Sessions

Below you can find the overview of the sessions accepted to the conference. 

The sessions at the Africa Conference are clustered according to the ESP Working Groups: Biome (B), Sectoral (S) and Thematic (T) Working Groups, and General Sessions (which do not have a direct link to the ESP Working Groups and Regional Chapters structure).

By clicking on the clusters, you will be directed to that cluster. Each cluster consists of several sessions. When you click the session title the Book of Abstracts for that session will open. The Book of Abstracts per session contains three sections: 1) session description, 2) session program, 3) abstracts to be presented in that session.

Links to the ESP Working Groups are included to show the linkages between the conference sessions and the ESP community in general.

B. Biome Working Group sessions

G. General sessions

S. Sectoral Working Group sessions

T. Thematic Working Group sessions

 

B. Biome Working Group sessions

BWG 3 – Forests & Woodlands

• B3 - Ecosystem services from African montane forests /S8 - African mountain biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goals, D. Payne & J. Adjima. 18 June, Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00

G. General sessions

• G0 - Open session: This is an Open Session for abstracts that do not fit in any of the other session. 18 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30  and 14:00 - 15:30
• G3 - Young ecosystem services specialists nurturing cross-disciplinary learning to strengthen capacities on ecosystem services research in Africa, J. C. Llopis & J. G. Zähringer. 19 June, Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30
• G4 - Ecosystem Services under climate change in Africa, D. Payne. 18 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

S. Sectoral Working Group sessions

SWG 9 – Indigenous people & Local communities

• S9b - Local perceptions of Ecosystem Services in West Africa, O. Neya & K. Kokou. 17 June, Monday, 15:30 - 17:30
• S9c - Local knowledge and the definition of ecosystem services and disservices/Traditional knowledge systems and religious organisations as instruments of stewardship of ecosystem services, F. Ali & F. K. Donkor. 18 June, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30

T. Thematic Working Group sessions

TWG 1 – ES Assessment frameworks & Typologies

• T1 - Rapid ecosystem services assessment tools in Africa: where are we now and where are we heading, J. Hugé, et al. 17 - 18 June, Monday, 15:30 - 17:30 and Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

TWG 8 – Cultural services & Values

• T8 - Exploring value pluralism on the contributions of cultural ecosystem services to well-being: Lessons and challenges for managing ecosystems towards sustainability, J. C. Llopis & F. Schneider. 17 June, Monday, 15:30 - 17:30

TWG 13 – Role of ES in Ecosystem restoration

• T13 - Economics of land degradation in Africa: managing land for human wellbeing, M. Schauer, et al. (Invited speaker abstracts only) 19 June, Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30

TWG 16 – ES Financing mechanisms (incl. PES)

• T16 - Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme to enhance biodiversity conservation and economic development, S. Namaga & E. Tambara. 19 June, Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30