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ESP Update 12/2019
December 19, 2019 Nr. of recipients: 3301
Dear subscriber,
We bring you the latest news from the community, along with a look back at the conferences we organised in the past year. 2019 was a big year for our partnership - not only did we hold our 10th anniversary and biggest to date conference, but we also elected a new steering committee and executive committee to lead ESP into the new decade.
The ESP community has been extremely active throughout the year, and we would like to thank all the working groups, national networks, regional chapters and members for their activities and continuous input to the conference sessions, ESP website and to this newsletter. If you'd like to look back on the different activities and developments in the ESP network this year, check out all our previous newsletters here.
We are looking forward to the upcoming regional meetings planned for 2020 and 2021 - read below for a list of the conferences that are already in preparation. We hope to see many of you there!
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Looking back at the ESP 2019 conferences
2nd ESP Africa Conference 2019
The second ESP conference for the region of Africa took place 17-20 June 2019 in Kpalime, Togo. Following that, a meeting of the Africa regional chapter including new and interested members took place during the ESP10 conference in October, initiating a number of ideas for network activities and events for ESP RC Africa.
Read more about the 2nd ESP Africa Coneference here.
  
10th ESP World Conference 2020
The 10th ESP World Conference took place between 21-25 October in Hannover, Germany and welcomed more than 750 participants from over 65 countries, thus becoming the biggest ESP conference yet, with the widest international outreach.
The conference set a great example as the majority of keynote speakers and session hosts were female, child daycare was available, all the food was organic, local, and vegetarian and the participants collected over 1200 euro in donations to a carbon offset project – Moor Futures. Also, it hosted the first full ESP Business Day that was well attended by the business community.
Read more about ESP10 here.
  
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Upcoming ESP regional conferences
During the closing session of ESP10 we announced several upcoming regional conferences which are being planned at the moment:
- 3rd ESP Europe Conference, 21-25 September 2020, Tartu, Estonia
- 2nd ESP MENA Conference, September/October 2020, Morrocco
- 3rd ESP Asia Conference, location and date TBA
- 3rd ESP Africa Conference, first quarter 2021, Rwanda
- 3rd ESP Latin America Conference, second quarter 2021, Mexico
- 4th ESP Europe Conference, October 2021, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Suggestions for other regional conferences are welcome, please download the expression of interest-form here.
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For up-to-date information on the ESP conference schedule, you can always check our conference page.
We appreciate it if you spread the message of our upcoming conferences within your networks.
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News from our Working Groups
SWG 6 – ES in Business
The SWG6 ES in Business organised the ESP10 business day in Hannover. Many business and representatives attended the ESP day and showed that quite a few collaborations between the science and business world already exist. More ideas to bridge the gap between science and research and opportunities for the group were provided. Especially within the financial sector there seems to be a keen interest in incorporating ecosystem services within assessments. A report of the business day can be found here.
As a result of the business day the Dutch government has provided ESP with some seed money to strengthen science-business collaboration in The Netherlands. Currently we’re making an inventory of the main opportunities for collaborations on a national level and we hope to expand this to a European level too. If you would like to join the SWG 6 and/or have any ideas or case studies you would like to share, please contact martine.vanweelden@fsd.nl.
TWG 11 – Global ES Flows
During ESP10 in the session of TWG11 we invited to participate in a short survey on the current state-of-the-art and future perspectives regarding interregional flows of ecosystem services. Have a look at this overview of the output.
Vacancy for a lead team member: TWG 11 “Global ES Flows” aims at elaborating methods how to complement regional assessments of ecosystem services with a global assessment of ecosystem flows to and from a specific region. Over the past years, the TWG has organized multiple conference sessions, published three common papers based on a series of workshops, and has organized one special issue of Ecosystem Services. Currently, we have a vacancy for an additional lead team member. Do you have experience with global-scale flows of ecosystem services and would you like to contribute to organizing TWG activities such as workshops, conference sessions, and papers? Express your interest through an email to Thomas.Koellner@uni-bayreuth.de. Given the composition of the lead team, we especially encourage interest from outside Europe.
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Your help is needed:
Questionnaire assessing the ecosystem service potential of mangrove ecosystems in Kenya
Your answers will feed into an exciting case study that analyses the linkages between management activities and the potential for mangrove ecosystem service provision in Gazi Bay, Kenya, and offers suggestions on how to integrate the findings into the planning of mangrove management projects in the region.
Access the ecosystem service assessment questionnaire here.
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News from our Regional Chapters and National Networks
Greece (HESP)
The South-East Europe ESP regional chapter and HESP announces the European ESP conference on Ecosystem Services to be held in Crete in October 2021. The Conference organization will be led by the University of Patras (Prof. Panayotis Dimopoulos), together with the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy (Ioannis Mitsopoulos) and the Hellenic Ecosystem Services Partnership (Dr. Evangelia Drakou). The conference will be held in the island of Crete, Heraklion city, October 2021 and will be supported by the Regional Authority of Crete and the RC SEE.
Costa Rica
CFA Webinar - A research and policy agenda for establishing a “Blue Fund” for the conservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems in Costa Rica. The websinar will take place on January 15th, 2020, 12pm EST. Read more.
Zimbabwe
We are pleased to announce that a new national network for Zimbabwe has been established by lead team Newman Tekwa and Samuel Nyikahadzoi. Read more.
Get involved!
Become active in our community by joining one of our working groups and/or national networks! Just follow the link on the group page of your preference or request for group membership on the ESP member portal. Contact the ESP secretariat if you have any questions.
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News from our partners
Survey on TEEB Impact:
In 2020, 'The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity' (TEEB) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary since the launch of its reports at CBD CoP-10 in 2010. TEEB is looking back at the past decade to assess its impact in terms of awareness-raising, capacity-building and policy influence and change. If you were involved in a project, publication or network that was "inspired" by TEEB - you are invited to take part in a brief online survey to discuss the impact that your work has had.
Final conference of SOPHIE project
The European H2020 funded Project SOPHIE on Seas, Ocean and Public Health in Europe will hold its final Conference on the 30th of March 2020 at the Royal Flemmish Academy of Belgium for Science. Read more.
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For an up-to-date list of news items, vacancies, collaboration calls and upcoming events visit the ESP website. Please send any news items you would like to share with the Partnership to ESP Support team.
 We look forward to hearing from you and we wish you a wonderful holiday season!
The ESP secretariat
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