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Ecosystem services empowering people and societies in times of crises: MAIA at the 4th ESP Conference

1 June 2022

The science of ecosystem services has come of age globally. The data revolution of the last decades has allowed many experts to measure, quantify, model, and map human-nature interactions, yet to use all this information to support public and private decision-making remains a challenge. Against this background, the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is hosting for a fourth year in a row ESP Europe Regional conference, the goal of which is to highlight pathways for involving diverse societal...

Assessing the Ecosystem Services Potential of Endemic Floras: MAIA-derived paper

24 May 2022

A systematic review on the Greek endemics of Peloponnese, which aims to asses the ecosystem services potential of endemic floras has been conducted by a team of leading experts, amongst whom are the MAIA project partners Dr. Ioannis Kokkoris and Prof. Panagiotis Dimopoulos of the University of Patras, Greece. The newly published MAIA-supported paper is available in the Sustainability open access journal. As the interest in new, natural, sustainable products arises in many fields, wild plants...

MAIA-organised workshop discusses the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting 2021 and the immediate actions ahead

8 April 2022

Slowly stepping out of the COVID-19 restrictions, MAIA organised a workshop on Ecosystem accounting and SEEA EA 2021 on 29 March 2022 in Madrid, Spain. A hybrid format allowed for around 60 people to follow the workshop online and more than 35 MAIA members and stakeholders to attend on site. The main focus of the workshop was for MAIA partners and the representatives from the various European institutions, such as the European Environment Agency(EEA), the United Nations Statistics Divis...

Post-doc researcher at The University of Dublin for the FOR-ES project - CLOSED

7 April 2022

This position is no longer available. Ireland’s leading university, Тhe University of Dublin offers a postdoctoral position in the Department of Botany at Trinity College. The successful candidate will work with Professor Jane Stout on the For-ES project (‘Accounting for Forest Ecosystem Services in Ireland’), funded by the Department of Food, Agriculture and the Marine, in partnership with UCD and Coillte. The new post-doc researcher will be a leading member of the ForES tea...

Call for papers: Contribute to the implementation of ecosystem accounts

1 April 2022

SEEA EA is a spatially-based, integrated statistical framework for organising biophysical information about ecosystems, measuring ecosystem services, tracking changes in ecosystem extent and condition, valuing ecosystem services and assets and linking this information to measures of economic and human activity. Therein, the One Ecosystem journal provides a platform for scientists and statisticians to publish newly compiled accounting tables. More information and how to submit a paper you c...

Ecosystem Accounting and SEEA EA 2021: MAIA workshop in Madrid, Spain

14 March 2022

The MAIA team has the pleasure to announce that the project is going to hold a workshop on Ecosystem Accounting and SEEA EA 2021, where the Immediate action and the road ahead will be the main focus. The hybrid event will take place on 29 March 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Participants can join the complete workshop on site or online. Registration is required for both onsite and online participation. During the workshop, MAIA partners as well as external members from various European institut...

Natural capital approaches: shifting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from aspiration to reality

14 February 2022

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration offers a vital opportunity to advance scaled-up, integrated approaches that reverse ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate disruption and deterioration. As such, the available in the Restoration Ecology journal paper Shifting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from aspiration to reality, provides essential ready to use natural capital approaches to engage with policymakers and stakeholders in a transparent way. The article has been con...

How the ecosystem extent is changing: a MAIA-funded paper answers the question

19 January 2022

A recently published paper, looks into how the ecosystem extent is changing by applying a national level accounting approach. The study is available in the Science of The Total Environment journal and has been conducted by a team of leading experts, amongst whom are the MAIA project partners Adrian Bruzon and Fernando Santos-Martin from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. Assessing the spatial and temporal changes in ecosystems is essential to account for natural capital...

A new MAIA-funded study investigates the national blue carbon assessment in Spain

17 January 2022

A new MAIA-supported article has been published in the Ecosystem Services journal. The research has been conducted by a team of leading European experts, amongst whom is the MAIA project partner Fernando Santos-Martin (Rey Juan Carlos University). Being titled “National blue carbon assessment in Spain using InVEST: Current state and future perspectives” the paper investigates the high-resolution spatial distribution studies of marine ecosystem services knowledge gaps, by applying the InVEST B...

Happy Holidays from MAIA

21 December 2021

This past year, MAIA embarked on an exciting journey, to connect various people with the aim to spread knowledge about the natural capital and ecosystem accounting data across Europe and the MAIA-involved countries. We organised webinar series, published the MAIA Fact Sheets, and even succeeded to meet in person, despite the difficulties and restrictions. Looking forward to 2022, where we hope to fulfill even more achievements! MAIA wishes you all joyful and warm holidays and a prosperous...