COST action CA15206 Payments for Ecosystem Services (Forests for Water) - PES Design&Governance; Environmental Effectiveness; Cost Effectiveness; Dissemination

Joined October 2016
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
How accessible are urban greenspaces? 🌳🚵 Drawing on a case study, Weber et al. find that it differs between age groups & nature qualities considered. Future #landscapeplanning will benefit from disaggregated information to enhance #EnvironmentalJustice ➡️link.springer.com/article/10…
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
🌱 In the coastal city of Ostend, Belgium, the 1996 goal of 120-ha of afforestation continues with currently 90-ha of forest coverage. 🔍 Find out more about Ostend’s peri-urban forest in our case study with @NetworkNatureEU 👉 bit.ly/3uRbhss
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
21 Mar 2022
Today is #InternationalDayofForests 🌲🌲🌳 #Urbanforests are crucial for our #wellbeing and #health! Learn more about how we implement #naturebasedsolution green corridors to ensure natural pathways for commuting in #urban environments ➡️ progireg.eu/nature-based-sol… #HugATree 🤗
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
Hot off the press - A step-by-step guide for payment schemes #pes that support working with #forests and trees for a better water quality. #ecosystemservices. A great result by @PESFOR_W, supported by @COSTprogramme . Picture by @etifor. link.springer.com/chapter/10…
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
17 Mar 2022
🌳 Join us and @CLEARINGHOUSE_ in celebrating the upcoming #InternationalDayOfForests! We’ll share our facts about #urbanforests, you share your #photos! 📣 Don’t forget to use the hashtag #HugATree and tag @CLEARINGHOUSE_ for a retweet😊 #Biodiversity #Naturebasedsolutions
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
#DidYouKnow Forested areas regulate streamflow, support groundwater recharge and, through evapotranspiration, contribute to cloud generation and precipitation.
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
How to incentivise nature-based solutions? Join the @Interreg2Seas Prowater workshop next week. Evening program fully online! pro-water.eu/international-w…. #interreg #water #ecosystemrestoration
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
Join the online PROWATER evening seminar on payment for water #ecosystemservices! Fully online, register at storycatchers.webinargeek.co… More on the PROWATER project on pro-water.eu @Interreg2Seas, @thinknatureEU, @unfccc, @UNEP, @brabantsedelta
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
What did we do on #InternationalDayofForests? We plant a tree. Euonymus europeus.
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
22 Mar 2021
Forest-water relations deserve at least as much #climate policy attention - from local to global - as forest carbon relations, say authors of global study on forest & water relations #WorldWaterDay #SDGs #GlobalGoals #ForestH2O #GFEP iufro.org/science/gfep/fores…
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COST PESFOR-W retweeted
22 Mar 2021
Forests provides us with clean water! Learn more about analysing the complicated forest-water relationship in our recent Spotlight! #IntlForestDay #WorldWaterDay #WorldWaterDay2021 #ForestH20 iufro.org/publications/iufro… Photo: @GDennison1997
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We're wrapping up the PESFOR-W Final Conference - thank you to all who joined us and followed the conference! Find all outputs of our COST action here: forestresearch.gov.uk/resear… We plan to continue our work on this important topic - stay tuned for future activities!
Another important delivarable from #PESFORW is the spatial repository. public.tableau.com/profile/r… The repository includes case studies on water-related #EcosystemServices provided by forest/tree ecosystems
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🍃Forests for 💧Water Services: A Step by Step Guide for Payment Schemes This user guide is a key output of the #PESFOR-W COST Action. It is translated into 8 languages - the English version is now available online! forestresearch.gov.uk/resear… #forest #water #guidelines #pes
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The PESFOR-W User Guide aims to provide guidance on designing appropriate and cost-effective forests-for-water payment schemes that support tree planting and forest management to protect and improve #waterquality. forestresearch.gov.uk/docume…
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Want to know where it's best to plant trees within a farmed landscape, to reduce diffuse polution? Download our step-by-step guide for designing forests-for-water-services payment schemes! forestresearch.gov.uk/resear… #ecosystemservices #reforestation #polution #waterquality
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Throughout its run, the PESFOR-W action supported a total of 16 short term scientific missions - exchange visits for early career reseachers, for strengthening networks and fostering international collaborations. forestresearch.gov.uk/resear… #science #collaboration #environment
Working groups share insights and results from the work within the PESFOR-W project. Join the discussion here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/payment-f… Or follow us here: facebook.com/pesforW/live #EcosystemServices #PES #Environment #Forest #WaterSecurity #Biodiversity #PESdesign #governance
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60% of EU surface water bodies are in poor ecological status. In the next decade, the EU Green Deal, ecosystem restoration targets​ and the 8th Environmental Action Program of EU Environment, will focus on addressing this issue. For more information: eea.europa.eu
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"We need to align stakeholders across silos and make institutions talk to each other, in order to develop successful PES policies." - Alessandro Leonardi, @ETIFOR
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