The summer school will introduce participants to the ecological foundations of ecosystem services to provide highly practical and method-oriented training to evaluate the benefits provided by green and blue infrastructure. Our approach will provide knowledge skills to navigate the conceptual apparatus, and the methodological characteristics of ecosystem services assessments, with an emphasis on quantitative spatially explicit methods, able to be used in the context of spatial, landscape and urban planning.
The summer school will combine theoretical lectures, fieldwork and practical exercises in situ and online. The practical part will take place in the beautiful city of Lednice, in Czechia from 4-9 September 2023 at MENDELU campus, which is located in the middle of the Lednice-Valtice area, which is a UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Czech Republic. During this week participants will enjoy high-quality lectures from local and guest lecturers and develop a practical exercise in the surrounding areas. To successfully finalize the summer school, participants will present their results online between 11-13 September.
The aim of the summer school is to develop the conceptual foundations and the practical understanding to perform a spatially explicit ecosystem services assessment of green and blue infrastructure.
The summer school is funded by the ERASMUS project. If you would like to extend your summer in an international environment and improve your knowledge and skills, please apply via the contact email. The maximum capacity is 20 participants.
Mobility programme: Erasmus+
Credit info: 3 ECTS
MONDAY 04/09/2023
09.00 – 11.00 ARRIVAL – of participants and students in Lednice and accommodation
09.00 – 11.00 REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
12.00 – 12.30 Introduction of participants and opening of the summer school
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
BLOCK I – Ecological foundations of ecosystem services science
14.00 – 15.30 LECTURE 1: Ecosystem services science, epistemological and ecological foundations (Luis Inostroza)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 LECTURE 2: The mission of ecosystem services. The relevance for decision-making and public administration (Luis Inostroza)
18.00 – 22.00 Welcome barbeque in the flowering garden of the Faculty of Horticulture, MENDELU
TUESDAY 05/09/2023
BLOCK II – Applied methods for ecosystem services assessments
09.00 – 10.30 LECTURE 3: Identification of ecosystem services. Navigating the CICESv5.1 (Luis Inostroza)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 LECTURE 4: Assessment procedures based on biophysical data using GIS analysis – example of Slovak Republic (Peter Mederly)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 LECTURE 5: Available data as a necessary basis for the assessment of ecosystem services (Jiří Schneider)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 FIELD WORK – identification of ecosystem services. trip to Lednicko-Valtický UNESCO world heritage area
WEDNESDAY (06/09/2023)
BLOCK III – Ecosystem services, decision-making, and public administration knowledge-experts II
09.00 – 10.30 ROUNDTABLE/DISCUSSION: field excursion results, (Luis Inostroza, Peter Mederly, Jiří Schneider)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Introduction to the IMECOGIP toolbox
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Continuation, IMECOGIP toolbox
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Continuation, IMECOGIP toolbox
THURSDAY (07/09/2023)
BLOCK IV – Teamwork on case studies
09.00 – 10.30 LECTURE 6 – Guest lecture TBC
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 LECTURE 7 – Guest lecture TBC
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 TEAMWORK – room D11
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 TEAMWORK
20.00 Dinner in winecellar
FRIDAY (08/09/2023)
09.00 – 11.30 PRESENTATIONS – room D11 – Team presentation of ES assessments
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.30 CLOSING – of the presential part of the summer school
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
DEPARTURE of students and participants
MONDAY (11/09/2023)
HOMEWORK – Preparation of presentation
TUESDAY (12/09/2023)
14.00 – 15.30 CONSULTATION with lecturers
WEDNESDAY (08/09/2023)
14.00 – 16.00 PRESENTATION – of teamwork
16.15 – 16.45 DISCUSSION, conclusions
CLOSING – of the summer school
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