READING/DEFENSE OF THESIS ON THE EVALUATION AND VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE URDAIBAI RESERVE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM
On Tuesday, December 18th at 10:30 in the conference room of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Basque Country, our colleague Nekane Castillo Eguskitza will read and defend her thesis titled “Ecosystem services assessment in Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve social-ecological system: Insights into management strategies/Ekosistemen zerbitzuen ebaluazioa Urdaibaiko Biosfera Erreserbako sistema sozial-ekologikoan: Kudeaketa estrategietarako ezaguerak”. The thesis directors are Miren Onaindia and Alejandro Rescia.
The thesis centres around the evaluation and valuation of ecosystem services in the Urdaibai reserve social-ecological system, with the overall objective of supporting decision-making for landscape planning and sustainable land use management.
The examination board will include Carlos Montes from the Autonomous University of Madrid, professors José María Becerril and Ibone Ametzaga from the University of the Basque Country, Professor Cristina Herrero from the Complutense University of Madrid and the researcher Ioanna Grammatikopoulou from Natural Resources Institute Finland.