Sessions

The sessions at the ESP9 Conference are clustered according to the ESP Working Groups, Regional Chapters, and General sessions (which do not have a direct link to the ESP Working Groups and Regional Chapters structure):

B. Biome Working Group sessions

G. General sessions

R. Regional Chapters

S. Sectoral Working Group sessions

T. Thematic Working Group sessions

Separate Poster Sessions will be organised.

Book of Abstracts

Below you find the Book of Abstracts for each of the sessions organised during the conference. Please click on the session title to read the full Book of Abstracts. Each Book of Abstracts consists of the following sections and can be subject to change still:

1. Session description
2. Session program
3. Abstracts: ordered alphabetically on last name, first author

B. Biome Working Group sessions

• B1 Marine Ecosystem Based Adaptation to Climate Change, E. Drakou
• B2a Evaluation, maintenance and promotion of wetland ecosystem functions and services, L. Cui
• B2b Urban surface waters: ecosystem services, nature-based approaches and urban regeneration, D. Lerner
• B9 Growing rural ecosystem services, L. Willemen
• B10a Urban Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Urban Development,  L. Inostroza
• B10b Green and Blue Infrastructure ecosystem condition and ecosystem services delivery along urban/rural gradient

G. General sessions

• G1 Are you being heard? The value of communication for bridging the gap, M. De Cristofaro
• G2 Guidelines and Toolkits for Ecosystem Services Assessment, R. De Groot
• G3 Combined Session: “Young Ecosystem Services Specialists (YESS)” and “From Research to Publication”, L. Braat
• G4 Improving ecosystem services outcomes by adopting and implementing international standards for the practice of ecological restoration, B. Walder

R. Regional Chapters

• R1 ESP Regional Chapter and National Network workshop, R. de Groot
• R2 Asia Forum on Connecting Science and Policy for Nature-based Solutions, N. Lee 
• R3 Ecosystem Services in the MENA region: arising eco-civilizations in the Middle East and North Africa, O. Schlein

S. Sectoral Working Group sessions

• S5 Decision-support to incorporate ecosystem services into the Water Security agenda, D. Vollmer
• S7 Tourism and ecosystem services - searching for sustainability, S. Talhouk
• S8 Using the ES concept to support nature conservation and implement Nature-based Solutions, E. Osipova

T. Thematic Working Group sessions

• T4a Mapping for impact: seeking for evidence of eco-civilization, B. Burkhard
• T4b Spatially explicit assessment and valuation of ecosystem services, Z. Wang
• T5 Future Scenarios and Modelling of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services, O. Saito
• T6 Green Justice – Considering equity, conflicts and disservices in ecosystem service research and practice, J. Langemeyer, J. Spangenberg
• T7 The role of social sciences in the ecosystem services valuation, S. Villasante
• T8 Innovative and interdisciplinary routes towards cultural ecosystem services’ integration into decision-making, P. Clemente
• T12 Enablers and boundary conditions for the implementation of ecosystem based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and climate change adaptation (EbA) measures, Z. Sebesvari
• T13 Ecological restoration across technologies, regions, and ecosystem services, Y. Lü
• T14 Ecosystem Services assessments and trade-offs. Methods and indicators for spatial planning, H. Zepp
• T15 Trade-offs in ecosystem services for poverty alleviation, M. Schaafsma
• T16a Financing mechanisms (incl. PES) for sustainable landscapes and ecosystem services, S. Daniels
• T16b Launch of the e-PES book "Co-investment in ecosystem services: global lessons from payment and incentive schemes", F. Bernard
• T17 Accounting for ecosystem services: from biophysical assessment and monetary valuation to policy uses, A. La Notte
• T18 Adaptive Management and Ecological Governance in Community, X. Deng