Session overview

Please click the links below to read the session descriptions of the accepted conference sessions. 

The sessions are clustered according to the ESP Working Groups: Biome (B), Sectoral (S) and Thematic (T) Working Groups. Also, Open Topic/Special Sessions (O) will be held.

O. Open Topic/Special Sessions

S. Sector-oriented sessionsons 

T. Thematic Working Group Sessions

 

From 18 July onwards you will be able to upload your abstract(s) to the online abstract submission system. 

 

O.  Open Topic/Special Sessions 

O1 Measuring sustainability for the Sustainable Development Goals

O2 Collective action for ecosystems management and food security sustenance in Africa

O3 Empowering Local Communities using Low-key Ecosystem Services Assessment and Valuation toolkits and methodology

O4 Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Food and Agriculture

O5 Ecosystem Services in Landscape approach

O6 Macro-economic policies and ecosystem services

O7 The future we want: Youth perspectives on ecosystem services

 

S. Sector-oriented sessions

S1a/b Agricultural landscapes and ecosystem services as solution space for the SDGs

S1c Perennial grasses and their ecosystem services in smallholder crop-livestock mixed farming system of Eastern Africa

S1d/S4b Bioenergy and ecosystem services: Exploring trade-offs at the energy, food, environment and poverty nexus in Africa

S3b Potentiality of forests trees in the countries SDG's from carbon sequestration point of view

S5b Business-focused perspective on investments in ES

S6 Will Community based conservancies and payments for ecosystem services save Kenya’s wildlife and secure conservation lands outside protected areas?

S7 Nature-based Tourism & Recreation in Africa for Sustainable Development

 

T. Thematic Sessions

T6b Understanding nexus of ecosystems and human health to achieve SDGs in Africa

T7a Estimating the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services for Better Decision Making (CLOSED)

T12 Ecosystem Services for Climate Adaptation and Food Security: Effective dialogues among multiple stakeholders

T13 An alternative approach to restoring communities & ecosystem services

T14 Enhancing ecosystem services by managing soil for water

T15 Improving the evidence base for the links between enhanced ecosystem service generation and rural livelihood benefits

T16 Linking Sustainable Development to Payments for Ecosystem Services – Exploring the effectiveness of PES at different scales in Africa (CLOSED)

T18b Key Policy Messages to Help Deliver the Sustainable Development Goals