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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ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

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Join a live demonstration of the ABC-Map on 7 February.

Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with support from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), ABC-Map is a geospatial app that allows users to assess the environmental impact of projects in agriculture.  [Read more…] about ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

Make Nature Count 2.0 Report and webinar

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Last week on January 10, FSD, in collaboration with the ASN Bank presented their Make Nature Count 2.0 report, marking a significant milestone in their mission to integrate ecosystem service valuation into financial decision-making. The webinar was a success, with presentations, but also an interview and more than enough discussion and questions coming from the 120 people who subscribed.

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Postdoc Vacancy: Monitoring, modelling, and managing ecosystem services across landscapes in Canada

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There is an opening for a postdoctoral scholar to help build an Ecosystem Service Observatory System for Canada. The work will be part of the research carried out within the ResNet project on monitoring, modelling, and managing ecosystem services across landscapes in Canada. The position is supervised by Dr. Elena Bennett, in collaboration with Dr. Rich Sharp at Spring and Dr. Becky Chaplin-Kramer at WWF. The postdoc will be based at McGill’s Macdonald Campus in Montreal. We’re very excited about the possibilities in front of us with this project, and the postdoc has the potential to be at a really cool position at the heart of the work.

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New paper on national mapping and assessment of ES projects in Europe

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A paper coming forth from a session at the 3rd ESP Europe conference in Tartu titled: ‘National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe – Participants’ experiences, state of the art and lessons learned’ was recently published in Ecosystem Services.

The national mapping and assessment of ecosystem services (ES) has been set out since 2011 with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. By now, most EU Member States implemented mapping and assessment projects to some degree. We surveyed 13 EU Member States’ more recent implementations to give a systematic overview of the components assessed, the data & methods used, and the greatest challenges as perceived by participants. [Read more…] about New paper on national mapping and assessment of ES projects in Europe