Under the UNDP/GEF project “Integrated Approach to Management of Forests in Turkey, with Demonstration in High Conservation Value Forests in the Mediterranean Region”, Nature Conservation Centre (DKM) assessed forest ecosystem services in five districts of Mediterranean forests in Turkey, covering about 6 500 km2, and integrated multiple ecosystem services into Forest Management Plans for the first time in Turkey. [Read more…] about Assessment of Multiple Ecosystem Services and Integration into Turkish Forest Management Plans
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Ecosystem Services Reference Framework
Researchers from 13 Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) units prepared a document that aims to support actions related to ecosystem services in Brazil. The Ecosystem Services Reference Framework (Marco Referencial em Serviços Ambientais – MRSE) is a pioneer publication in the country and can help technicians, producers, scientists and society in general to understand and apply the concepts and approachs of this topic. The publication is available only in Portuguese and can be download on pdf and epub formats.
Latest papers
Agricultural Impacts on Hydrobiogeochemical Cycling in the Amazon: Is There Any Solution? (https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030763)
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Ecosystem Services in Asia in the journal Ecosystem Services
Title: Ecosystem Services Science, Policy and Practice in Asia: examples of applications in planning, management and decision making
Responding to calls from Asian researchers and practitioners during various ESP-conferences on ecosystem services (a.o. the ESP-Asia Forum during the 10th ESP World Conference, Oct. 2019), this special issue aims to provide examples of relevant contributions to ecosystem-based policy-making, to find innovative solutions from case studies, and to stimulate future research activities on actualization of ES approaches in Asia. [Read more…] about Call for Papers: Special Issue on Ecosystem Services in Asia in the journal Ecosystem Services
Evaluating and communicating cultural ecosystem services
Integrating cultural ecosystem services into decision-making has been under-considered due to a number of key methodological gaps. The multidisciplinary demand of effective cultural ecosystem services research is one reason for this situation. This paper provides and tests a framework of complementary methods and presents an integrated evaluation and communication strategy for cultural ecosystem services.
Help wanted: Fill out survey on ECR engagement in science-policy interfaces
We, the Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) Network’s delegation to the 7th IPBES Plenary in Paris in 2019 are conducting study about engagement of early-career researchers (ECRs) in science-policy interfaces. We are interested in perspectives and experiences of both ECRs as well as researchers at later career stages. We would really appreciate if you participated in the study by filling out online survey by April 1st.
- If you are an ECR (5 or fewer number of years of work experience after you last degree), then this survey is for you.
- If you are a researcher with more than 5 years of work experience, this survey is for you. [Read more…] about Help wanted: Fill out survey on ECR engagement in science-policy interfaces