espa ASSETS

22/03/2017

Interesting study on "Decline of forest products around tropical small villages" http://ow.ly/JUo930a8Pet

In small village communities around the globe, local resources are often not used sustainably. A study based on 233 village analyses showed that at...

18/11/2016

RT : work is being presented at 1245 time. Watch live https://t.co/RLOhXbypd1

14/11/2016

Livelihood diversification: The role of charcoal production in southern Malawi http://ow.ly/6ON73068L7m; new pub associated ESPA Directorate

Charcoal provides direct and indirect benefits that reduce producers' overall vulnerability to financial insecurity, food insecurity and stress

01/11/2016

The ESPA Deltas Project Final Conference - 2016: Sustainable Development Goals in Deltas - 22 to 23 Nov'16 http://ow.ly/FW5n305JL9U

The Ecosystem Services of river deltas often support high population densities, estimated at over 500 million people globally, with particular...

31/10/2016

FAO about ecosystem services http://ow.ly/QCDh305GVC2

http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/biodiversity/en/ The productivity and sustainability of agriculture, forestry and...

27/09/2016

Internship to tell the ASSETS story:

In Kooperation mit der Univercity of Southampton führt NARRATA Consult bietet Praktikumsplatz für ein internationales Storytelling-Projekt (ASSETS) in

11/07/2016

RT Marije Schaafsma : Malawi facing the worst food crisis in nine years- this should not happen (again and again)- http://ow.ly/XGqR3027emD

JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI, Kenya, 17 February 2016 – Almost one million children are in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Eastern and...

11/07/2016

Sounds like a very good idea!

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Google Maps have entered into a three-year partnership to work together and make remote sensing and mapping products more accessible.The move aims to provide technology to assist countries tackling climate change and much higher capacity to experts developing forest and land-use policies. Read more >>http://bit.ly/29qStHZ

30/06/2016

A new ASSETS paper from our Colombian team is available!

To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with...

30/06/2016

A new, interesting FAO online course:

13/06/2016

The ASSETS PRA manual is now online as an ESPA working paper.

http://www.espa.ac.uk/espa-working-paper-series

The ESPA Working Paper Series provides a platform to share significant findings and learning from ESPA research projects.

09/05/2016

RT : Positive evaluation of included in report ow.ly/4nvgF2

Evaluation company Jigsaw has analysed and reported on the outcomes and impact of five key ESPA projects, verifying that its research played "a key role in catalysing change".