Events - Lydia Olander
All times U.S. ET unless noted.
A Preview of the Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services Guidebook
Federal agencies responsible for natural areas are increasingly considering ecosystem services in their planning and management decisions, a new approach with multiple challenges. To address them, the National Ecosystem Services Partnership is collaborating with a number of federal agencies to create an
NESP Pre-Guidebook Rollout Meetings
On July 21–22, 2014, NESP hosted two meetings in Washington, D.C. The first, on July 21, convened federal agency partners to share an update on the Federal Resource and Ecosystem Services Guidebook and discuss possible next steps to help agencies incorporate ecosystem services into their planning processes. Potential next steps discussed included building examples of ecosystem services applications, creating opportunities for capacitiy building and training, and developing metrics and indicators for ecosystem services.
International Congress for Conservation Biology Symposium 2013
Lydia Olander, director of the Ecosystem Services Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak at this 26th annual symposium. "Connecting Systems, Disciplines and Stakeholders" will be the theme of International Congress for Conservation Biology Symposium as it draws attention to the effective maintenance and restoration of Earth’s biological diversity requires an integrated approach to conservation.
NESP Sessions held at ACES
NESP hosted three special sessions, with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, at the A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) conference, December 10-14, 2012.
The Use of Ecosystem Services in Federal Decision-Making
In May 2012, NESP and A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) hosted a forum for federal decision makers to discuss the use of ecosystem services accounting and valuation in natural resource management planning and decisions. Participants from numerous federal agencies and organizations shared experiences from their own efforts to incorporate ecosystem services and discussed ways to draw from these experiences to inform future resource management planning and decisions.
Forest Carbon Finance Summit 2009: Making Forest Carbon Markets Work
The World Wildlife Fund, working with the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and the Program on International Finance systems at Harvard University, is convening Forest Carbon Finance Summit 2009, March 6-8, in Washington D.C.