18th #EU_MAES meeting EU Environment Brussels, Panayotis Dimopoulus ESMERALDA Project MAIA Ecosystem Services Partnership #EU presents update on #ecosystem #assessment in Greece.

Good to see that ESMERALDA Project outcomes are taken up by MAIA in #EU_MAES

Benjamin Burkhard presents European efforts to map and account for nature based on the outcomes of ESMERALDA Project on #EUatAAAS. Why mapping? Because geographers like maps of course!

Mapping and assessment of #ecosystemservices in the EU with ESMERALDA Project is open access, easy, and so cool! 🗺 You can literally ask “where is there #carbonsequestration?” And it will spit out answers ans relevant publications. Amazing! #EUatAAAS #AAAS #AAASmtg

Research carried our with some amazing colleagues incl/from Marcus Collier Davide Geneletti ReNature Project PLANES Connecting Nature Planning Authority European Commission ReNature Project ESMERALDA Project Circular City

ESMERALDA is featured with the implementation of Mapping and Assessment of #Ecosystems and their Services #MAES 🙏

🕰️During the online #MAIAmeeting2020 on 13 October, recent achievements and future objectives of the project will be discussed! Extensive communication and engagement strategies talk is also on the agenda! 👉Keep posted for further information!

One of the most beautiful perks of #traintravel from Trento to Hannover: the #landscapes you get to enjoy. Inspirations are coming on the way to the #SELINAkickoff

The #SelinaKickOff is off to a good start with a bustling Welcome Reception! It’s so great to see everyone again after two long years of pandemic restrictions — cheers to 5 productive years ahead🍻

Day 1 of the #SELINAKickOff and we begin with presentations from the Coordinator Benjamin Burkhard and our Project Officer Cristina

Glad to be a part of #SELINAKickOff meeting😀We are looking forward to the great cooperation SELINA Project (Horizon Europe) project to bring the methods&data on ecosystems and their services into practical applications in decision-making processes✅ Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

A fascinating introduction of SELINA Partners with each Partner highlighting #ecosystemservices in their home country 🌏 #SELINAKickOff

SELINA Advisory Board member Joachim Maes from European Commission highlights the links between SELINA and the #EU’s #MAES initiative — Mapping and Assesment of #Ecosystems and their Services #SELINAKickOff #EcosystemServices

SELINA Advisory Board member Markus Erhard from EU EnvironmentAgency answering questions on #Ecosystem type and condition mapping #SELINAKickOff

Day 2: attending the SELINA Project (Horizon Europe) 🇪🇺 kick-off meeting at Leibnizhaus Hannover. On pictures some of the Bulgarian 🇧🇬 partners from science and business sector: NIGGG-BAS (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) and Macroplan Ltd.

Day 2 of the #SELINAKickOff continues with @mvweelden from Capitals Coalition highlighting the knowledge gaps that SELINA will fill for public and private sector decision-making

Did you know: SELINA stands for Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAtural capital — but what is #naturalcapital exactly? ⬇️

To help spread the message about SELINA, Partners will leave the #SELINAKickOff with a few promotional goodies — including a little box with “Seeds 4 Change” to be planted in Partners’ home countries 🌱 #capitalscoalition #biodiversity #ecosystemservices #EcosystemCondition

Off we go to the #HarzMountain as part of the #SELINAKickOff excursion. We are about to explore one of the deepest silver ore mines and find out the reasons for deforestation in the region. 🌲 🪲 Stay tuned!

Learning all about the #HarzMountain ore mine 'Grube Samson' ➡️ how did the water management systems use to work, what was the preferred wood type and how 1830's #innovations made the lives of miners easier.