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!
The ESP Update for November is out now. Take a look at it here to read about the past and upcoming ESP Conferences, recent developments within the partnership, and updates from the field of ecosystem services.
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The conference on “Mapping and assessment of ecosystem services – Science in action”, will be held in Sofia, from 6-7 February 2017. You are invited to share your work, ideas, research, and challenges by submitting an abstract related to the topics of the conference. The Conference is organized by the Project “Methodological Support for Ecosystem Services Mapping and Biophysical Valuation” (MetEcoSMap). [Read more…] about Science in action: Conference on Mapping and assessment of ecosystem services
The Belgian community of practice on Ecosystem Services invites you to the third edition of the BEES Market. This year’s host, the Natural Capital Platform of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, welcomes you on Tuesday 13th of December 2016 at Congrescentrum ‘Het Pand’ in Ghent.
The BEES Xmas market brings together people from academia, public administration and civil society, from Belgium and abroad, with one common interest: ecosystem services. The BEES market is the perfect spot to exchange ideas, learn from other experiences and discover how ecosystem services are transformed into real products or daily life applications. [Read more…] about BEES Xmas Market 2016
Several members of the Mediterranean Biome working group participated in the different sessions of the International Conference of Ecological Sciences celebrated in Marseille on the 25th – 28th of October. The conference also gave us the opportunity to meet Virginie Baldy, one of the chairs of the BIODIVMEX network project.
[Read more…] about BWG 5 members participated in the International Conference of Ecological Sciences
The international journal Science of the Total Environment is accepting submissions for a special issue on mapping the environment. The aim of this special issue is to publish works that improve our capacity to map all aspects of the environment and find the interdependences and causes of the spatial distribution of the modeled variables. As a novel approach it tries to link all the environmental aspects, for a better understanding of natural and human dimensions of the landscape.
[Read more…] about Call for Papers: Special Issue “Mapping the Environment”
