The knowledge-sharing event is on the topic From Payments to Co-investments in Ecosystem Services held by The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). (ICRAF)-World Agroforestry Centre of the CGIAR system –has worked on operationalising payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes in Asia, since 2002, throughthe IFAD-funded Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services (RUPES)project phase I (2002-2005) and phase II (2008-2012), and the subsequent IFAD-funded project called Climate-smart, tree-based, co-investment in adaptation an mitigation in Asia(Smart-Tree Invest), which was recently completed in March 2017.
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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Session descriptions for ESP 9 World Conference
All session descriptions for the ESP 9 Conference are now available online!
Thirty sessions, covering a wide range of ecosystem services topics, will be organised during the conference. The sessions at the are clustered according to the ESP Working Groups, Regional Chapters, and General sessions.
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ESP May Update is out!
In this months’ issue of the ESP Update you will find updates on the coming ESP World Conference on the theme “Ecosystem Services for Eco-civilization: Restoring connections between people and landscapes through nature-based solutions”, the latest news about the ESP Asia regional office, and more.
Call for abstract for IUFRO 8.01.02 Landscape Ecology Conference 2017
The call for ABSTRACTS is open for this year’s IUFRO 8.01.02 Forest Landscape Ecology Conference under the theme The Green-Blue Nexus: Forests, Landscapes and Services.
Deadline for abstract submission 14 July 2017. [Read more…] about Call for abstract for IUFRO 8.01.02 Landscape Ecology Conference 2017
Interdisciplinary PhD summer school (Uni Hasselt)
Hasselt University is organizing the first PhD course on the management of urbanized protected areas (UPAs) integrating expertise from different disciplines. The topic is methods and strategies to monitor and manage human impact on urbanized protected areas.
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