The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is a worldwide network, founded in 2008, to enhance the science and practical application of ecosystem services. To facilitate the needed dialogue between scientists, policy makers and practitioners ESP organises an annual international conference in different parts of the world.

The 8th World ESP conference will be held in South Africa from 9-13 November 2015.

The central theme is ‘Ecosystem Services for Nature, People and Prosperity’. The conference will pay special attention to the public and private sector dialogue on how the ecosystem services concept can be used to support conservation, improve livelihoods and engage the business community.

We especially encourage delegates from businesses to attend the ESP conference in order to discuss challenges and opportunities in using the concept of ecosystem services to achieve conservation and sustainable use of our ‘natural capital’ within a market-context. The conference will provide an excellent platform to engage with experts who can generate solutions to these challenges and start making a difference in practice.

The conference will be held in South Africa from 9-13 November 2015 and is hosted at a very special location: Spier Wine farm and Conference Centre in Stellenbosch. See location section for more information.

 

Session proposals

  • The call for session proposals is now open. You can submit your session proposal until April 1. For more information check the session proposals section.
  • We will review your session proposal and inform you about the acceptance of the session before April 15.

Call for abstracts

  •  We plan to open the call for abstracts April 15, after we have reviewed all session proposals. You will be able to upload your abstract through an online system on this website.
  • The call for abstracts will close June 15.The call for posters will close July 15.
  • All abstract submitters will be informed about their acceptance before August 1.

Registration

  • Registration will be possible from April 1 onwards.
  • Early Bird registration will close August 15.
  • We offer several ways of online payment: through Paypal, credit card, IDEAL and an invoice.

 

For more info visit the ESP conference website.