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ESP’s Sectoral working group 3 – Ecosystem services in forestry production has two new members of the lead team – Elsa Varela and Can Vatandaşlar. They are already lining up their ideas for the future activities of the working group:

Ideas and visions for the working group

We envision active collaboration between group members as well as dissemination our activities beyond ESP. Some of the activities we envision are:

• Database of researchers/practitioners working on or interested in ES and Forestry production;
• Writing reflection/ position papers or commentaries;

[Read more…] about SWG 3 – ES in Forestry Production with new leads and new vision

Ecosystem services are provided in tropical cities like Singapore but to understand how, we must categorise different urban typologies in a systematic, data-driven way.

This study will explore the link between urbanization and ecosystem service provision by quantifying the ecological value of vegetation and the different urban typologies found across Singapore. This exploration will indicate neighborhoods that balance the trade-offs between providing different ecosystem services. [Read more…] about Mapping ecosystem services in urban landscapes Future Cities Lab

Natural Capital Singapore is a new research project to understand the benefits of nature in Singapore.

Singapore is a global leader in green urban development who has recognised that the quality of the natural environment is a key to economic performance and liveability. This three-year research project aims at incorporating the environment into holistic, national-scale planning by calculating the economic benefits from environmental assets (termed natural capital). [Read more…] about New research project to understand the benefits of nature in Singapore

The UK Overseas Territories are highly dependent on the natural environment for their economic and social well-being. The environment provides goods and services of significant cultural and economic value, and provides a key role in protecting man-made assets and protecting human life. The natural environment is susceptible to damage from human activities, resulting in significant loss of value to the economies of the Territories and an increased risk from natural disasters such as hurricane-generated storm surges and flooding.

JNCC embarked on the ‘Natural Capital in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Overseas Territories’ project, funded by the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), in 2016. [Read more…] about Natural Capital in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Overseas Territories