Introduction to Ecosystem Services Assessment Read more about Introduction to Ecosystem Services Assessment To guide policy- and decision-making, tools that allow economic valuation of ecosystem services (ES) are used to assess and measure ecosystem values in a way that will be useful and practical even to non-technica
Wetlands and Ecosystem Services: Opportunities and Applications Read more about Wetlands and Ecosystem Services: Opportunities and Applications A deep dive session on wetland ecosystem services, this takes off from the importance of wetlands to examples of how interventions can benefit both society (human beings) and nature. Different approaches such as (i) natural infrastructure (nature-based solutions) and (ii) coastal blue carbon (natural climate solutions).
Ariana Sutton-Grier Keywords Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Read more about Ariana Sutton-Grier Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier is an ecosystem ecologist with expertise in wetland ecology and restoration, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, and ecosystem services. She enjoys seeking and discovering innovative opportunities to combine science and policy to solve environmental problems and promote ecosystem conservation.
Measuring the Ecosystem Services Provided by Wetlands – Tools and Case Studies from the Region Read more about Measuring the Ecosystem Services Provided by Wetlands – Tools and Case Studies from the Region The Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) provides accessible guidance on low-cost methods on how to evaluate the benefits people receive from nature at protected areas (or other sites) in order to generate information that can be used to influence decision making. TESSA helps non-experts with limited capacity to measure several ecosystem services rapidly and cheaply but robustly.
Asha Rajvanshi Keywords Senior Professional Fellow Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services environment professional standing as a teacher trainer researcher and impact assessment practitioner Read more about Asha Rajvanshi Dr. AshaRajvanshi is an Environmental expert and a former head of the Environmental Impact Assessment Cell at Wildlife Institute of India. She has over three decades of professional standing as a teacher, trainer, researcher and impact assessment practitioner.