LIFE at ESP 2022  

This year’s ESP Conference theme was Ecosystem services empowering people and societies in times of crises. The five-day event looked at how to involve diverse societal groups in ecosystem services science, policy and practice. 

Several LIFE projects with relevant experience featured in the following sessions: 

LIFE IP 4NATURA (three sessions) 

• Session: ID: O1 Ecosystem services research, practice and policy in Greece: current status and ways forward 
• When: Thursday, 13 October - 11:10- 11:25 
• Title: Integrating ecosystem services into environmental management and decision making: achievements of the LIFE IP 4 NATURA project in Greece 
• Speaker: Ioannis Kokkoris, University of Patras 

• Session: ID: S8a The role of Ecosystem Services as a tool for successful multilevel governance of protected areas 
• When: Tuesday 11 October 2022 - 13:35 - 13:45 
• Title: Management and policy implications in Natura 2000 protected areas in Greece: the role of the LIFE IP 4 NATURA integrated project 
• Speaker: Ioannis Mitsopoulos, Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (NECCA) 

• Session: ID: T4a National & large-scale MAES projects in Europe - road towards policy uptake and implementation 
• When: Friday, 14 October 2022 - 14:30 - 14:45 
• Title: LIFE-IP 4 NATURA ppGIS/webGIS: A Public Participation Geographic Information System (ppGIS/webGIS) for visualizing, monitoring and mapping ecosystem services over Greece 
• Speaker: Giorgos Mallinis, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 

SOS 4 LIFE 

• Session: B10 - Designing Resilient Cities through Ecosystem Service Mapping 
• When: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 12.20 – 12.35 
• Title: From SOS4LIFE project to the general urban plan of the Municipality of Forlì (NE Italy): an application of studies on soil ecosystem services 
• Speaker: Stefano Bazzocchi, Municipality of Forlì 

LIFE IP CleanEST 

• Session: T4a - National & large scale MAES projects in Europe - road towards policy uptake and implementation 
• When: Friday, 14 October 2022 - 14.00 – 14.15 
• Title: Assessment of aquatic ecosystem services in Estonia: where we are and where we would want to be
• Speaker: Marko Vainu, Estonian Environment Agency  

LIFE BRENTA 2030 

• Session: S8a - The role of Ecosystem Services as a tool for successful multilevel governance of protected areas 
• When: Tuesday, 11 October 2022 - 13.45 – 14.00 
• Title: The Environmental and Resource Costs (ERC) of the water sector as a key driver to enhance the governance of protected areas: a pilot experience from the Brenta river (Italy) 
• Speaker: Giacomo Laghetto, Project Officer - Nature Governance Programme, ETIFOR 

ESP 2022 full programme