The case study team of Glenlivet Estate in Cairngorms, Scotland, organised amazing weather for David Barton (NINA, Norway) and his family when he visited to discuss valuation methods in connection with OpenNESS. While his family tested the new bike trail (recreational ecosystem service), David discussed a range of valuation techniques with Andy Wells, Fiona Simpson and Vicky Hilton of Crown Estate; Faye Gonzalez and Tom Richmond from Smith Gore, and; Jan Dick and Ron Smith, the local OpenNESS researchers from CEH.
Photo: Team enjoys open air meeting at Glenlivet Bike Hub, Cairngorms, Scotland
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Over 300 scientists gathered at the 7th International 
OpenNESS analyses innovation in methods by way of practical testing in repeated cycles of application and refinement, drawing on experience from the case studies.
During a postgraduate course at UNESP (Rio Claro, Brazil) about 'Socio-Environmental Systems', students have been testing the smartphone-based 
The online version of the OpenNESS paper 'Lessons learned for spatial modelling of 
The fifth chapter of the OpenNESS 
The OpenNESS partners are so keen they even work while on holiday. Grazia Zulian from the 
OpenNESS is now a third of the way through its planned duration of four and a half years and we are making good progress. This was the main conclusion reached at a two-day meeting of the Project Steering Committee, partly combined with the project’s International Advisory Board and the Project Science Review Group. The meeting was hosted by OpenNESS partner