Ecosystem Service Partnership Conference (ESP)

Description

Goals and objectives of the session:
With the three identified thematic streams, we aim to:
1) map (current) governance approaches of conservation measures with regard to equity considerations from a three-fold angle: empirical, conceptual, and philosophical. Thereby, we aim to advance the mechanism design for biodiversity offsetting and payments for ecosystem services with regard to socio-ecological trade-offs from an environmental justice perspective.
Guiding questions:
a) How is equity being considered in the design and implementation of these mechanisms?
b) How equity is being assessed in the outcomes of these mechanisms?
2) discuss spatial planning-oriented governance mixes aimed at securing and enhancing the provision of ES in peri-urban landscapes. We encourage contributions that address case studies, exemplary applications, theoretical frameworks and perspectives, as well as proposals of innovative planning processes, methods, and tools oriented towards more sustainable development of peri-urban landscapes.
Guiding questions:
a) How should future peri-urban development patterns be governed to secure and enhance ES provision in peri-urban landscapes? What governance mixes could be implemented, and how?
b) What are the good practices related to the successful implementation of governance mixes that secure and enhance ES provision in peri-urban landscapes?
c) What are the challenges for implementing such governance mixes?
3) collect experiences and case studies showcasing innovative approaches, exemplary applications, theoretical frameworks, perspectives or methods that have facilitated ES integration in spatial planning at various levels. We also encourage contributions that look at green-blue infrastructure as a planning tool to implement ES delivery, possibly through planning strategies and rules or implementation codes, depending on the planning system.
Guiding questions:
a) What are the bottlenecks that limit ES integration in planning, and how can they be overcome?
b) What are the aspects and methods that facilitate ES integration?
c) How, and to what extent, does GBI support ES integration in planning?
d) What are the good practices related to the successful implementation of ES in planning?
e) What are the challenges for this implementation?

Period	2021 Jun 9
Event type	Conference
Conference number	3rd
Location	Tartu, EstoniaShow on map