Sessions program & overview​

Below is an overview of all accepted conference sessions. Please click the titles to read the session descriptions, program and information on the abstracts.

The session IDs correspond to the existing ESP Working Groups structure: Biome (B), Sectoral (S) and Thematic (T) Working Groups and Regional Chapter (R). Also, Other (O) sessions that do not fall under the existing ESP Working Groups will be organised.

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

Session hosts and presenters are encouraged to use the conference design guidelines when creating their presentations. You can download the conference design guidelines here.

Biome Sessions

• B1a - Blue carbon ecosystems – accounting and advocating for nature-based solutions for sustainable coasts, K. Burkhard, et al. - 25 June, Wednesday, 10:30-12:30 & 16:00-18:00

• B1b - Navigating tomorrow's seas through integrative ecosystem service assessments and decision-support tools, Y. Baulaz, et al. - 23 June, Monday, 14:00-15:30

• B2 - Healing riverscapes: promoting nature-based solutions for conserving/restoring rivers, S. Hussein - 26 June, Thursday, 10:30-12:30

• B7 - Harnessing local practices to tackle global challenges in high-latitude and high-altitude ecosystems, B. Burkhard - 26 June, Thursday, 14:00-15:30

Sectoral Sessions

• S9a - Breaking Down Barriers - Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge on Ecosystem Services into Natural Resource Management, Policy, Planning, S. Maynard, et al. - 24 June, Tuesday, 15:30 - 18:00

• S9b - Developing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) incorporating Indigenous peoples and local communities’ perspectives, K. K. Sangha - 25 June, Wednesday, 10:30-12:30 & 16:00-18:00

Thematic Sessions

• T1a - An overview of the rapidly emerging field of Ocean Accounting: extending international standards towards the social and equitable valuation of ocean ecosystem services, J. Gacutan - 25 June, Wednesday, 10:30-12:30

• T1b - The Pacific Islands’ Guide to Ecosystem and Socio-economic Resilience Analysis and Mapping (ESRAM), C. Fleming, et al.  (Only invited speakers) - 24 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

• T2a - Harnessing Ecosystem Services for Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Inclusive Development, V. van't Hoff - 24 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

• T2b - Urban Nature in the Global South: Exploring challenges and opportunities in shaping sustainable pathways, N. Chongo, et al. - 24 June, Tuesday, 15:30 - 18:00

• T2c - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Nexus Assessment, P. Harrison & P McElwee - 24 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

• T2d - Challenges on monitoring biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people, A. P. Turetta & A. Vári - 26 June, Thursday, 14:00-15:30

• T4 – From outer space to local ecosystem service mapping - harnessing state-of-the-art data, methods and tools on various spatio-temporal scales, B. Burkhard, et al. - 24 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30 & 15:30 - 18:00

• T5a - Modeling ecosystem services flows and implications for nature-based solutions, K. Burkhard, et al. - 26 June, Thursday, 10:30-12:30

• T5b – Breaking Barriers: Generating Solutions for Transformational Land Use Change, N. van Schoten, et al. (Only invited speakers) - 25 June, Wednesday, 10:30-12:30

• T6 – Future scenario analysis and planning of biodiversity and ecosystem services by using the Nature Futures Framework from local to national scales, O. Saito - 24 June, Tuesday, 15:30 - 18:00

• T7a – Weaving a Basket of Benefits: Bargaining over Ecosystem Service Value Interactions across Landscapes, Scales, and Institutions, A. Buckwell & Edward Morgan  (Only invited speakers) - 26 June, Thursday, 10:30-12:30

• T7b – Making Nature Count: Global and local applications of monetary valuation for transformation to nature-inclusive decision-making, V. van 't Hoff, et al. - 25 June, Wednesday, 10:30-12:30 & 16:00-18:00

• T7c – Updating estimates of the global value of ecosystem services for the 2020’s, R. Costanza (Only invited speakers) - 26 June, Thursday, 14:00-15:30

• T9 – Urban ecosystems services and public health in a time of global warming, S. Zhang, et al. - 24 June, Tuesday, 15:30 - 18:00

• T13 –From Interaction to Restoration: Pathways to Nature-Based Solutions through Cultural Ecosystem Service (CES) in the Carbon Era, Y. Dou, et al. - 23 June, Monday, 14:00-15:30 & 16:00-17:30

• T14 – Nature's Benefits: Learn to play an ecosystem services card game, M. Russell, et al.  (Only invited speakers) - 26 June, Thursday, 14:00-15:30

• T18 – Promoting Nature-Based Solutions for climate resilience: Identifying and overcoming social, institutional, cultural and financial barriers, I. Coninx, et al.  (Only invited speakers) - 24 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

Regional Chapters

• R1 - Implementing ecosystem services into multi-scale practices: from assessment to the realization of ecological product value, X. Sun, et al. - 23 June, Monday, 14:00-15:30 & 16:00-17:30

• R2 - Methods and practices of urban and regional ecological restoration and management, F. Li - 25 June, Wednesday, 16:00-18:00

• R4 - Does a single swallow attract the storm? Community conservation initiatives in the Global South, A. Ramos-Franco & D. S. López-Cubillos - 24 June, Tuesday, 15:30 - 18:00

Other Sessions

• O1 - Ecosystem Services Derived from Protected Areas - revealing their hidden value, S. Maynard, et al. - 23 June, Monday, 14:00-15:30 & 16:00-17:30

• O2 - Scaling and financing Landscape Rehydration an Innovative, Australian Nature-based solution, C. Hall - 23 June, Monday, 14:00-15:30

• O3 - Grant proposal, research writing and networking toolbox for ecosystem service researchers, O. Adeyemi, et al. - 25 June, Wednesday, 16:00-18:00

• O4 - Importance of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in forest sustainable development of rural communities: livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and nonmaterial values, A. O'Grady - 24 June, Tuesday, 10:30 - 12:30

• O5 - Ecosystem Services and NbS – From Local Wisdom towards Global Sustainability through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, J. Haas, et al. - 23 June, Monday, 16:00-17:30

• O6 - Local food as a carrier of ecosystem services: from local to global flows, M. Derek, et al. - 23 June, Monday, 16:00-17:30

• O7 - Adaptive solutions to enhance positive synergies between forest and water ecosystems, Z. Lībiete, et al. - 26 June, Thursday, 10:30-12:30

• O9 - Investing in Nature Now: How Australia's private land conservation sector is using finance to deliver for nature, S. Lynch (Only invited speakers) - 26 June, Thursday, 14:00-15:30

• O10 - Climate and sustainability challenges in diverse regions, I. Konovska - 26 June, Thursday, 10:30-12:30

• O11 - Scholarly publishing and communication bridges traditional science with ‘alternative’ scientific resources: the case of the ESP-born One Ecosystem journal, I. Boyadzhieva & B. Burkhard - 26 June, Thursday, 10:30-12:30

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Bird Watching in the NT. Credit: Tourism NT/Sean Scott