Lydia Olander, program director, will be a plenary closing speaker at the 2024 ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services conference. She and other experts from Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability will present some of their latest work on nature-based solutions.

Conference attendees can also learn more about the National Ecosystem Services Partnership (NESP), an initiative of the Nicholas Institute. A table set up throughout the conference will feature information on recent NESP webinars, publications, and resources.

ACES represents a dynamic and growing international assembly of professionals, researchers, and policymakers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES Conference provides an open forum to share experiences, methods, and tools for assessing and incorporating ecosystem services into public and private decisions.

The goal of the conference is to link state-of-the-art science, practice, and decision-making by bringing together the ecosystem services community and decision-makers from around the United States and the globe. ACES will engage leaders in government, NGOs, academia, Native American tribes, and the private sector to advance the use of ecosystem services science and practice in resource management and other societal decisions.