The Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused significant environmental, ecological, and economic damage to the Gulf of Mexico region. Since the spill, multiple projects have been funded to restore and conserve the Gulf region's natural environment. This webinar, organized by the GRP’s Offshore Situation Room planning committee, will focus on the decision-making frameworks for ecosystem restoration and economic recovery.

The Gulf of Mexico Alliance's virtual tools cafe, “Tool Time with Dave,” offers an opportunity to learn about the latest tools and resources for the Gulf of Mexico through interactive demonstrations.

Researchers associated with the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) from the Nicholas Institute, Lydia Olander and Katie Warnell, will give an introductory webinar on GIS methods used to map ecosystem services, including climate and resilience benefits of natural and working lands. Olander and Warnell will also introduce a student project opportunity to use or expand upon these methods.

The National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP) was formed over a decade ago to create a national network for sharing ecosystem services information, to establish pathways for implementation of ecosystem services concepts, and to help integrate ecosystem services information into decision-making.

As the school year comes to a close, the Nicholas Institute is hosting a virtual social hour for Duke students. Join Institute professionals to chat about advice for starting a career in environmental or energy policy, how to search for a job or internship, or anything else that is on your mind.

Lydia Olander will present on the GEMS project at the 2020 Social Coast Forum in Charleston, South Carolina, February 3-6, 2020.

The Social Coast Forum explores how social science tools and methods are being used to address the nation’s coastal issues.

At the Southeast CASC Regional Science Symposium, Lydia Olander will co-organize a session on Ecosystem Services linking climate change and ecosystem services research, and Katie Warnell will speak about mapping coastal resilience and coastal blue carbon in North Carolina. The Symposium takes place November 13-15, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

From climate change to malnutrition, poverty to biodiversity loss, air pollution to humanitarian crises—the problems facing our world today are deeply interconnected. Holistic initiatives to address these challenges, notably the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are becoming more common. But efforts siloed within the development, health, or environment communities remain the norm.

Dr. Lydia Olander and Sara Mason of Duke University will share their approach to using Ecosystem Services Conceptual Models as a framework to think about ecosystem services and how they can be considered within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

Lydia Olander, director of the Ecosystem Services Program at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak during the session "Remediation to Restoration" on Thursday, December 6, at the 2018 A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference (ACES).

Lydia Olander, director of the Ecosystem Services Program at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak during the session "Getting to Why Ecosystem Services Matter before your Audience gets to ZZZZ" on Wednesday, December 5, at the 2018 A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference (ACES).

Lydia Olander, director of the Ecosystem Services Program at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will lead a pre-conference workshop on Monday, December 3, at the 2018 A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference (ACES).

Learn about the National Ecosystem Services Partnership’s (NESP) new Conceptual Model Series in a webinar, Friday, September 28, 3-4 p.m. ET.  

Join Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Friday, February 23, to learn about the Department of the Interior's Southeast Climate Science Center, one of eight regional climate science centers managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center.

Lydia Olander, director of the Ecosystem Services Program at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will be among the speakers at the 2017 Albemarle-Pamlico Ecosystem Symposium: Eyes on the Horizon on Wednesday, November 1. Olander will speak during the session The Value of the Albemarle-Pamlico Region on "Ecosystem Services Guidance, Models, and Prioritization."

For more information, visit the symposium website. 

The Bridge Collaborative will host a two-day launch event in London October 25 and October 26. Lydia Olander and Tim Profeta of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions will speak at the event, which is focused on:

Ecosystem Services Program director Lydia Olander will deliver the keynote address at Ecosystem Services: From Concept to Policy in Washington, D.C., May 19. The symposium hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science & Technology Policy Fellowships will focus on how policy decision making at the national and international levels can improve use of our scientific understanding of the services provided to human societies by nature (ecosystem services). The event will promote discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of placing a monetary value on biodiversity and on developing and applying the associated valuation tools. It also aims to spark a conversation about what constitutes an ecosystem service. Registration is required.