Worldwide network to enhance the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services for conservation and sustainable development
The ES conference „Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services: Challenges in a global environmental context“ will take place on 1-3 July 2020 in Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius. The conference is organized within the frame of the LINESAM project.
Conference organizers plan to publish a special issue in a high ranked (Q1) scientific journal. The conference is free of charge, however, the number of places is limited.
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The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) organises the workshop ”New horizons for conserving and restoring biodiversity in gene banks and regional cooperation” which will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 4-8 November 2019.
GGBN is an international network of institutions that share an interest in long-term preservation of genomic samples representing the diversity of non-human life on Earth. GGBN provides a platform for biodiversity biobanks from across the world to: [Read more…] about GGBN workshop: New Horizons for conserving and restoring biodiversity in gene banks and regional cooperation
ESP Asia Office starts preparing the special issue of Ecosystem Services to compile research outcomes of ES professionals in Asia.
This idea was brought up last year during 2018 ESP Asia Conference in India and our Asian partners stressed the importance of compiling research outcomes and ES policy practices in Asian countries. This initiative will also contribute to engaging interdisciplinary researchers into adopting ecosystem services approach and supporting collaboration of ES researchers in Asia.
The tentative title of this special issue is “Ecosystem services approach : policy and practice in Asia”. [Read more…] about A Special Issue of Ecosystem Services (Elsevier) by 2020 ESP Asia Conference
In this webinar, Katie Warnell, of the Ecosystem Services Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, will introduce the Nicholas Institute’s work on ecosystem services mapping and discuss how these mapping products can be used to enhance conservation work in the Southeastern US. [Read more…] about Third Thursday Web Forum: Mapping Ecosystem Services to Enhance Conservation
Have you been seeing all the headlines related to the recent International Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment? In the next National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) webinar, report coauthors Alex Pfaff from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University and Stephen Polasky from the Department of Applied Economics at University of Minnesota will present an interpretation of the report contents and its implications. You can register here.
When: August 1, 2 p.m. ET
