NESP DIGEST: Winter 2016

NESP NEWS AND UPDATES

FRMES Guidebook Now Printable

The Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook helps resource managers create workable plans that prioritize the work needed to establish and maintain benefits nature provides to communities. Download the entire guidebook as a PDF and/or print it by section .

May National Environmental Policy Act Workshop

NESP worked with the White House Council on Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) leadership team to host a workshop for agency NEPA and ecosystem services experts in May. Participants discussed effective use of ecosystem services information in environmental assessments and NEPA implementation.

June Webinar with Abt Associates' Susan Taylor

Join us at 4 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 21, for a presentation by Abt Associates' Susan Taylor on the findings of "Developing Socioeconomic Metrics to Measure DOI Hurricane Sandy Project and Program Outcomes," a report prepared for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Registration is required to receive a link and call-in instructions.

*See past webinar recordings online.

IN THE NEWS

Can Conservation Finance Reach the Mainstream Investment Market? Ecosystem Marketplace, February 22.

Decline in Bees and Butterflies Poses Risk to Crops. Irish Examiner, February 27.

Woodlands in Europe: More Tree Species, More Benefits. EurekAlert, March 15.

Help Wanted: Investing in Water Conservation Contributes to Jobs and Livelihoods. Ecosystem Marketplace, March 22.

Is California Getting Serious about REDD? Ecosystem Marketplace, April 7.

Research Linking Urban Green Spaces and Public Health Gains Attention. Clemson University Newsstand, April 14.

World Bank Partnership Releases New Guidelines for Better Valuing Natural Solutions for Coastal Protection. The Nature Conservancy, April 19.

Major Biodiversity Panel Desperately Seeks Social Scientists. Nature, April 21.

Why Indigenous People Should Care about California's Cap-and-Trade Program. Ecosystem Marketplace, May 11.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Koh, I., E.D. Lonsdorf, N.M. Williams, C. Brittain, R. Isaacs, J. Gibbs, and T.H. Ricketts. 2016. "Modeling the Status, Trends, and Impacts of Wild Bee Abundance in the United States." PNAS 113: 140-145. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517685113.

Allen, K., and R. Moore. 2016. "Moving Beyond the Exchange Value in the Nonmarket Valuation of Ecosystem Services." Ecosystem Services 18: 78-86. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.002.

Ding, H., A. Chiabai, S. Silvestri, and P.A.L.D. Nunes. 2016. " Valuing Climate Change Impacts on European Forest Ecosystems." Ecosystem Services 18: 141-153. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.039.

Galik, C.S., J.P. Byl, C. Langpap, and M.G. Sorice. 2016. "Researching a Reimagined ESA: The Continued Need and Opportunity for Voluntary Conservation." NI WP 16-03. Durham, NC: Duke University.

Galler, C., C. Albert, and C. von Haaren. 2016. "From Regional Environmental Planning to Implementation: Paths and Challenges of Integrating Ecosystem Services." Ecosystem Services 18: 118-29. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.02.031.

Johnson, K., B.J. Dalzell, M. Donahue, J. Gourevitch, D.L. Johnson, G.S. Karlovits, B. Keeler, and J.T. Smith. 2016. " Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Lands Provide Ecosystem Service Benefits That Exceed Land Rental Payment Costs." Ecosystem Services 18: 175-185. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.03.004.

Johnston, R.J., E.Y. Basedin, and R. Stapler. 2016. "Enhanced Geospatial Validity for Meta-analysis and Environmental Benefit Transfer: An Application to Water Quality Improvements." Environmental and Resource Economics 1-33. doi:10.1007/s10640-016-0021-7.

Olander, L. 2016. " Managing Risk in Environmental Markets." NI WP 16-02. Durham, NC: Duke University. http://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 23-27. United Nations Environment Assembly. Nairobi, Kenya.

June 26-29. International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). Washington, D.C.

August 7-12. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

December 5-9. A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) Conference. Jacksonville, Florida.

GRANTS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Recruiting Research Coordinator. Gund Institute, The University of Vermont. Burlington, VT.

Senior Policy Manager. Environmental Defense Fund. Washington, D.C.

Ecosystem Services Project Officer. ETIFOR. Padova, Italy.

Associate Director of Forest Carbon Development. Finite Carbon. Tallahassee, Florida, or Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Senior Consultant, Carbon Pricing Policies. ECOFYS. Berlin or Cologne, Germany.

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