NESP Digest: October 2021 This is the quarterly newsletter of the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP), which provides updates on our recent activities as well as some other information on ecosystem services that we hope you’ll find useful. If you have items that you’d like to include in the next edition of the NESP Digest, please send them to us.

NESP UPDATES

October NESP Webinar: Global Earth-Economy Modeling: Linking GTAP and InVEST to Address Sustainability Challenges. Watch the recording here. Hear Justin Johnson (University of Minnesota) present recent work completed with the World Bank that lays out a new model, GTAP-InVEST, linking a computable general equilibrium model from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) with an ecosystem services model, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), to assess important sustainability challenges. New NESP Resource: Connecting Ecosystem Services and Policy in the Field. NESP contributors discuss the gap between high-level policy that adopts conservation and provision of ecosystem services and application of these policies in the field.

IN THE NEWS

US Needs 30m New Trees to Combat Shade Disparity, Study Finds. The Guardian. June 29, 2021. IPBES to Prepare Long-Awaited Assessments to Protect Biodiversity. IISD. June 30, 2021. ReNature Announces New Nature-Based Solution Support Toolkit. Florida News Times. August 30, 2021. Voluntary Carbon Markets Rocket in 2021, On Track to Break $1B for First Time. Ecosystem Marketplace. September 15, 2021. Harmful Vibrio Bacteria Removed From Sea by Seagrass Meadows. Technology Networks. September 16, 2021. What Are Blue Carbon Credits and How to Maximize Their Impact. World Economic Forum. September 21, 2021.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Bagstad et al. 2021. Lessons Learned From Development of Natural Capital Accounts in the United States and European Union. Ecosystem Services. Hoover et al. 2021. Environmental Justice Implications of Siting Criteria in Urban Green Infrastructure Planning. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. Mucioki et al. 2021. Conceptualizing Indigenous Cultural Ecosystem Services (ICES) and Benefits Under Changing Climate Conditions in the Klamath River Basin and Their Implications for Land Management and Governance. Bio One. Sánchez et al. 2021. Valuing the Impacts of Forest Disturbances on Ecosystem Services: An Examination of Recreation and Climate Regulation Services in U.S. National Forests. Trees, Forests, and People. Spotswood et al. 2021. Nature Inequity and Higher COVID-19 Case Rates in Less-green Neighborhoods in the United States. Nature Sustainability. Taye et al. 2021. The Economic Values of Global Forest Ecosystem Services: A Meta-analysis. Ecological Economics. World Health Organization. 2021. Green and Blue Spaces and Mental Health: New Evidence and Perspectives for Action (2021). WWF. 2021. Powering Nature: Creating the Conditions to Enable Nature-based Solutions.

MEETINGS, EVENTS, AND WEBINARS

Online self-paced course: NEW Certificate Course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience. November 1–December 17. New Online Course: Nature Based Urban Regeneration. Online. December 7–9, 2021. A Community on Ecosystem Services. Online.

GRANTS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Job Opportunities: Payment for Ecosystem Services Educator. Cornell. Ithaca, NY. Data Innovation Expert—Nature, Climate, and Energy. UN Development Programme. Remote. Post-Doctoral Resource Economist. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. Natural Capital Partners—Multiple positions: Carbon Portfolio Analyst, Head of Relationship Management, Global Markets Analyst, Portfolio Manager. Remote.

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