Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference

Date
Monday, December 9, 2024 to Thursday, December 12
Location
Austin, TX

About

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Lydia Olander, program director, will be a plenary closing speaker at the 2024 ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services conference. She and other experts from Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability will present some of their latest work on nature-based solutions.

Conference attendees can also learn more about the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP), an initiative of the Nicholas Institute. A table set up throughout the conference will feature information on recent NESP webinars, publications, and resources.

About ACES and the Conference

ACES represents a dynamic and growing international assembly of professionals, researchers, and policymakers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES Conference provides an open forum to share experiences, methods, and tools for assessing and incorporating ecosystem services into public and private decisions.

The goal of the conference is to link state-of-the-art science, practice, and decision-making by bringing together the ecosystem services community and decision-makers from around the United States and the globe. ACES will engage leaders in government, NGOs, academia, Native American tribes, and the private sector to advance the use of ecosystem services science and practice in resource management and other societal decisions.

Agenda

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Nicholas Institute researchers will participate in the following sessions at the conference. (Detailed agenda [PDF])

Poster: "Scaling Up Investment in Nature-Based Solutions Using Green Banks and Community Lenders"
Presenter: Sara Mason, Senior Policy Associate, Ecosystem Services Program

Wednesday, December 11

Session 16: Leveraging Federal Guidance and Tools for Assessing Ecosystem Services
8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m., San Antonio Room
Speaker: Lydia Olander, Director, Ecosystem Services Program 

Presentation: Order Out of Chaos: A Dashboard for Forest Accounts (Part of Session 19)
8:30–10:15 a.m., Trinity B
Speaker: Katie Warnell, Senior Policy Associate, Ecosystem Services Program

Session 21: Imagining How a National Nature Statistical Bureau Could Help Quantify Ecosystem Services
3:45 p.m.–5:30 p.m., San Antonio Room
Moderator: Lydia Olander, Director, Ecosystem Services Program 

Thursday, December 12

Session 36: Metrics and Data Needs for Nature-Based Solutions Monitoring, Evaluation, and Design Guidance
8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m., San Antonio Room
Moderator: Lydia Olander, Director, Ecosystem Services Program 

Presentation: Evaluation of Publicly Accessible Nature-Based Solutions Databases as Sources for Evidence of Effectiveness (Part of Session 37)
8:30–10:15 a.m., Sabine Room
Speaker: Katie Warnell, Senior Policy Associate, Ecosystem Services Program

Closing Plenary: The US National Nature Assessment and the Canadian Perspective
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m., Grand Ballroom A
Speaker: Lydia Olander, Director, Ecosystem Services Program