With the launch of the Restoration Opportunities Optimisation Tool (ROOT), the world has a better way of making decisions on ecosystem services, specifically in support of the people who actually rely on them. Following over three years of development through a partnership between International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and The Natural Capital Project, ROOT is a software tool that optimises trade-offs among different ecosystem services to help decision-makers visualise where investments in restoration could be made that would optimise benefits for multiple landscape goals. [Read more…] about Taking root: The launch of a new restoration tool
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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One week training on Ecosystem Services Modeling
The International Spring University (ISU), an initiative of the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), announces a 1-week training on Ecosystem Services Modeling. The training will take place from 8 – 12 October 2018 in Bilbao, Spain – just the week before the ESP Europe 2018 Conference.
The 2018 event is directed to a new generation of scientists and policy analysts who can effectively use coupled human-environmental models in research, policy and management to address and solve sustainable problems. [Read more…] about One week training on Ecosystem Services Modeling
ERD report on beekeeping activities in Cameroon
Sustainable Agriculture and Building the Capacity of Peasants: Income Generating Activities and Better Food Security
The ERD team is very pleased to share its report on the beekeeping activities for the period 2016-2017, in Cameroon. Beekeeping is an important sector of the economy in general and agricultural in particular due to the role played by bees in pollination and in the production of honey and its derived products. People around the world know and love honey, a high-value food and a source of income. But then beekeeping has remained out of the great momentum of agricultural development in Cameroon since a long time unlike other animal and even vegetable sectors. [Read more…] about ERD report on beekeeping activities in Cameroon
Call for contributions to support the implementation of the IPBES capacity-building rolling plan
IPBES would like to invite you to kindly contribute to its work on capacity-building.
IPBES is launching a call to support the implementation of activities under three priority areas of its capacity-building rolling plan. They hereby invite contributions for 1) supporting the use and uptake of approved IPBES assessment reports; 2) developing guidance on national and (sub)regional science-policy platforms and networks; and 3) supporting the development and increasing use of learning materials on IPBES guides and assessments. [Read more…] about Call for contributions to support the implementation of the IPBES capacity-building rolling plan
Launch of Regional Biodiversity and ES Assessments @IPBES6
The landmark reports launched by IPBES present major challenges to human well-being and highlight options to protect and restore nature and its vital contributions to people.
Biodiversity – the essential variety of life forms on Earth – continues to decline in every region of the world, significantly reducing nature’s capacity to contribute to people’s well-being. This alarming trend endangers economies, livelihoods, food security and the quality of life of people everywhere, according to four landmark science reports released recently, written by more than 550 leading experts, from over 100 countries. [Read more…] about Launch of Regional Biodiversity and ES Assessments @IPBES6