Third meeting of the #CommunityOfPractice, founded as part of the @project-selina.eu, as a network for the integration of knowledge on #Biodiversity, #EcosystemServices and #NaturalCapital into decision making - this time with a focus on the private sector! #research #practice #sustainability

Benjamin was a fantastic guest sharing his views on issues he sees coming up behind the scenes as his journal celebrates 10 years of pushing academic publishing in new directions. Available on Spotify and many other places open.spotify.com/episode/3z2R...

S02E01 Benjamin Burkhard at ESP 2026

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📆#SaveTheDate for the final SELINA Workshop! The eighth and final SELINA Workshop will take place from 28 September to 2 October 2026 in Riga, Latvia. Stay tuned for further details! Read more: project-selina.eu/news/save-da...

The 7th #SELINAWorkshop in Galway, Ireland, has officially come to an end! A big thank you to Cohab Initiative for the great preparation and perfect excecution of this Workshop! Read more here: project-selina.eu/news/selinas...

SELINA’s 7th Workshop in Galway strengthens collaboration and knowledge exchange in the private sector

Between 30 June and 2 July 2026, the SELINA partners gathered in Galway, Ireland, for the project's 7th Workshop, hosted by the Cohab Initiative and the Capitals Coalition. The event was held in a hyb...

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Day 2️⃣ of the 7th #SELINAWorkshop was finished with an honorable visitation! We were deligted to welcome Helen Uchechukwu Ogbu, the recently re-elected Mayor of Galway! 💚 A sincere thank you to Mayor Helen Ogbu for taking the time to join us and for supporting the vision and objectives of SELINA.

SELINA is celebrating its 4th birthday! 🎂🎉 Over the past year, SELINA continued supporting collaboration and knowledge exchange on biodiversity and #EcosystemServices across Europe. 🥂Here's to another year of impact, innovation and shared success!

The 7th #SELINAWorkshop has officially begun, marked by @benjaminburkhard.bsky.social who lead the Opening Ceremony, here in Galway. Now, we are ready for three days of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and presentations highlighting the project's latest developments from the past eight months.

🎉 The 7th #SELINAWorkshop has officially begun in Galway, Ireland! We received a warm welcome by Conor Kretsch from @cohabinitiative.org, who set the scene with a kind speech, and great traditional Irish music.

⏳ The countdown is on! The 7th #SELINAWorkshop is just around the corner, and we are excited to welcome partners to Galway, Ireland, for another inspiring week of collaboration, discussions, and knowledge exchange. See you in Galway!

New article: the @project-selina.eu team presents the Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (FIEA) in @oneecosystem.pensoft.net. The paper shows how a co-created framework can support evidence-based decisions across science, policy, and practice. Link: oneecosystem.pensoft.net/article/192685

Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (FIEA): A structured approach to support evidence-based decision-making

While numerous ecosystem assessment frameworks have been developed, they often provide valuable insights into and guidelines for assessments from siloed perspectives, addressing ecosystem assessments ...

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Sharing work, meeting friends and enjoying culture at the 6th European #ESP #conference themed “Advancing ecosystem services knowledge for achieving a nature and people positive Europe” in #Prague! An active week full of #presentations, #session chairing and #poster exhibitions.

Last week, the 6th Ecosystem Services Partnership Europe Conference 2026 was held in Prague, and SELINA was proud to be part of it. 🙏 Thank you to everyone who engaged with our partners during the event. Read more here: project-selina.eu/news/selina-...

The Section of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology welcomes Dr. Filipe Bernardo, who is undertaking a three-month research stay within the framework of the Portuguese FCT Mobility programme for international exchange of post-doctoral researchers. Read more at: go.lu-h.de/lX5Lk

🎉 One Ecosystem turns 10! 📚200+ articles, 1,000+ researchers, 6 continents, ~300K views. A decade of open science, #ecology #research & #sustainability #science - and a lot ahead. Celebrate with us and read our anniversary editorial ⬇️ doi.org/10.3897/onee... #ecology #openscience #publishing

The German-Japanese Winter School 2026 (Feb 14 – Mar 4) brought students to Japan for an inspiring academic and cultural exchange. From Tokyo to Sapporo, Morioka, Yamagata and Tsuruoka. The journey ended in Tokyo—leaving lasting memories, new friendships, and valuable insights.

