Sub-Global Assessment Network

The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) organises the 6th annual ESP conference from 26th-30th August 2013, in Bali, Indonesia - hosted by ICRAF in collaboration with, among others, UNEP, UNCCD and TEEB. The emphasis will be on the practical application of the ecosystem services concept, illustrated with actual case studies. The program consists of a mix of plenary sessions, more than 40 workshops and open-topic sessions, and 8-10 special sessions organised by the ESP main partners and sponsors. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st May 2013.

The Secretariat of the SGA Network will convene a ‘Special Session’ at this year’s ESP conference. The Special Session will be a two-hour slot, during which the goals of the SGA Network, some key institutional ties, and how we can, together, help to make ecosystem services count, will be outlined. Provisional date and time of the SGA Network Special Session: 10:30am – 12:30pm, Tuesday 27th August 2013.