ESPA 2013 Annual Science Conference
ESPA 2013 Annual Science Conference
Winners and Losers: Trade-offs in Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation
The ESPA 2013 Annual Science Conference took place at Charles Darwin House, London, UK on the 20th and 21st of November.
The final conference programme is available here
The conference report is available here
Plenary speakers were:
Professor Katherine Homewood, University College London, UK
Professor Edward Barbier, University of Wyoming, USA
Dr Shrinivas Badiger, Land, Water and Livelihoods Programme, Centre for Environment and Development Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Royal Enclave, India
Across the developing world, millions are utterly dependent on their surroundings, with local environments relied upon on to provide life’s essentials to an increasingly varied cross section of society. Managing habitats so that they stay healthy and contribute to the fight against poverty is a major challenge for the decades ahead.
To do this requires an understanding of how different groups benefit from nature. Do certain land management decisions improve life for some at the expense of others? Can these conflicting demands be balanced fairly? And how are the needs of nature balanced against the needs of people?
This conference brought together leading experts to present the latest research findings and explore some of these issues.
Presentations and videos from the day are available here:
Edward Barbier
Nigel Asquith
Thomas Sikor
Janet Fisher
Aidan Keane
Wei Liu
Manuel Barange
Craig Hutton
Attila Lazar
Helen Adams
John Dearing
Julia Jones
Helaina Black
Katrina Brown
Genevieve Patenaude
Ken Norris
Zed Zulkafli
Dan van der Horst
Andreas Scheba
Richard Taylor
Shahid Naeem
Aida Cuni Sanchez
Dilys Roe
Bhaskar Vira
Parvin Sultana
Sarah Coulthard
Parvin Sultana
Madhu Verma
Katherine Homewood
Panel Session
