1. Introduction & Objectives

This is a new Sectoral Working Group and content will be added soon.

2. Lead Team & Members

• Dolf de Groot, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Claire Ntsane, South African National Parks
• Jan Philipp Schägner, EC, JRC, Italy
• Klara Johanna Winkler, McGill, Canada
• Johannes Förster, UFZ, Germany
• Elena Osipova, IUCN, Switzerland

If you are interested in becoming a member of this working group or joining the lead team, please contact the current lead team members. If you don’t hear back from the lead team, please contact the secretariat at [email protected].

3. Task forces

Currently, one task force is active within this sectoral working group: the Task Force on Agrobiodiversity (TFA). This group is working on Ecosystem Services of Crop Wild Relatives and Landraces.

4. Activities and outputs

Conference outputs:

• 2023 Latin America and Caribbean ESP Conference:
  • ¿Cómo incorporar los servicios ecosistémicos en la planificación de la conservación? Book of Abstracts, Recordings
  • Soil ecosystem services (SES): bringing out of invisibility and supporting decision-making Book of Abstracts, Recordings
• 2022 Europe ESP Conference:
  • The role of Ecosystem Services as a tool for successful multilevel governance of protected areas Book of Abstracts, Presentations, Recordings
  • Revealing the contribution of protected areas to human well-being through the lens of the ecosystem services concept Book of Abstracts, Presentations, Recording
• 2021 Europe ESP Conference:
  • Integrating ecosystem services science and tools in implementing Nature-based Solutions, to better address global changes Book of Abstracts, Presentations & Recordings
  • Planning nature-based solutions while keeping people’s preferences in mind Book of Abstracts, Presentations & Recordings
  • The role of inclusive conservation approaches for enhancing biodiversity, ES and human well-being in protected areas Book of Abstracts, Presentations & Recordings
• 2019 ESP10 World Conference:
  • Ecosystem services for nature conservation and protected areas Book of Abstracts, Presentations
  • Linking nature-based solutions and ecosystem services Book of Abstracts, Presentations
• 2018 Middle East & N. Africa ESP Conference:
  • Native seed preservation and breeding: Best practice for maintaining ecosystem services Book of Abstracts
  • Conservation and utilization of Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) under changing world Book of Abstracts, Presentations
• 2018 Asia ESP Conference:
  • Economic Valuation of Protected Areas Book of Abstracts, Presentations
  • Natural Heritage and Protected Area Conservation: Ecosystem Services in Planning and Management Book of Abstracts, Presentations
• 2016 Europe ESP Conference:
  • The ecosystem services of the global protected areas estate: an analysis using Co$ting Nature Book of Abstracts, Presentations
  • Setting priorities for ecosystem restoration in the EU based on Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) Book of Abstracts, Presentations
• 2016 Asian ESP Conference: National Park Management based on Ecosystem Services Book of Abstracts, Presentations
• 2015 ESP World Conference:  Ecosystem services and nature conservation Book of Abstracts, Presentations