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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IUCN motion supports natural capital accounting for biodiversity

by Categories: Collaboration calls, News

The motion  Accounting for biodiversity: encompassing ecosystems, species and genetic diversity led by Conservation International and many partners seeks to support and facilitate further development and implementation of the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA). It encourages  IUCN member countries to implement and further develop SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting and to further investigate how statistical and accounting approaches can more fully incorporate existing knowledge, and advances in biodiversity measurement. A blog about the motion has been posted at the Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) website – see this link

We encourage our ESP colleagues who are IUCN members to comment and express support to the motion during online discussion. [Read more…] about IUCN motion supports natural capital accounting for biodiversity

Call for contributions: Governance Mixes for Sustainable Peri-Urbanization

by Categories: News, Publications

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on “Governance Mixes for Sustainable Peri-Urbanization” in the journal Sustainability. Peri-urban landscapes are transition territories connecting cities with their surrounding environment, where urban, rural, and natural or semi-natural characteristics are mixed. Peri-urban landscapes often result from unsustainable and partially un-regulated processes threatening the functionality of ecosystems and the provision of related services. However, such complex landscapes can also be seen as an opportunity for governance experimentation and thus for new governance mixes to emerge.

With this Special Issue, we aim to investigate governance mixes oriented towards a more sustainable development of peri-urban landscapes, i.e. mixes of multiple governance approaches combining top-down and bottom-up processes and involving a wide range of actors at different administrative levels. [Read more…] about Call for contributions: Governance Mixes for Sustainable Peri-Urbanization

ESP January Update is out!

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Our first Update for 2020 is out. The ESP community has kicked off 2020 with a lot of activity and exciting plans for the year ahead.

Read all about it here.

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Survey: Supporting implementation of the CBD through national ecosystem assessments

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As part of the project ‘Supporting implementation of the CBD through national ecosystem assessments’, funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund, the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) are developing guidance around how national ecosystem assessments can support implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The following survey is a part of the development of this guidance. It should only take ten minutes to complete and can be accessed here.