As we embark on the end of the year, we would like to wish you a joyful and festive holiday season! May the upcoming year, 2024, bring even more success and prosperity to all!

SELINA's Special Edition newsletter is now out, showcasing the latest project's developments before the holiday season! Learn about the two new sections on the SELINA website that aim to bring the project closer to each of you. Read the newsletter here. ...

The launch of the SELINA Early Career Researchers Network (ECRN) was announced during the second SELINA thematic workshop, that took place in Madrid, Spain in October 2023. The network kicked-off with an online webinar on 22 November 2023. Starting in November 2023, the early career researchers of the SELINA project will be meeting monthly to foster the exchange of diverse expertise within SELINA, strengthen professional and personal relations...

During Session T14 of the 4th International ESP Latin America and Caribbean Conference (6 -10 November 2023, La Serena, Chile), SELINA partners unveiled its transdisciplinary knowledge co-production framework developed within the SELINA public Demonstration Projects (DPs) work package. This framework was the basis for comprehending the decision-making context within the seven SELINA public DPs during the project's first year. The session, hosted ...

We are excited to announce the launch of the SELINA introduction video which is now available on our YouTube channel! With this 4-minute visual journey, we aim to make you experience the highlights of SELINA with its goals, vision and impact, focusing on: SELINA Demonstration Projects and Workshops SELINA 'seeds of change' SELINA Communities of Practice SELINA Compendium of Guidance SELINA partners team The vi...

On 8 November 2023, the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) organised the final event of the NatGuidES project in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where they presented the manual for the identification, assessment and mapping of ecosystem services (ES). The manual has been developed within the framework of the project to define practical steps for the implementation of the concept of ES in protected are...

SELINA is excited to announce the release of its second newsletter! Access the newsletter here to learn about the project's progress in the last six months, and to catch up on SELINA’s upcoming activities and relevant events. Don’t miss out on SELINA’s upcoming updates! Subscribe to its newsletter and follow the project on social media. ...

On 14 September 2023, a training on the use of the PlanWise4Blue platform took place in Sigulda, Latvia. The event was organised by the team of the ADRIENNE+ project (University of Tartu) in cooperation with the SELINA team from the Baltic Environmental Forum – Latvia. The PlanWise4Blue is an online GIS platform developed by scientists at the University of Tartu that aims to provide science-based support for assessing the impacts of human acti...

From 28 August to 2 September 2023, the tenth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 10) took place. The Plenary was hosted by the United States of America in Bonn, Germany and attracted scientists, experts and policymakers from across the globe. SELINA representatives from UNEP-WCMC, FSD and NIGG-BAS were also among the delegates and had the opportunity to celebrat...

From 3 – 7 July 2023 the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG-BAS), which is one of the Bulgarian partners in the SELINA project, co-organised an innovative field course for secondary school students titled “Education for and by karst”. A total of 17 students from two secondary schools in Sofia, Bulgaria took part in the training. One of the modules in the course focused on the mapping and assessment of ecos...

We are proud to announce that Joana Vicente from the SELINA partner Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO) in Portugal is a fellow in one of the chapters of the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control (known as the Invasive Alien Species Report) developed by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The unveiling of the Invasive Alien Species Report will take pla...

The Ecosystem Department of the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) is looking for a Project Officer to work on the SELINA (Science for evidence-based and sustainable decisions about natural capital) project in which SAERI is currently involved. The duration of the position is 22 months starting September 2023. The position will be based in both Falkland Island (September 2023 - July 2024) and St. Helena (August 2...