including, for instance, electric companies and nature conservation actors along the Danube. In order to understand the project’s overall socio-economic dimensions and impact on ecosystem services by 2025 (when the project ends) we at Ecosystem Valuation prepared a baseline study of the status quo. [Read more…] about Stork or birds of prey? Assessing the baseline indicators of the LIFE Danube Free Sky project
Vacancy: Education Officer at Capitals Coalition
The Capitals Coalition started a new education program that entails developing an online course on: “Redefining business value: embedding nature and people in decision-making for a sustainable future”.
To further support the development of this trajectory, Capital Coalition are hiring an Education Officer for two days a week (15 hours) to facilitate the process and content creation from the 1st of November to approximately beginning of March 2022. [Read more…] about Vacancy: Education Officer at Capitals Coalition
NESP October Webinar: Global Earth-Economy Modeling: Linking GTAP and InVEST to address sustainability challenges
In this National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) webinar, Justin Johnson (University of Minnesota) will present recent work completed with the World Bank that lays out a new model, GTAP-InVEST, that links a computable general equilibrium model from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) with an ecosystem services model, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), to assess important sustainability challenges. Modeling the interaction between nature’s services and the global economy to 2030, this talk will discuss a range of policy scenarios available to reduce the impact of nature’s loss on economies. [Read more…] about NESP October Webinar: Global Earth-Economy Modeling: Linking GTAP and InVEST to address sustainability challenges
Connecting Ecosystem Services Science and Policy in the Field
New paper from the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (US): Connecting Ecosystem Services Science and Policy in the Field
Conservation and provision of ecosystem services (ES) have been adopted as high-level policy in many countries, yet there has been surprisingly little application of these broad policies in the field; for example, ES are rarely considered in permit issuance or other discrete agency actions. This large implementation gap arises in part because the science that drove general policy interest in ES differs from the science needed for practical application. A better understanding of the environmental policy toolkit can guide more effective research to support agency decisions. [Read more…] about Connecting Ecosystem Services Science and Policy in the Field