Category Archives: Ecosystem services

Water Footprint in Food Production

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Garry Peterson

By Max Troell New studies that focus on the emerging issue of water usage in agriculture have been released. Researchers from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, have provided a comprehensive account of the global green, blue and grey water … Continue reading →

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Green light for IPBES

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Henrik Ernstson

UN agreed to establish the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). IPBES write hopefully on their homepage This is a major event in the world of biodiversity and ecosystem services as the IPCC-like platform will bridge the gulf between … Continue reading →

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Scale-crossing brokers: new theoretical tools to analyze adaptive capacity

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Henrik Ernstson

Together with colleagues from Stockholm University we have just published an article in Ecology and Society called: Scale-crossing brokers and network governance of urban ecosystem services: the case of Stockholm Henrik Ernstson, Stephan Barthel, Erik Andersson and Sara T. Borgström, Ecology … Continue reading →

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Adaptive governance PhD and Postdoctoral positions @ UW Madison

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Garry Peterson

One postdoctoral research and one PhD student position are available with Dr. Adena Rissman‘s research group in Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The job ad states: The geographic setting for this project is the Yahara Watershed, … Continue reading →

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Four PhD positions in sustainability and biodiversity

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Garry Peterson

My colleague Joern Fischer is offering four new PhD positions at Leuphana University Lueneburg. He writes: Expressions of interest are being sought for four new PhD positions, for commencement in 2011 (details to be negotiated). Please register your interest and … Continue reading →

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Persepctives on Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Eight perspectives on the recent Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya. 1. Environmental economist Charles Perrings interviewed by Earth and Sky on his recent Science article 20 Biodiversity targets for 2020: Charles Perrings: The rate of species decline is … Continue reading →

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Prof and Phd Environmental Political Science jobs at Lund in Sweden

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Lund University invites applicants to 1) a tenure track position (Associate Senior Research Lecturer) on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate, and 2) a PhD position on international climate policy focusing on REDD and carbon accounting (4 year). … Continue reading →

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Phosphorus dynamics – mining vs. recycling

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Phosphorus is essential for sustaining humanity, because it is essential nutrient for producing food, and it is often a limiting nutrient for plant growth. Unlike nitrogen, it cannot be fixed from the air, and must be either recycled or mined. … Continue reading →

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Restoring the American Chestnut

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Garry Peterson

In an interesting story of restoration ecology, Juliet Eilperin writes about the citizen science movement that is trying to restore the American chestnut. The American chestnut was a dominant tree in the forest of the Eastern US, making up about … Continue reading →

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Satoyama – a Japanese cultural landscape

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Many parents of small children will have seen Miyazaki’s classic animated film My Neighbour Totoro about Totoro, a forest spirit, who befriends two young girls.  Totoro inhabits a beautiful agricultural landscape known as Satyoyama.  Satoyama is a Japanese agricultural landscape … Continue reading →

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