Call for Abstracts for Special Issue of Urban Climate Journal. Submission deadline 10 July: bit.ly/2tqEkBQ #cities #climatechange #SDGs #urban Cities IPCC

New paper: Quantifying cultural values associated with #deforestation in the Brazilian #Amazon: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #openaccess

#DYK This is Future Earth (@futureearth.bsky.social)! 27 networks, thousands of scientists and experts from all parts of 🌎🌍🌏. 70 of them will meet in Bonn to discuss next steps in global #sustainability #science. Hosted by German Committee Future Earth DFG public | @[email protected] UN University #Americas #Africa #Europe #Asia

German Committee Future Earth Future Earth (@futureearth.bsky.social) DFG public | @[email protected] UN University GlobalCarbonProject Earth System Governance Project IMBeR GLP Water Future IGAC Project Future Earth Ireland Future Earth Coasts ecoSERVICES CGIAR Climate Action The Future Earth (@futureearth.bsky.social) Summit loved the #SDGs Future Earth Australia Australian Academy of Science video on future leaders and the SDGs, including Chair Johan Rockström

We've just published a policy brief on my #PhD research on "Building collaborative stewardship practice in South African landscapes" ru.ac.za/media/rhodesun… #thinklandscape #environmentalstewardship @GeorginaCundil1 @vamasterson Michael Schoon Steven M Alexander @n_sitas Maria Tengö

A network of scientists has undertaken the first synthesis of multiple changes in the environment that impact the livelihoods of people in the entire Mediterranean Basin. We discuss with lead author @wolfgangcramer: bit.ly/2R2Jtdw ecoSERVICES @Med_ECC

Why is ipbes bothering with an external review as it comes to the end of its 1st work programme? Peter Bridgewater Peter Bridgewater , Chair of the review panel, explains:

SIDS Regions Meet in Advance of Mid-term Review of SAMOA Pathway sdg.iisd.org/news/sids-regi…

Functionally richer communities improve ecosystem functioning: this was the main conclusion of ALTER-Net's recently-published multi-site research which explored the impact of dung beetle assemblages on dung and seed dispersals.

Delivering on the Paris Agreement requires action on #NaturalClimateSolutions alongside efforts on energy, industry, buildings, and transport. Nature is a critical part of the solution to avoiding the dangers of climate change. #COP24 @nature4climate

So, my TEDxCERN talk is online, and it got a dizzying and somewhat terrifying 20,000 views in the first day. Listen to find out more about how I think we can envision, and achieve, a Good Anthropocene. youtube.com/watch?v=hYDzY5…

On this #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate women in science! The work of ALTER-Net would be impossible without the diverse expertise of female scientists & leaders in each of our member institutes--including Marie Vandewalle of UFZ, our newest Management Board member.

PhD opportunity Rhodes University: The GEF5 Rhodes University Sustainable Land Management for Rural Resilience Project is seeking a PhD candidate to investigate barriers and enablers to community-driven natural resources governance in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. See attached.

Future Earth vacancy: Secretariat Global Hub Director (Paris) futureearth.org/news/future-ea… Future Earth (@futureearth.bsky.social)

This year's #ALTERNetSummerSchool theme will be: "Biodiversity, ecosystem services: science and its impact on policy and society." Apply today! alter-net.info/summer-school

Call for #abstracts for the #ESP18EU conference in San Sebastian, #Spain is OPEN! Don't MISS your chance and Submit your abstract before 4 JUNE! Read more through the link here bit.ly/2v8itTL #EcosystemServices #biodiversity #environment

Ecosystem-based adaptation: Sandra Lavorel, Laboratoire d'écologie alpine (LECA) CNRS Alpes CNRS 🌍 ecoSERVICES - One of our summer school speakers. Apply by 30th April alter-net.info/summer-school #biodiversity #EcosystemServices

Latest from OPERAs: Ecosystems’ true value identified europa.eu/!mf68JD EU Research Results School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Natural Capital Ireland Natural Capital Initiative @NatCapProject Natural Capital Coalition UCD Geography UCD Environmental Policy UCD Research @MJ_Metzger Oppla OpenNESS ecoSERVICES NovelEco Project

#Environmental policies and other decisions need to consider the full range of benefits that humans get from #nature, including its cultural & religious significance: bit.ly/2FOb64h #sustainability ipbes Science Magazine ecoSERVICES

The #sustainability #research community needs to develop new alliances if they want to have real impact - Georgina Cundill Kemp IDRC | CRDI: bit.ly/2KBIKO1 #climatechange @GeorginaCundil1 ecoSERVICES