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Conference: Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe

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This conference, organised  by INFORMAR and POLYFORES, will take place on 26-28 February 2020 in Bonn, Germany.

The conference objective is to compile and synthesise the scientific evidence related to the current state of integrated forest management approaches. This can be understood as approaches where both policy and forest management provide a multitude of services at the same time, either at the forest stand or at the forest landscape level. [Read more…] about Conference: Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe

A workshop on pro-active management of forests to combat climate change driven risks

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A workshop on “Pro-active management of forests to combat climate change driven risks: Policies and measures for increasing forest resilience and climate change adaptation” was organized by Forest Europe and Turkish General Directorate of Forest in Istanbul (Turkey) on 3-4 September 2019. The main topics were: Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in terms of climate change, Policies and governance needed to implement adaptation, risk prevention and disturbance management, Countries´ experience in implementation of adaptation measures to prevent and mitigate natural hazards. [Read more…] about A workshop on pro-active management of forests to combat climate change driven risks

Urban Ecosystem Services are being mapped in Ankara

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Nature Conservation Centre (Doğa Koruma Merkezi; DKM) is a foundation established in 2004 in Turkey. DKM is a member of ESP and throughout its work, DKM uses conservation science to deliver conservation solutions which are comprehensive and innovative. One of topics on which DKM in specializes is the ecosystem services, especially mapping ecosystem services. One of the main objectives of DKM is to share and disseminate spatial information on ecosystem services to different sectors and to bring into the agenda of spatial planning. Within this scope, we have started a new project for mapping urban ecosystem services. [Read more…] about Urban Ecosystem Services are being mapped in Ankara

ESP August Update is out

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Our August Update is here, bringing you the news from the global ESP community.

In this month’s issue you can find:

  • ESP10 – what do you need to know about the Ecosystem Services Marketplace during the conference business day;
  • Building the investment case for business-driven landscape restoration – a new publication introducing the Guidelines for Integrated ES Assessment;
  • News from Biome Working Group 8 – Polar regions & High mountains;
  • News from ESP Brazil and our chapter in West and Central Asia;
  • More news from our partners – collaboration calls, vacancies, publications and upcoming events.

Read the full update here.

 

 

Soil quality indicators – From soil functions to ecosystem services

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The recently published article “Soil quality indicators – From soil functions to ecosystem services” shows how a soil quality index based on ecosystem services (ES) and soil functions was developed by coupling 10 soil functions with 16 ES. This ES-based soil quality index emphasizes the multi-functionality of soils and illustrates an effective trade-off assessment together with considerations of various stakeholder interests.

Find the full article here.