Young Ecosystem Services Specialists

Our next webinar!

🌎 ESP 11 World Conference pre-event webinar:
ES mapping: state-of-the-art data, methods, and tools on various spatio-temporal scales.

📅 April 3, 15:00 CET

🔗https://registration.yess-network.org/mappingES

#academic #modeling #ecosystem #ESPConference #Research #mapping

IPBES Nature Futures Framework webinar on 3/21! Learn about NFF for scenarios & planning with our moderators - Nita Shashidharan, Sakshi Rana, & Dr. Thomas Schmitt. Details & registration: registration.yess-network.org/NatureFuture

#IPBES #NFF #Webinar

🌎 ESP 11 World Conference pre-event webinar: Nature Future Framework (NFF) for scenario building.

📅 March 21, 10:00 CET.
🔗 Register: registration.yess-network.org/NatureFuture

#NFF #IPBES #ESPConference #Research

🚀 SELINA is joining new, bluer skies! 🦋

We are happy to share that our #ecosystemservices journey is now part of BlueSky! 🌱 We are excited to grow our community here ✨

Join us in our new path and share our experience by following us here 👉 @selinaproject.bsky.social

#SELINA #ExpandingNetwork

🌍📢 Call for Abstracts!

From Interaction to Restoration. Explore how Cultural Ecosystem Services and Soil Organic Carbon can enhance nature-based solutions in restoration practices.

Share innovative ideas on integrating ecological, cultural, and community values in restoration. 🌱
#ESPConference

🌿Cities thrive when nature’s values align with citizens’ needs.

Our new #CitiesWithNature GUIDE helps you:
✅ Understand & measure nature’s diverse values
✅ Embed values for transformative change

Inspired by @IPBES, tailored for cities. Explore now: citieswithnature.org/tools-and-re...

Join our Nature-Positive Movement
📅 Mar 1 – May 31, 2025

✅ Set commitments (we’ll guide you!)
✅ Take action & share your impact
✅ Celebrate your impact at the closing ceremony! 🎉

📲 Sign up: answer.moaform.com/answers/E6jn40
📩: resolutions4nature@gmail.com

#Resolutions4Nature #NaturePositive

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Call for Fellows! 🚨

@ipbes.net is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the #GlobalAssessment2. Contribute to assessing progress towards achieving the goals of sustainability! 🌍🧪

🗓 Apply by 28 March 2025

🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

Are you coming to the ESP World Conference this year? We invite early-career and experienced researchers to join our O3 session to inspire the next generation of scientists and build our community!
All sessions at ESP 11: www.espconference.org/esp11/sessio...

#ECRs #ESP #ecosytemservice #NBS #yess

#Job alert: PostDoc position on Spatio-temporal dynamics of social-ecological systems at the @tumuenchen.bsky.social (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

Deadline: February 21 2025!

www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

Fair, open access publishing is becoming common. Many alternatives to the big publishers are arising, such as the Journal of the Bulgarian Geographic Society - where many (former) YESSERs can be found.

Take a look and consider for your next publication!

jbgs.arphahub.com

Congratulations!
Cool to see so many YESS ers becoming subject editors at JBGS, including @maltehinsch.bsky.social, Miguel Villoslada, Vanya Stoycheva and Solen Le Clec'h!

We are seeking a PhD student with a background in marine ecosystems management to join our multidisciplinary team. You will explore adaptation of marine social-ecological systems to climate change, with a strong emphasis on coastal communities adaptive capacities(1/3)

Welcome in the Blue!

If you are looking for inspiring scientists and a stellar Starter pack on Biodiversity and the Science-Policy Interface - this might be it!

Ecosystem Services of cultural heritage are very important, indeed. Great article at the @theguardian.com!

Another big and important journal making its move to the Blue - Welcome @esandpeople.bsky.social!

Welcome!

To all scientists who work with Vegetation and Ecosystems in various parts of Africa - this special issue with @pensoft.net might be interesting for you to consider!

New special collection in our journal enhances knowledge on African vegetation The “African Vegetation Studies” collection in the Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) journal demonstrates that there are important classification studies ongoing in different part...

🆕 The “African #Vegetation Studies” collection in the #Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) #journal presents exemplary #classification studies.

🌍 #Data availability, data access, language barriers, low funding & political stability remain a challenge to #scientific work in the region.

ℹ️👇

Where are the young #ECR researchers on ecosystems and their services out there? Lets connect and thrive through a strong #Youth network.

Follow us for workshops, #PhD and PostDoc job opportunities and Info on Nature-based Solutions, Ecology, Environmental Sciences and more
go.bsky.app/4V13U6S

The @ipbes.bsky.social call for fellows, #ECR and young scholars is still open - an excellent opportunity to contribute your knowledge while learning how IPBES works.

Apply now!

www.ipbes.net/spatial-plan...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are inspired and supported by nature, cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and build resilience[..]. NbS must benefit biodiversity and support the delivery of ecosystem services- European Commission

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The 11th global #ESP Conference in Darwin, Australia is coming up.

Session submission is still open.

www.espconference.org/esp11/homepage

PhD Position at the @leed-greifswald.bsky.social in Greifswald, Germany in rewetting effects on tree growth and peatlands - deadline Jan 15th

Happy New Year to all of you!

Take a look at our newsletter for the second half of 2024: news.yess-network.org/20242

We look forward to your continued participation and support for YESS activities in 2025.
On behalf of the YESS Executive Committee, we wish you a fantastic start to 2025!

PhD Opportunities - FoodBioSystems Four-year funded PhD projects are available in areas that span the food chain from farm to fork. Closing date: 3 February 2024 (10:00 GMT)

The University of Reading in the UK gives out #stipends for funding #PhD programmes that span the food chain from farm to fork - deadline is 3 February 2025.

research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...

That is one nice academic Christmas tree, congrats, @plieningerlab.bsky.social and team!

How are biodiversity, water, food, health & climate linked?

This is explored by the latest @ipbes.bsky.social #NexusAssessment. The Summary for policy makers is out now, after endless work, numerous meetings and hundreds of scholars coming together.

Don't miss this important work!

A special issue coming up on tree regeneration for maintaining mountain forest ecosystem services with the @journalofecology.bsky.social

Deadline for manuscripts: 17th of Feb 2025!