At the international journal Acta Geographica Slovenica we are planning a Special issue on common lands’ management and ecosystem services /Nature contribution to people. Therefore, we would like to invite you to contribute your research paper. Deadline for abstract submission is November 4th 2024. Please find details here. The Special Issue it is scheduled to be published at the end of 2025, but contributions can also be presented at the IASC2025 conference next June. There will be a Panel 1.4 ‘Potentials of commons for ecosystem services provision’. Deadline for this submission is October 25 2024. Details can be found here.
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Forest Ecosystem Services for Societal Resilience at Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry Project
The Nature Conservation Center (DKM), in collaboration with the General Directorate of Forestry and IUCN Urban Alliance, has launched the “Forest Ecosystem Services for Societal Resilience at Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry” project. This initiative is supported by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change through the Climate Change Adaptation Grant Program (CCAGP).
The project aims to enhance the effective use of ecosystem services through climate change adaptation and nature-based solutions across a 630,000-hectare forest area spanning Istanbul, Edirne, Kırklareli, and Tekirdağ provinces. By focusing on increasing social resilience and ensuring the sustainable use of ecosystem services for the region’s 18 million residents, the project will implement three pilot applications. [Read more…] about Forest Ecosystem Services for Societal Resilience at Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry Project
Call for abstracts – EcoSummit 2024
The 7th International EcoSummit Congress (Eco-Civilization for a Sustainable and Desirable Future) will be held at the Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, Henan, China, 14-19 December 2024.
Abstracts are invited for talks and posters on integrated aspects of all ecological science and its applications. Deadline for abstract submission is 13 September 2024. Read more.
Transformative Change Seminars
Join the Transformative Change Seminars, a webinar series by 7 Horizon Europe projects (part of the Transformative Change cluster of projects) working on transformative change for biodiversity conservation, aiming to foster collaborative learning, enhance synergies on concepts and methodologies, co-create adaptive solutions and tools and showcase shared experiences.
The first webinar in this series “Conceptual frameworks on transformative change and stakeholder engagement” will feature insightful presentations from the BIOTRAILS, SELINA, PLANET4b and BIONEXT Horizon Europe projects and will be hosted within the ESP education & training webinar series. [Read more…] about Transformative Change Seminars
SpongeBoost – building resilience through natural sponge landscapes
SpongeBoost is a newly-started project under the Horizon Europe programme and is part of the EU EU mission “Adaptation to Climate Change” focusing on supporting EU regions, cities and local authorities in their efforts to build resilience against the impacts of climate change.
Extreme heat, prolonged drought or too much rain: Europe’s landscapes have suffered from a variety of extreme events in recent years. Floods and droughts have caused considerable damage, not only to nature but also to society. To counteract such acute events, the SpongeBoost project was launched in January 2024. It aims to tackle these severe circumstances by protecting and promoting natural sponge landscapes. [Read more…] about SpongeBoost – building resilience through natural sponge landscapes