The Oceania Ecosystem Services Forum (OESF) brings researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and knowledge holders from different communities who are dependent on, and managing for, ecosystem services into ‘one’ –            A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES).

 

Just as ecosystems are diverse (e.g. natural, built and agricultural; terrestrial, aquatic, coastal and marine), so are the communities who depend on and manage them (e.g. government, business and industry, local communities, indigenous peoples, academia, non-government, consulting).

The OESF aims to bring the best ecosystem services research, practice and knowledge from around the world to the Oceania region; and showcase the best ecosystem services research, practice and knowledge occurring in Oceania to the rest of the world.

This OESF provides a platform for communities to interact across different communities and knowledge systems (e.g. academic, indigenous, traditional). Join our Community to discuss, workshop, present and brainstorm innovative approaches and state-of-the-art methods to using ecosystem services concepts to address sustainability.

 

From across Oceania we ‘welcome’ you all to the Oceania Ecosystem Services Forum!

Welcome; Kia ora; Bula; Afio mai; Uyan Paln ya; Aloha; Bien binidu; Mauri; Welkam; Talofa; Malo e lelei, … 

 

                                                                                                                     

 

Have you read the Brisbane Declaration on Ecosystem Services and Sustainability in Oceania developed during Forum 2017?

• Brisbane Declaration on Ecosystem Services and Sustainability in Oceania
• Policy Brief: Brisbane Declaration on Ecosystem Services and Sustainability
• Listen to Dr Steve Cork discuss climate change in Oceania and deliver key messages from Forum 2017: Radio Adelaide 101.5 

 

The OESF is coordinated by Dr Simone Maynard (Ecosystem Services Thematic Group, IUCN CEM).