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Commonwealth scholar will draw on ESPA experience to hone public policy skills

Stephen Sankeni's research was central to the ESPA project Poverty and ecosystem service impacts of Tanzania's Wildlife Management Areas (PIMA); now his efforts have paid off with a Commonwealth Scholarship to study public policy at York University.

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Invitation to Quote: Documentary films for ESPA

ESPA is inviting proposals from film-makers to work with us on three documentary films about the links between ecosystem services and wellbeing.

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Does growing biofuels in Malawi help local people? Latest research results

Read the latest ESPA policy brief on how local people's wellbeing is affected by the production of jatropha and sugarcane for biofuel.

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Leading Bangladeshi planner puts ESPA tools to the test
Professor Robert Nicholls and Alex Chapman, University of Southampton

ESPA releases Annual Report 2017

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Webinar: Global Challenges Research Fund - Guidance for developing country applicants

ESPA annual science conference 2017 - eight years of sustainability science for wellbeing
29 / 30 November 2017

Managing coastal and marine ecosystem services to support the wellbeing of the poor
02 / 2 November 2017

ESPA in East and Southern Africa

Decadal Trends and Common Dynamics of the Bio-Optical and Thermal Characteristics of the African Great Lakes

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