1. 7th ESP Conference in Costa Rica: 8 – 12 September 2014
The
website will be online soon, providing further information on the
tentative program and the registration procedure. For more information
please see: www.espconference.org.
Deadlines
- March 1st 2014: Submission of session ideas (workshops, special sessions and open topics)
- May 1st 2014: Submission of abstracts for oral presentations and posters
- July 1st 2014: End of early bird registration
Make sure to reserve the dates of the conference and start making plans for workshops, sessions and other activities!
Flyer / first announcement
Attached
you will find a first announcement flyer with further details on the
conference: please distribute it widely within your networks!
2. Elections of the Steering Committee
All paying ESP-members should have received an invitation to vote for the nominated candidates for the Steering Committee. Deadline is January 15. Please contact the election committee (elections@es-partnership.org) in case you did not receive the invitation. For more information please see the SC 2013 Elections website.
3. News from Working Groups, Regional Chapters, and National Networks
Thematic Working Group 12 on Governance and institutional aspects
will organize a workshop and a special issue focussing on the changes,
challenges and opportunities the concept of Ecosystem Services has
brought about in environmental governance. The workshop takes place at 10 & 11 March 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Click here for more information.
4. Membership
As
2013 is coming to a close, many of you will receive an invitation to
renew your full membership. In our old administration system,
memberships ran according to the calendar year. As of 2014 memberships
can start on the 1st of any month for a 12-month period. Therefore, if
you are a full member you will be reminded to renew your membership
automatically. We encourage everyone interested in ESP to register to
become full member. We very much hope you will continue to support us!
One exciting new benefit is an (almost) free subscription to the Elsevier Journal ‘Ecosystem,
Services’: as of 2014 ESP paying members can sign up for 30€/year (more news how that works will follow soon).
5. Other news and ESP-related events
- Pricing
nature 'may help save it': Putting an economic value on nature could be
the best way to protect it, say business leaders and environmentalists
meeting at an Edinburgh forum. Read more at BBC News Science & Environment. It’s worthwhile checking some other hyperlinks on that website as well.
- Keep on checking the growing list of News-items and Upcoming events on the ESP-website for new and previous messages, and interesting links.
Wishing you relaxing Christmas holidays and a happy New Year!
Dolf, Sander, Sara & Linda, and the entire ESP Executive Committee
PS. The ESP Support Team will be on holidays from December 21st to January 6th. After the break we will reply to your questions as soon as possible
