Summer School: Applied methods for ecosystem services assessments. From theory to practice.

30. 6. 2023

Date: 4-8 September 2023

Location: Lednice, Czech Republic

Organizer: Mendel University in Brno, Faculty od Regional Development and International Studies

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.

Course objectives

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

Lecturers
Luis Inostroza
Jiří Schneider
Peter Mederly
Malte Bührs

FIRST PART IN LEDNICE

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

SECOND PART ON-LINE

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

Contact
Ludmila Floková

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