Worldwide network to enhance the science, policy and practice of ecosystem services for conservation and sustainable development
ESP connects over 3000 ecosystem services scientists, policy makers and practitioners who work together in more than 40 Working Groups and a growing number of National Networks on all continents. ESP regularly organises World and Regional conferences and provides many Services to further enhance the application of ecosystem services for nature conservation, ecosystem restoration and sustainable management. Partner up with ESP and join in the global effort for the future of our Natural Capital!
The Society for Ecological Restoration is holding two continental conferences in 2024.
The SER North American Conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada on 28 October to 1 November 2024. The call for contributed presentations is now open. You can find out more here.
The 14th European SER Conference will be held in Tartu, Estonia on 26-30 August 2024. Call for abstracts and registration are now open. Read more here.
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) is looking for a working group lead on agricultural sociology. The position will be located in the Research Area “Land Use and Governance” within the Working Group “Co-Design of Change and Innovation” The working group focuses on the actors of agricultural landscapes with their values, norms, interests and knowledges as well as their actions in the context of transformation, change and innovation processes. Overall, the work aims to develop an integrative concept for change and innovation processes in agricultural landscapes. [Read more…] about Tenure Track Position as WG Lead on “Agricultural Sociology: Acceptance and Transformation Research”
Members of the Italian ESP National Network, together with colleagues from several universities and research institutions, have recently established a network of early-career researchers dedicated to ecosystem services and spatial planning. The network serves as an informal transdisciplinary platform to connect the new generation of researchers working on the integration of ecosystem services in spatial planning and land management from different backgrounds and sectoral perspectives (urban planning, forestry, coastal management, …). The bottom-up initiative was kicked-off in June 2023 by thirteen postdocs and young researchers in a meeting in Bologna, followed by online meetings in November 2023 and February 2024. [Read more…] about New network of early-career researchers on ecosystem services and spatial planning within the Italian ESP National Network
Are you interested in advancing the planning and implementation of sponge landscapes in Europe?
Leibniz University Hannover is calling for applications for a PostDoc and a PhD position in Planning Resilient Landscapes to conduct research on nature-based solutions to address floods, droughts, and biodiversity change within the EU Horizon Europe project SpongeWorks. SpongeWorks will advance the upscaling of ‘sponge measures’ as nature-based solutions to boost the natural water retention capacity in Europe.
The positions are supervised by Christian Albert within the Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services working group at Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Environmental Planning.
Please see the following websites for the official announcements:
• PostDoc (m/f/d) in Planning Climate Resilient Landscapes (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) Due date: March 27, 2024. Key focus: Synthesis research and scientific coordination
• PhD Candidate (m/f/d) in Planning Climate Resilient Landscapes (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 75 %) Due date: April 1, 2024. Key focus: Geodesign for co-creating sponge strategies.
27 participants from diverse sectors, including business (denkstatt, Coca-Cola HBC), academia (Sofia University, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research), government (Sofia Municipality, Executive Environment Agency, Executive Forests Agency, Central Balkan National Park, Bulgarian National Focal Point of IPBES), and civil society, gathered on January 19, 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria, to lay the foundation for the SELINA Community of Practice (CoP) in Bulgaria. The event, organized by the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG-BAS), a key partner in SELINA, aimed to establish a collaborative platform for achieving transformative change.
The meeting kicked off with an introduction to the SELINA project, followed by a comprehensive exploration of the CoP concept, encompassing its terms, goals, and potential achievements. The discussion emphasized the inclusion of new members with a shared objective of contributing to transformative change. [Read more…] about Bulgarian Community of Practice: In the search for seeds of change
