Seminar Six

Creating a new prosperity:
Fresh approaches to ecosystem services and human well-being

 

4th September 2009 - London,
The Royal Geographical Society

Info Pack for the day (programme, abstracts, participants lists)

The sixth and final meeting was a major one day symposium bringing together leading scientists and policy makers to take stock of current research into the management of ecosystem services for human well-being. Recent years have witnessed sustained interest in the idea of ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘ecosystem based approaches’ to natural resource management. This event presented a critical and reflective view of progress to date on current approaches for ecosystem service studies and took a look forward at place in emerging research and policy agendas.

Presentations

Presenter(s)

Presentation Title

Roy Haines-Young, Marion Potschin CEM & Robert Fish Ormi/Exeter University

FRESH: Framing Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being

Katrina Brown, University of East Anglia

Ecosystem Services and Human Well Being: Interrogating the Evidence

Geoffrey Hammond and Peter Reason, University of Bath

Sustaining Future Ecosystem Services: From Understanding to Action

Piran White, University of York

Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Services

Julia McMorrow, University of Manchester

FiRES: Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services: Fire and Climate Change in UK Moorlands and Heathlands

Rebecca Wade, University of Abertay Dundee & Lian Scholes, Middlesex University

ISSUES: Integrating Sciences to Sustain Urban Ecosystem Services

Ed Maltby et al., University of Liverpool

New Approaches to Managing Ecosystem Services in the Marine Environment

R. Kerry Turner et al., University of East Anglia

Valuing Ecosystem Services

Pushpam Kumer, University of Liverpool

Valuation of regulating services of ecosystems in South Asia: Evidence and Lessons Learned

Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Autonomous University of Madrid

Conceptual and methodological challenges in ecosystem services valuation

Paul Ekins, University College London

Reflections: Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development

This event was sponsored by:

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Updated 6th May, 2009