‪Ready to contribute to #ESPEurope2026? Submit your abstract in one of our thematic sessions on integrated ecosystem assessments and #transdisciplinary tools, #EcosystemServices and #NatureBasedSolutions targets in #policy frameworks or the opening of tools, codes, #data and #maps!

Ready to advance knowledge for shared futures? We're co-hosting a session together with @miguelvilloslada.bsky.social on #EcosystemServices in polar, boreal, and alpine regions at the #ESPEurope2026 - submit your abstract by 31 december! #naturepositive #ESPartnership

Field trip to our long-term soil erosion monitoring site as part of our seminar "spatio-temporal ecosystem services analysis and assessment". Thanks to Dr. Bastian Steinhoff-Knopp for the insights on measuring and modelling soil erosion control! #Studying #Teaching #SoilErosion #EcosystemServices

From September 22 to October 2, our department hosted this year’s Summer School together with Yamagata University. Prof. Lopez and ten students from Japan explored Hannover, joined a workshop on Environmental Justice, and visited the Harz region, including Goslar and the Border Museum in Sorge.

Phygeo delegation at the 6th workshop of our @selinaproject.bsky.social, hosted by the university of #Trento, Italy, under the theme "Evidence-based decision making in the public sector".

🎬🌿 We are excited to share SELINA’s second project video! 🎥🤝 This short film captures the next chapter in SELINA’s journey, showcasing how the project is moving from vision to action. ▶️ Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG2q...

SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAtural capital) project video

YouTube video by Selina Project (Horizon EU)

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🦋 The first day of our #SELINAWorkshop kicked off with a warm welcome from our coordinator @benjaminburkhard.bsky.social , who shared SELINA’s timeline, upcoming goals, and future events. 🎙️ We were also greeted by Davide Geneletti, who gave us an inspiring Welcome to Trento presentation!✨

🤩 Smiles mode on! Today, at our Sofia office, we welcomed @benjaminburkhard.bsky.social , Editor-in-Chief of our quite unique unique & very special journal: @oneecosystem.pensoft.net: The #Ecology & #Sustainability Data #Journal! Can you imagine it's been 9 years since we launched it? 🫢

📢🤝 Our #SELINApartners campaign continues! 🔍 🌍 Today, we are happy to spotlight one of our dynamic partners: Asplan Viak AS 🏗️🪴Their expertise supports SELINA in advancing nature-based #solutions 🔔 Stay tuned for more!

Researchers, practitioners and other experts came together during the 2nd German #CommunityofPractice meeting to discuss the implementation of #EcosystemServices, #NaturalCapital and #biodiversity research into decision making #research #practice #experts #network

The Landscape System Analysis project in Northern Finnland took students from Hannover, Joensuu and Tartu to boreal and subarctic regions. There they collected data with UAVs, TLS, GNSS and vegetation surveys. The results will be analyzed during this winter semester.

It's time to appreciate the #PostDocs in our @phygeo-luh.bsky.social team. Of course, not only during the PostDoc Apprecation Week, but all year round 👍 paw-germany.de @unihannover.bsky.social

An overview of the integration of national, European, and global ecosystem typologies used in European countries to support ecosystem condition assessments and policy reporting obligations: doi.org/10.3897/onee...

One Ecosystem was among ESP11's most active members - our EiC @benjaminburkhard.bsky.social and @pensoft.net's @ivaboyadzhieva.bsky.social held a special One Ecosystem session to discuss our open-science approach. It is now available in the conference proceedings! oneecosystem.pensoft.net/news/960

ESP 11 proceedings now available

The 11th Ecosystem Services Partnership World Conference (ESP11) took place between 22nd and 26th June in Darwin, Australia. It brought together participants from academia, policy, and practice to exc...

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We are part of the Horizon Europe project #GREENTALENT, officially launched June 1, 2025! Led by @mariobalzan.bsky.social (@Ecostack Innovations Malta), this 4-yr project unites 17 partners from 9 EU countries + USA to tackle climate change & biodiversity loss.