The sixth Italian Community of Practice (CoP) meeting took place on 22 June 2026, organised by SELINA partners from the University of Trento. Building on the previous meeting, the discussion focused on how ecosystem evidence can support collaboration between public and private actors in environmental decision-making. The meeting featured two presentations by SELINA project partners: ‘The experience of the City of Trento in deve...

Between 30 June and 2 July 2026, the SELINA partners gathered in Galway, Ireland, for the project's 7th Workshop, hosted by the Cohab Initiative and the Capitals Coalition. The event was held in a hybrid conditions, bringing together over 50 project partners, stakeholders and invited experts in person, and around 10 online, for three days of collaboration, knowledge exchange and discussions on strengthening evidence-based decision-making in the p...

This July, SELINA marks its fourth year of advancing the integration of biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services into decision-making across Europe. Over the past year, the project continued to strengthen collaboration, outreach and knowledge exchange across its growing network. Communities of Practice remained at the heart of these efforts, bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders across Euro...

Two new policy briefs were developed within SELINA as part of Task 3. 2 (Derive a minimum set of key ecosystem condition indicators per ecosystem type), providing a framework for monitoring ecosystem pressures and recovery across the European Union. The first brief, “Prioritising EU Environmental Action: The Human Pressure Index as a Spatial Decision-Support Tool”, presents the Human Pressure Index (HPI), a tool designed to identify where ecosy...

SELINA is glad to share the project will participate in this year's EU Green Week, Europe's leading environmental conference, organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG Environment). Taking place on 3–4 June 2026 in Brussels, the 26th edition of EU Green Week will focus on the business case for nature, highlighting how a nature-positive economy can strengthen Europe's prosperity, resilience, and competitiven...

The 6th ESP Europe Conference was held between 18-22 May 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic. The event followed the 2024 one, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands. The ESP conference is organised annually, alternating between editions held in Europe and editions hosted in other parts of the world, such as the 2025 conference in Darwin, Australia. This year, the theme was “Advancing ecosystem services knowledge for achieving a nature...

A new scientific publication titled “Valuing hunting as an ecosystem service: a national-level assessment using cost-based and benefit transfer methods in the Czech Republic” was published in the Ecosystem Services journal. The publication, authored by Eva Horváthová, presents the first national-level assessment of hunting-related ecosystem services in the Czech Republic. It evaluates both the value of wild game meat and the cultur...

The fifth Italian Community of Practice (CoP) meeting took place on 29 April 2026, organised by SELINA partners from the University of Trento. The meeting brought together representatives from the private sector, research institutions and non-profit organisations to explore how ecosystem evidence can better support collaboration between public and private actors in environmental decision-making. The session focused on the theme “Gove...

SELINA will organise an official EU Green Week partner event during the project’s seventh workshop in Gaway, Ireland, on 30 June 2026. The event will focus on how ecosystem assessment knowledge, including ecosystem condition, ecosystem services, and natural capital accounts, can support private-sector decision-making and contribute to investments in a nature-inclusive economy. EU Green Week, organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-G...

SELINA was present at Terra em Foco 2026, the National Earth Observation Conference, held on 17-18 March 2026 in Coimbra, Portugal. Organised by the Portuguese Space Agency, this biennial event brings together the community to exchange knowledge and showcase developments in space, remote sensing and geospatial information. SELINA was featured through a presentation titled “Enhancing the spatial and temporal resolution of ecosystem accounts usi...

The fourth Community of Practice in Italy was held on 12 March 2026, organised by SELINA’s partners from the University of Trento, to define activities for the 2026–2027 period and support the Community’s ongoing mission to facilitate knowledge exchange across research, planning and practice. The session opened with an introduction to the overall theme that will guide the Community of Practice over the next two years, which is unders...

A new scientific publication, “The Human Pressure Index (HPI): integrating cumulative anthropogenic pressures into SEEA-EA ecosystem condition accounts”, was published in the Ecological Indicators journal with contributions from SELINA partners and several other research institutions across Europe. The publication highlights a framework that helps connect ecosystem accounting with real-world pressures, while mapping human impacts. It also show...