ADVANCING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES KNOWLEDGE FOR ACHIEVING A NATURE-AND
PEOPLE-POSITIVE EUROPE
IN AN ERA OF COMPLEX TURNING POINTS, INCLUDING BIODIVERSITY DECLINES,
CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY, POLITICAL TRANSITIONS, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
INEQUALITIES, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING A
NATURE-POSITIVE FUTURE BALANCED WITH HUMAN WELL-BEING AND EQUITY
ACROSS EUROPE. FROM URBAN GREEN SPACES MITIGATING HEAT WAVES TO
NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS, INTEGRATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO
GOVERNANCE, POLICY, AND PRACTICE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE CRITICAL FOR
ENSURING DIGNIFIED AND SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF LIVING WHILE RESPECTING
NATURE AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS.
AS EUROPE NAVIGATES ITS GREEN TRANSITION, THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES IN SUPPORTING EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
BECOMES PARAMOUNT. THE EU BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY 2030, AND NEW POLICY
FRAMEWORKS SUCH AS NATURE RESTORATION LAW PROVIDE STRONG POLICY
SUPPORT, BUT HOW CAN THEY BE TRANSLATED INTO INCLUSIVE, JUST, AND
EFFECTIVE ACTION? AT THE SAME TIME, EUROPE IS EMBEDDED IN A WEB OF
PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC, INFORMATIONAL, AND SOCIAL GLOBAL TELECONNECTIONS.
WHAT TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE CAN THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMMUNITY DEVELOP TO
ANALYSE AND ASSIST IN ACHIEVING A NATURE- AND PEOPLE-POSITIVE EUROPE?
THIS CONFERENCE WILL BRING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS, POLICYMAKERS,
PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLORE HOW ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES CAN BE HARNESSED TO REDUCE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES, STRENGTHEN
CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND DRIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. IN LIGHT OF
ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW POLICIES AT NATIONAL AND EU LEVELS,
DISCUSSIONS WILL ALSO EXAMINE HOW SHIFTS IN GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS
INFLUENCE THE INTEGRATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO DECISION-MAKING,
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, AND CROSS-SECTORAL COLLABORATION.
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