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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Updates from Brazil: Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Effective

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Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Effective: The “Mata Atlântica” project translated to Portuguese the document “Making Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Effective: Parameters to define qualification criteria and quality standards”. The publication provides practical information for designing, implementing and monitoring EbA measures.

The Biodiversity and Climate Change project in the Atlantic Forest (“Mata Atlântica Project”) is coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA), in the context of the Brazil-Germany Cooperation for Sustainable Development, within the scope of the International Climate Protection Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany. The initiative has technical support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and financial support from KfW.

 

Updates from SWG 5 – ES in Water management

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Dr Nidhi Nagabhatla, co-lead of SW5 had complied a policy message to offer small island developing states a strategy  to manage water security. Read more.

In another synthesis, she propagated the connection with water management, peace, and political stability. It concludes with an emphasis on the peacebuilding potential of planning water-secure futures for states and communities.It provides water users and managers with enhanced knowledge frameworks and improved capacity in the context of the water-peace-political stability nexus. Read more.

Help us update the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD)

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To make better informed decisions about trade-offs involved in land use change, or any activity affecting ecosystems and biodiversity, we need better information about the full importance of ecosystems to our wellbeing. In addition to intrinsic/ethical and other non-monetary values, economic considerations still dominate cost-benefit analysis.

To provide information on the economic benefits of ecosystems and biodiversity, and on the costs of their loss, a database was developed for the TEEB study, published in 2010.

We are now updating this database which now contains over 600 studies and more than 4000 value records distributed across all biomes, services and geographic regions (3x as much as the original TEEB database). We are currently setting up a review-process to double-check the current data, and welcome new studies for our repository.

Are you interested in developing the ESVD? Find more information on how you can contribute in the full invitation letter:

Invitation letter to review the ESVD

Sign-up form for ESVD Review Teams

More information about ESVD

Survey on marine turtles

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Currently 6 out of 7 marine turtle species globally are classified as threatened, endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This is due to various threats including the loss of turtle habitat and nesting sites; marine waste and pollution; ingestion of plastic waste; over-harvesting of turtle eggs, meat and shells; entanglement in fishing gear; and warming sands and sea level rise.

If no additional effort is made to protect marine turtles, it is possible that some species could become extinct in the next few decades. We are asking people across the globe to complete the following 5-10 minute survey to express the importance they place on marine turtle conservation.

Fill out the survey. [Read more…] about Survey on marine turtles