ACES: A Lesson in Storytelling and Breaking Down Silos
In a
blog post, the Nicholas Institute's Sara Mason writes about attending the A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) conference in Jacksonville, Florida. There, Mason says, the common theme was the absolute importance of telling engaging stories on ecosystem services that not only resonate with all types of audiences, but are framed to engage communities no matter what their political views.
B
ridge Collaborative Launches
NESP is now linked to the newly launched Bridge Collaborative led by The Nature Conservancy, PATH, IFPRI and Duke University. The collaborative envisions the global health, development and environment communities jointly solving today's complex, interconnected challenges.
- Tuesday, January 17, 3-4 p.m. ET
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions' Sara Mason discusses her work for the Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative, a three-part project focused on the ecosystem services important to private landowners in the region. In this webinar, she will present the maps she created showing where the provisioning of ecosystem services and possible demand for them exist in the region, and discuss how they can be applied in a variety of ways. This webinar
hosted by the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative is free and open to the public, but
advanced registration is required.
- Thursday, February 23, 3:30-5 p.m. ET
Natural capital accounting-a tool being used in dozens of countries globally and by the private sector-tracks changes in ecosystem services and directly ties these changes to costs and benefits across different economic sectors. Join us 3:30-5 p.m. ET on February 23 as Ken Bagstad and Carl Shapiro of the U.S. Geological Survey describe ongoing work to develop the infrastructure for a national natural capital accounting system in the United States.This webinar is free and open to the public, but
advanced registration is required.
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Ecosystem Services Training
Would you or your colleagues find a training course in ecosystem services helpful? Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment's executive education program is currently scoping a prospective ecosystem services training course and we are asking for your input and experiences in shaping it. If you would like to help us gauge demand for such a course to be offered by Duke, please answer this 3-minute
survey.
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Olander, L.P. G. W. Characklis, P. Comer, M. Effron, J. Gunn, T. Holmes, R. Johnston, J. Kagan, W. Lehman, J. Loomis, T. McPhearson, A. Neale, L. Patterson, L. Richardson, M. Ross, D. Saah, S. Sifleet, K. Stockmann, D. Urban, L. Wainger, R.Winthrop, and D. Yoskowitz. 2016. "
Data and Modeling Infrastructure for National Integration of Ecosystem Services into Decision Making: Expert Summaries." NESP WP 16-02. Durham: National Ecosystem Services Partnership.
www.nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications.
Pendleton, L., A. Comte, C. Langdon, J. A. Ekstrom, S. R. Cooley, L. Suatoni, M. W. Beck, L. M. Brander, L. Burke, J. E. Cinner, C. Doherty, P. E. T. Edwards, D. Gledhill, L. Jiang, R. J. van Hooidonk, L. Teh, G. G. Waldbusser, and J. Ritter. 2016. "
Coral Reefs and People in a High-CO2 World: Where Can Science Make a Difference to People?" PLOS ONE 11(11): 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164699
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