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!

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PhD vacancy: Local-scale Biodiversity Responses to Global Change. Deadline 29 August

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Biodiversity is facing increasing anthropogenic pressures, including climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, overharvesting, and invasive species establishment. While it is clear that global biodiversity is declining, responses of local assemblages are less well understood.

In this PhD project, you will be quantifying the effects of various anthropogenic pressures on local-scale biodiversity worldwide. [Read more…] about PhD vacancy: Local-scale Biodiversity Responses to Global Change. Deadline 29 August

Issues to address in Brazilian biodiversity and ecosystem services

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Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) embraces currently five Thematic Assessments: Pollination, pollinators and food production, Indigenous people and Traditional communities, Climate change, Water and Ecosystem services restoration.

Inspired by the positive results of the thematic reports produced by the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), BPBES also supports and encourages the production of documents focusing on relevant issues to biodiversity and ecosystem services. [Read more…] about Issues to address in Brazilian biodiversity and ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services and Judge-Made Law: A Review of Legal Cases in Common Law Countries

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This article in the journal Ecosystem Services reviews the prevalence and usage of the concept of ecosystem services in American and other common law legal systems. It suggests that this concept is rarely relied on by courts and other adjudicatory bodies. [Read more…] about Ecosystem Services and Judge-Made Law: A Review of Legal Cases in Common Law Countries

Open PhD position at the Estonian University of Life Sciences

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Dear ESP community,

We are offering an open PhD position at the Estonian University of Life Sciences on Data-driven modelling of human activity on ecosystems sustainability. If you or some of your students is interested, please do not hesitate to contact Miguel Villosada. There are only two weeks left to apply for the position! See details below. [Read more…] about Open PhD position at the Estonian University of Life Sciences