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1. Ecosystem services: never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis

   The idea of ecosystem services is a nice one, but what is it good for? How can the ... concept big or small, narrow or wide? Anyone working with ecosystem services has been exposed to these questions by co-academics, by ... together more than 50 essays into a Routledge Handbook on Ecosystem Services. Today, new books are coming out like mushrooms in the ...

   Wijnja - 15/03/2016 - 15:25 - 0 comments

2. First European conference on ecosystem services: Helping nature to help us

   ... is the main idea behind the first European conference on ecosystem services . Between 19 and 23 September, more than 600 participants ... versa. This final OpenNESS conference will be a combined Ecosystem Services Conference, organised by the research projects OPERAs, ...

   Wijnja - 01/11/2016 - 13:19 - 0 comments

3. Case 21 - Natural capital and ecosystem services for sustainable livelihoods in Costa Vicentina, Portugal

   ... Please read the OpenNESS case study booklet ' Ecosystem services in operation ' for the final outcomes of the cases. More ... with the conservation of natural capital and key ecosystem services. The aim of this case is to explore the ways in which ...

   Wijnja - 07/10/2016 - 16:22

4. Promoting Oppla at the Belgian Ecosystem Services Community Christmas Market

   ... and enjoying were the keywords of this year's Belgian Ecosystem Services Community (BEES) Christmas market. The second edition of ... business and civil society, as well as representatives of ecosystem services communities abroad. The market aimed to facilitate the ...

   Wijnja - 02/02/2016 - 09:58 - 0 comments

5. Ecosystem services and EU regulatory frameworks: how can Oppla help?

   The OpenNESS workshop ' Ecosystem services and EU regulatory frameworks: Experiences from real-world ... resources from people across Europe who have experience of ecosystem services and EU regulatory frameworks in policy and practice. ... » For any questions about the workshop or about ecosystem services and EU regulatory frameworks then don't hesitate to 'Ask ...

   Wijnja - 14/02/2017 - 10:46 - 0 comments

6. OpenNESS at the Belgian Ecosystem Services Community Christmas market

   ... a lot of networking and exchanging going on at the Belgian Ecosystem Services Community (BEES) Christmas market. For the first time in ... this national event to share knowledge and practices on ecosystem services. Over 100 participants from research, practice and ...

   Wijnja - 10/02/2015 - 13:47 - 0 comments

7. Nature-based solutions

   ... defined; its use is not confined to discussions about ecosystem services and natural capital . For example, it is also used to ... by emphasising the utilitarian aspect of natural capital and ecosystem services, the idea of ‘nature-based solutions’ is clearly ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 15/05/2017 - 13:35

8. How small businesses operationalise ecosystem services

   ... play an essential role in shaping research of the future. Ecosystem services and natural capital are key elements that can drive ... experiences from OpenNESS SMEs in working with and for ecosystem services and natural capital. Being the only event of this kind ...

   Wijnja - 16/12/2015 - 16:44 - 0 comments

9. Green Infrastructure

   ... and functional sense, GI is defined there as a network of ecosystem structures with other environmental features which are designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services (ES). It incorporates green spaces (or blue if aquatic ...

   Wijnja - 12/05/2017 - 14:41

10. Competitiveness

    ... Understanding how the sustainable management of ecosystem services and natural capital relates to EU competitiveness at ... (Ambec et al. , 2013). Other studies have also shown that ecosystem degradation can be anti-competitive with a recent study from ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 15/02/2017 - 20:51

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