INTECOL Symposium

The 11th INTECOL Congress (The International Association for Ecology), Ecology: Into the next 100 years was held in London as part of the centenary celebrations of the British Ecological Society. The theme of the Congress was advancing ecology and making it count, and presented world class ecological science that will truly move the science forward.

As part of the conference, ESPA ran a special symposium on Ecosystem Services Contributing to Poverty Alleviation on Friday 23rd August (Capital Suite 4 Excel Centre).

10.15-10.30 The political economy of negotiating ecosystem services for poverty alleviation  - Bhaskar Vira

10.30-10.45 – A meta-analysis of ecosystem service interactions: synergies and trade-offs in the real world – Caroline Howe

10.45-11.00 – Complexity science analysis of Chinese records reveals critical instabilities in the regional social-ecological system of the lower Yangtze basin – John Dearing

11.00-11.15 – Towards an adaptive governance of mountain ecosystem services enabled by environmental virtual observatories – Wouter Buytaert

11.15-11.30 – Understanding food security in a perfect storm – an ecosystem services approach as used by The Attaining Sustainable Services from Ecosystems through Trade-off Scenarios (ASSETS) project – Guy Poppy

11.30-12.00 – Ecosystem services, poverty alleviation and multi-dimensional well-being – Katrina Brown

A short event summary report is available here