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ESP Update 1/2020
January 22, 2020 Nr. of recipients: 3326
Dear subscriber,
We hope you had a great start of the year! As you will see from our January Update, the ESP community has kicked off 2020 with a lot of activity and exciting plans for the year ahead.
Happy reading!
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3rd ESP Europe Conference 2020
Ecosystem Service Science, Policy and Practice in the face of Global Changes
21-24 September, Tartu, Estonia
The 3rd European Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference will take place in Tartu, Estonia on 21-24 September 2020. Call for sessions is now OPEN!
We would like to call on the ecosystem services community at large, and ESP members especially, to submit a session proposal for our upcoming conference. The deadline for session submission is 1 March 2020. Check the call for sessions page for more information and to submit your proposal.
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Upcoming ESP regional conferences
Next to the 3rd ESP Europe Conference, there are several upcoming regional conferences currently in development:
- 3rd ESP Latin America Conference, 25-27 November, Mexico City, Mexico
- ACES-ESP Conference, 14-17 December, Bonita Springs, Florida, USA
- 2nd ESP MENA Conference, 26-29 January* 2021, Morocco
- 3rd ESP Africa Conference, March 2021*, Rwanda
- 4th ESP Europe Conference, October 2021, Greece
Suggestions for other regional conferences are welcome, especially from regions not mentioned above. Please download the expression of interest-form here.
* these dates are tentative and still subject to change.
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 ESP10 Conference 2019: Looking back
We are pleased that 21% of the conference delegates filled out the conference survey. Overall, the ESP10 conference was highly appreciated, but of course there is always room for improvement. Please read more about the survey results and learnings 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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The new ESP Steering Committee
A brand new ESP Steering Committee is starting its four-year term. A dream team of 30 members, balanced over global regions, gender and disciplines, will oversee the governance of the ESP and assist the executive committee in the daily operation. Meet the new SC members here and read more here.
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Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS) with new lead team
Our friends at YESS are happy to introduce their brand new lead team: Nina Kaiser and Giovanni Ávila-Flores. They will continue the excellent work done by the previous members of the Executive Committee as well as develop new projects and ideas developed by the community.
Would you like to help the new executive team strengthen the YESS network? You are welcome to contact them if you are interested in contributing to YESS. They would particularly welcome volunteers for the Outreach and communications team.
You can read more about YESS and find the lead team's contacts here.
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News from our Working Groups
SWG 9 – Indigenous people & Local communities
A group of 9 of Aussie farmers and researchers, including SWG 9 lead Kamaljit Sangha, had an exceptionally wonderful trip to Punjab, India. They visited many diverse farms over the 9 days from 2-10 Dec 2019, and had wonderful discussions with the local farmers. A workshop was also organised at the Central University, Bathinda to support knowledge exchange between the Aussie and Indian farmers that was attended by >100 participants. Read more.
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A quick guide to implementing ES approaches for policy makers
 In collaboration with ESP Asia Regional Office, National Institute of Ecology(NIE) Korea published a quick guide for policy makers who are interested in implementing ecosystem services approaches for nature conservation.
This guide provides key points of ES concepts, presents policy cases with practical examples and encourages public officers to further develop ES strategies to maintain ecosystem benefits our nature delivers. It is also a helpful starting point to develop your own regional guide to formulate ES approaches and to engage more people in developing nature-based solutions.
Read more and download the guide book.
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News from our Regional Chapters and National Networks
Poland
Poland National Network continues call for abstracts and registration for ECOSERV 2020 – 6th Scientific Symposium “Ecosystem services in transdisciplinary approach”, 6-8 July 2020, Poznan, Poland. Keynote Speaker on ECOSERV 2020 will be Rudolf de Groot, the chair of ESP. Abstracts deadline: 30 April 2020. You can find more information on the conference website.
West and Central Asia
Ecosystem approach in Balkhash lake basin (Kazakhstan - China) - a model of problems' transformation into opportunities. Dr. Bulat K. Yessekin, Kazakhstan green economy national council expert, and lead of the ESP West and Central Asia regional chapter, describes the case of Balkhash lake basin in Kazakhstan. Read more.
Kazakhstan
Members of the Kazakhstan national network would like ot bring this appeal to the attention of the community: International appeal to stop 5G on Earth and in space.
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: Supporting implementation of the CBD through national ecosystem assessments
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.
Vacancy: PhD candidate to relate ecosystem services to diversity of agricultural systems
The Environmental Systems Analysis group at Wageningen University & Research is looking for excellent, open-minded & team-spirited PhD-researcher, eager to unravel the variety of worldwide agricultural systems and their related biodiversity and ecosystem services. Read more.
Vacancy: PhD position in Ecosystem Services at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
The project team is looking to employ a PhD position in Ecosystem Services, working at UFZ/iDiv in the ESuDis project within the DFG Biodiversity Exploratories project, led by Dr. Maria Felipe-Lucia in collaboration with Prof. Berta Martin-Lopez, Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Read more.
2020 Natural Capital Symposium
The 2020 Natural Capital Symposium will take place at Stanford University on March 16-18, 2020. This event is a major convening of leaders advancing the science and practice of incorporating nature’s diverse values into decisions.
Registration is still open, with deadline for early-bird fee 31 January. Registration closes 28 February.
You can still submit poster abstracts until 31 January 2020. Read more and register here.
AGIT 2020 - connecting spatially
The At this year’s AGIT a special focus theme is dedicaed to climate change. The Call for Papers is open until February 1, 2020. Contributions should ideally be in German.
AGIT takes place from July 8. – 10 in Salzburg, Austria and runs parallel to the English-language GI_Forum. Read more.
Publication: Measuring ecosystem multifunctionality across scales.
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.
As always, we look forward to hearing from you!
The ESP secretariat
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