Dear all, Today marks the first day of the Agriculture and Ecosystems Blog<http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs> focal month on Ecosystem Services. For the next four weeks, we will be featuring posts that highlight ecosystem services approaches to agricultural development, a central and cross-cutting theme of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems <http://wle.cgiar.org/> (WLE). Features include the Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference, Making Ecosystem Services Count,<http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/08/16/making-ecosystem-services-count/> next week and Stockholm World Water Week the week after. Make sure to check back throughout the month for updates.
We are kicking the month off with the launch of the WLE Ecosystem Services and Resilience Framework. Read the introductory blog post <http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/08/16/a-month-of-ecosystems/> highlighting the 8 Principles here. We encourage and welcome your feedback on the framework. Please add your comments to the blog post.<http://wle.cgiar.org/blogs/2013/08/16/a-month-of-ecosystems/> Let us know how you think ecosystem services can be utilized to reduce poverty and boost agricultural production. How do you think ecosystem services can be utilized to reduce poverty and boost agricultural production? http://bit.ly/16s6cX3 Ecosystem Services Month @AgEco Blog. How do you think ecosystem services can be utilized to reduce poverty and boot agricultural production? Join the debate http://bit.ly/16s6cX3 Fabrice ________________________________ Fabrice DeClerck PhD. Landscape and Community Ecologist Program Leader Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services Program Bioversity International [email protected] France #: (33) 467612909 Rome #: (39) 066118243 Skype: fadeclerck ________________________________
