There is an increasing demand from scientists, policy-makers and practitioners for clear educational material and training packages on various aspects of ecosystem services such as assessment, valuation, mapping and modeling, trade-off analysis, planning and management, and financing instruments.
ESP education and training team
The ESP education and training team aims to translate the knowledge generated by the ESP working groups and other activities into educational material and training packages for different groups. If you have questions or if you are interested in joining this team, please contact the lead team.
Lead team
- Luis Inostroza, Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- Carla Washbourne, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, UK/ GCRO, Johannesburg, South Africa
Members
- Valia Drakou, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Abigail Ferreira, University of Cabo Verde for Economics and Business Sciences/ University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Rudolf de Groot, Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University & Research Centre, The Netherlands
- Stoyan Nedkov, National institute of Geophysics Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Kamaljit Sangha, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Australia
- Ana Turetta, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation/ Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sebastian Villasante, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
- Hilly Ann Roa Quiaoit
Planned future activities
- Development of course material
- Organization of ‘Summer Schools’
- Joint proposals for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Development of guidelines for ecosystem services education and training
Key initiatives