In this webinar, guest speaker Professor Robert Costanza from Australian National University will discuss how ecosystem services science (ESS) can support the management of marine and coastal ecosystems.
Ecosystems are connected to human well-being in complex ways at multiple time and space scales. Marine and coastal ecosystems are among the most valuable in providing these services. The challenge of ESS is understanding and modelling these connections, with a range of purposes including raising awareness and providing information to decision-makers to allow them to better manage our natural capital assets.
About the Speaker:
Professor Costanza is Chair in Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra Australia and Editor-in-Chief of The Anthropocene Review. His specialties include: transdisciplinary integration, systems ecology, ecological economics, landscape ecology, ecological modeling, ecological design, energy analysis, environmental policy, social traps, incentive structures and institutions.
Prof Costanza's visit was supported and funded by Catchments Otago at the University of Otago.
