{"id":17490,"date":"2015-12-22T11:27:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T11:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=event&p=17490"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:34:30","slug":"public-lecture-ecosystem-services-and-poverty-alleviation","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/events\/public-lecture-ecosystem-services-and-poverty-alleviation\/","title":{"rendered":"Public lecture | Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Department of Geography and Environment and Grantham Research Institute public lecture<\/h2>\n

Introduced and chaired by Professor Giles Atkinson<\/p>\n

When and how do ecosystem services contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries?  The UK’s Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme (ESPA)<\/path><\/svg><\/a> is a global research programme funded by the UK’s Department for International Development, Natural Environment Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council.  In the decade since the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ESPA’s projects working in over 50 countries are providing many examples ecosystem services contributing to poverty alleviation in developing countries but it remains a challenge to have a consistent message of when and how this happens.<\/p>\n

EPSA’s Director, Professor Paul van Gardingen will illustrate current understanding about the links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation using examples from ESPA projects from the African, South Asian and South American regions. The discussion will then progress to consider three key questions emerging from current ESPA research:<\/p>\n