The Ecosystem Services Partnership |
About the Ecosystem Services Partnership – aims and organization The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ES-Partnership) was launched in 2008 by the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics (University of Vermont, USA) and is now being coordinated by the Environmental Systems Analysis Group (Wageningen University, the Netherlands), supported by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Bilthoven, the Netherlands) and the Foundation for Sustainable Development (Wageningen, the Netherlands). The ES-Partnership aims to enhance communication, coordination and cooperation, and to build a strong network of individuals and organizations. ES-Partnership will enhance and encourage a diversity of approaches, while reducing unnecessary duplication of effort in the conceptualization and application of ecosystem services. By raising the profile of ecosystem services and promoting better practice, the ES-Partnership will also increase opportunities for financial support and help focus the funding of individual organizations for more efficient utilization of existing funds. The ESP is an institutional membership organization. Governance will be by a steering committee elected by the members. It will set the priorities for ES-Partnership activities and ensure that the ES-Partnership runs smoothly. To begin with, the ES-Partnership will have a small secretariat to maintain communication, coordinate meetings, facilitate joint proposals, enhance cooperation, and other activities to help achieve the ES-Partnership’s goals. During this initiation stage, the secretariat is provided by the Environmental System Analysis Group (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) supported by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL, Bilthoven, the Netherlands) and the Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD, Wageningen, the Netherlands). Read more on the ESP Membership or download the ESP Information Brochure. Also see our other information pages:
ESP Institutional Members
ESP Steering Committee
ESP Service
ES Networks
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