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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Tenure Track position for Assistant Professor Environmental Economics

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers the opportunity to make a contribution to sustainable management of natural resources and work in a team of outstanding environmental economists.

Job description
The tenure track candidate is expected to work as an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Economics of the Institute of Environment Studies. Over time, the tenure track candidate will write innovative proposals to acquire external funds, thereby establishing a personal research domain within the field of environmental economics. [Read more…] about Tenure Track position for Assistant Professor Environmental Economics

Internships at The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund (PBNF)

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Two internship positions are available at The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund.

The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund (PBNF) supports small, preferably local initiatives worldwide towards the conservation of endangered species (flora & fauna), or initiatives that in other ways promote the conservation and wise use of nature and our natural resources base. [Read more…] about Internships at The Prince Bernhard Nature Fund (PBNF)

EcoSummit 2020 Building a sustainable and desirable future: Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape

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The 6th International EcoSummit Congress, EcoSummit 2020 – Building a sustainable and desirable future: Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape, will take place at The Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast, Australia, from 21st – 25th June 2020.

EcoSummit 2020 will have a focus on coastal and marine ecosystems including adjacent terrestrial ecosystems and all habitats that are integrated within those ecosystems, including river networks, wetlands and catchments. [Read more…] about EcoSummit 2020 Building a sustainable and desirable future: Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape

Ecosystem Service Valuation in Lebanon

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Did you know that by the end of 2020, we will for the first time ever have a national-level estimate of the economic value of Lebanon’s forest ecosystem services? And that, by 2021, Lebanon plans to be one of the few (or possibly the only) countries in the region who will be piloting payment for ecosystem services? These breakthroughs in forest information and conservation approaches in the Arab region are being led by the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI), a Lebanese NGO that aims at conserving and expanding Lebanon’s forests through a community-based approach and public-private partnerships. [Read more…] about Ecosystem Service Valuation in Lebanon

Members of the ESP Mediterranean working group participated in the First Lead Author’s meeting of the MedECC report.

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The first week of March, members of the BWG5 took part in the first lead author’s meeting of the MedECC report in Milán, Italy. The network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change (MedECC) is preparing a report on the current status and potential impacts of climate change in ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin using the most recent scientific evidence (there is a strong focus on the impacts of climate change on ecosystem service provision and human wellbeing). [Read more…] about Members of the ESP Mediterranean working group participated in the First Lead Author’s meeting of the MedECC report.