Announcement: EVAMAB workshop from May 13th to 17th 2019

Source	EVAMAB
Release date	04/03/2019
Contributor	Lucie Ongena
Geographical coverage	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Keywords	workshop, ecosystem services

 

Objectives

• To present the potential of ecosystem services assessment in supporting the sustainable management of African MAB Reserves and beyond
• To present and compare the findings of the EVAMAB project team’s fieldwork in African MAB Reserves
• To foster a dialogue between MAB managers, academics and other stakeholders, on the strengths & weaknesses of a range of ecosystem services assessment tools
• To gather input to co-produce a UNESCO Manual on Ecosystem Services Assessment Tools for African MAB reserves

 

Tentative outline of the programme

Saturday-Sunday 11-12 May 2019:

Arrivals of the participants in Bahir Dar

 

Monday May 13, 2019:

2 PM: Introduction, objectives & inaugural address

3 PM: Findings of the EVAMAB project – Part 1

5 PM: Reception

 

Tuesday May 14, 2019:

10 AM: Findings of the EVAMAB project – Part 2

12 : Lunch

1.30 PM: Presentation of the Draft Manual on Ecosystem Services Assessment Tools

3 PM: Coffee break

3.30 – 5 PM: Working Session I: formulating recommendations for the Manual

 

Wednesday May 15, 2019:

10 AM: Working Session II: formulating recommendations for the Manual

12: Lunch

1.30 PM: Communication & uptake of the ecosystem services approach in African MAB Reserves

3 PM: Coffee break

3.30 – 5 PM: Synthesis of the recommendations for the Manual

 

Thursday May 16, 2019:

Field and working visit visit to Lake Tana Man & Biosphere Reserve

 

Friday May 17, 2019:

10 AM – 1 PM: Conclusions of the workshop & wrap-up

 

Saturday-Sunday 18-19 May, 2019:

Departures of the participants

 

Contact

The workshop is co-organized by the UNESCO MAB Office in Paris (contact: a.callens@unesco.org) and the EVAMAB project team in Brussels, Belgium, at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences- CEBioS programme  (contact: Jean.Huge@ulb.ac.be).