IPBES is calling for expert reviewers with relevant knowledge and/or experience to participate in the first external review for the IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The deadline to submit your comments is 15 August 2017. [Read more…] about IPBES: Call for Experts Review of Global Assessment
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A new study on ecosystem sustainability management available online
A new study with topic Sustainability Whack-a-mole is available online now. It looks at how ecosystem assessments often overlook “distant, diffuse and delayed” impacts. One example is how improved regulations of Chinese and European forests have led to deforestation in the tropics due to increased Chinese and European biomass imports. [Read more…] about A new study on ecosystem sustainability management available online
Webinar on Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests
In this webinar, Lisa Wainger of the University of Maryland and David Ervin of Portland State University will discuss findings of a recent Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics report, The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests, which resulted from an interdisciplinary project that they co-chaired. [Read more…] about Webinar on Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests
Special Issue on Recreational ES: Submission deadline extended to 30 June
The Ecosystem Services Journal has extended the submission deadline for its special issue on recreational ecosystem services. The new submission deadline is 30 June 2017.
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Call for experts EKLIPSE on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
EKLIPSE is inviting experts to join an expert working group to develop recommendations for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures to improve biodiversity and related ecosystem services, with a focus on Ecological Focus Areas–this is a direct policy request from IUCN and the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
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