Professors James Meadowcroft and Graeme Auld of the School of Public Policy are part of an international team that will be examining the way the idea of ‘ecosystem services’ has been applied around the world.
The team, led by Dr. Hayley Stevenson of the University of Sheffield and Carleton’s Dr. Meadowcroft has been awarded an 800,000 Euro grant from three European foundations to carry out the project.
The three year effort will examine how the concept of ecosystems services has been understood by international organizations, how it has been implemented on the ground, and what have been the practical implications for communities, resource systems and nature protection.
The funders are the Wellcome Trust (UK), Volkswagen Foundation (Germany) and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden).