Third ESP Africa Conference

Ecosystem services for the future:

Delivering value for Nature, Livelihoods and Economic Investment

The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is happy to announce that its third ESP Africa Regional conference will take place in Musanze, Rwanda, on 8-10 June 2022. The conference theme is 'Ecosystem services for the future: Delivering value for Nature, Livelihoods and Economic Investment'.

Location: Musanze, Rwanda
Date: 8-10 June 2022
Venue: Classic resort lodge

The third ESP Africa Regional Conference is part of the annual cycle of ESP regional conferences around the globe. The regional conferences follow our world conferences, of which the last world conference in Germany hosted more than 750 delegates from over 65 countries.
ESP conferences are open to both ESP members and non-members.

Announcements

Conference postponed to 2022

The Organising Committee has decided to postpone the conference to 8-10 June 2022. Organising a hybrid event involves a lot of work and extra costs, and we do believe the hybrid format is still necessary to make the conference accessible to a wider audience. Further to this, there are still travel restrictions in place in Rwanda, which make the live participation more burdensome for attendees. With less than 2 months left until the conference, we had to make this timely decision to avoid participants making travel arrangements and possibly incurring other costs.

On the positive side, we believe this final postponement will let us deliver an even better organised event with a richer program, more diverse participation and smoother in-person and online experience for attendees. We already have a great program in place, over 60 diverse and high-quality abstract submissions, exciting field trip options and a wonderful venue. We expect to have a successful event in the first half of 2022.

The exact date will be communicated asap so that you can save the date. Keep an eye on this website, ESP’s newsletters and social media for the latest updates!

Joint ESP-ICCB virtual event

Leveraging the ecosystem service concept to improve conservation outcomes in Africa

8 December 2021, 15:00-17:00 Kigali time, online

This webinar will be hosted jointly by the International Council for Conservation Biology and the Ecosystem Services Partnership. It will be a panel discussion of ecosystem services experts on the continent to explore recent developments in ecosystem service science, policy and practice and its relevance for conservation efforts in Africa. Registration will be available soon.

Call for abstracts

The call for abstracts is OPEN. Please check the call for abstracts page for more information and to submit your abstract.
On the session overview page, you can find the overview of all accepted conference sessions. When you click the session title, the session description for that session will open.

ICCB 2021 congress

We are pleased to announce that ESP Africa 2021 will be held in collaboration with the ICCB (International Congress for Conservation Biology) 2021 Congress. The ICCB 2021 congress will take place 12-16 December 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda at the Kigali Convention Center.
ESP delegates have a great opportunity to participate in the ICCB congress right after the ESP conference. For more information, please see the ICCB website.

Call for sessions

The call for session proposals is officially closed. The deadline for session submission was 30 October 2020. In case you missed the deadline or would like to submit a late session, please check the call for sessions page for more information and to submit your late proposal.

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