Accelerating Sustainability: Energy and Water in Your Operations and Supply Chains
US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, USA
You slashed your water consumption. You shrank your energy bill. You improved efficiencies in your supply chain. Now what? It’s time to put sustainability to work for your business. Join us on May 6 to learn innovative sustainability strategies that can enhance your brand, cut cost, and grow revenue faster and at greater scale. Register […]
Green Infrastructure and Water Management in Growing Metropolitan Areas
University of South Florida, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Tampa, Florida
Urbanization, the change of forest and agricultural lands to concentrated development, is proceeding at an unprecedented pace. The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. Impervious surface, such as roadways and rooftops are now estimated to cover approximately 10% of the earth’s land mass, is concentrated in these urban areas and dramatically […]
ACES 2014 Conference: Linking Science, Practice, and Decision Making
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Washington D.C., USA
ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services represents a dynamic and growing assembly of professionals, researchers, and policy makers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES 2014 Conference brings together this community in partnership with Ecosystem Markets and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), providing an open forum to share experiences, methods, and tools, for assessing and incorporating […]
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3rd Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology
Crowne Plaza Portland-Downtown Convention Center and Hotel, Portland, USA
The Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology is a meeting of stream ecologists held approximately every five years aiming to further the scientific study of stream ecosystems in urban landscapes. In 2014, the third symposium will be held in Portland in the days preceding the joint meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) and […]
Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference 2014
Barceló San José Palacio Hotel and Conference Centre, San Jose, Costa Rica
The emphasis of this Seventh international ESP conference will be on the use of the ecosystem services concept at the local level, focusing on Latin America with a special emphasis on Costa Rica. Scientists representing several EU-funded projects will present their results on Community Based Ecosystem Management. Don’t miss your chance to interact and exchange […]
Coastal Carbon Economics Webinar with MESP and CSF
Sebastopol, USA
The Conservation Strategy Fund and Duke University have launched a collaborative partnership to create a Conservation Economics Initiative. The Initiative will make economics training more readily available to conservation professionals around the world starting with its first MESP sponsored webinar on February 10th. Terrestrial ecosystems such as forests and coastal and marine ecosystems (MCEs) such […]
The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Risks and Opportunities for the Private Sector
Washington D.C., United States
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center is hosting the second in a series of roundtables, The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Risks and Opportunities for the Private Sector. The roundtables pinpoint the nexus risks to businesses, and examine why and how leadership from the private sector, in collaboration with key stakeholders, is critical to successfully manage the synergies […]
REDD+ Indígena Amazónico 1er. Encuentro Experiencias y Estrategias Proyección en la COP20-CMNUCC
Embrapa, Rio Branco, Brasil
Agenda – Español Agenda – Portugues List of Participants Apresentaciones Segunda-feira 19 de maio Redd+ Indígena, Avances y proyección en COP20 COICA Presentación e intercambio sobre proyectos piloto RIA en Madre de Dios AIDESEP Proyecto Piloto Redd+ Indígena Amazónico en Guainía, Colombia OPIAC FEDERACION INTERPROVINCIAL DE CENTROS SHUAR Agustín Wachapá, Presidente de La FICSH Informe […]
Water Stewardship: Facilitating Business Action to Solve Water Challenges
Washington D.C., USA
This roundtable, hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation and in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is part of the pre-conference programming for the Foundation’s 2014 Corporate Citizenship Conference. This event is free to attend for those attending the conference as well as those who are not attending. Attend the Water Stewardship Roundtable. Attend the Corporate […]
Serviços Ambientais e Povos Indígenas no Corredor Tupi Mondé
Cacoal, Brazil
O tema dos pagamentos por serviços ambientais envolve aspectos complexos e por essa razão se faz urgente e necessário conscientizar e capacitar as comunidades locais que podem ser beneficiárias dessa nova possibilidade. É de grande importância que esse novo mecanismo, potencialmente capaz de gerar novas fontes de recursos para a conservação da biodiversidade e melhoria […]