The second Polish Community of Practice (CoP) meeting took place on 26 May 2024 in Poznań, organised by the Department of Integrated Geography, Faculty of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University. The meeting brought together nine stakeholders representing local authorities, businesses and public institutions to explore how ecosystem services can better support decision-making. The session focused on ...

The 6th KAEPP Seminar, Ecosystem Services – Challenges of Valuation and Implications for Decision-Making, was held on 10 April 2026 at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in a hybrid format. The seminar explored approaches to identifying, assessing, mapping and valuing ecosystem services, with a focus on their role in environmental, agricultural and spatial planning. It offered an opportunity to discuss ...

SELINA was showcased at BioMonWeek 2026, held between 4–8 May 2026 in Montpellier, France. Co-organised by Biodiversa+, Alliance for Nature, BioAgora, GBIF ECA and MARCO-BOLO, the conference brought together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders to advance biodiversity monitoring across Europe. The conference programme was organised around nine core themes, spanning terrestrial, freshwater and marine monitor...

The sixth Italian Community of Practice (CoP) meeting took place on 22 June 2026, organised by SELINA partners from the University of Trento. Building on the previous meeting, the discussion focused on how ecosystem evidence can support collaboration between public and private actors in environmental decision-making. The meeting featured three presentations: ‘The experience of the City of Trento in developing its Urban Greening Plan...

The eighth and final SELINA Workshop will take place from 28 September to 2 October 2026 in Riga, Latvia. Following two workshops focused primarily on public and private-sector decision-making, Workshop #8 will take a broader perspective, featuring dedicated sessions on lessons learned and the integration of SELINA's results. Bringing together project partners, stakeholders and members, the Workshop will provide an opportunity to refl...

SELINA was showcased at the World Biodiversity Forum, held between 14–19 June 2026 in Davos, Switzerland and organised by the University of Zurich, where the project presented its work on ecosystem services and evidence-based decision-making to an international audience. Throughout the event, participants had the opportunity to visit the Pensoft Publishers booth, where SELINA's project materials were on display, highlighting the project'...

Between 3–4 June 2026, SELINA took part in EU Green Week 2026 in Brussels, Belgium, organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment. This year's conference focused on the business case for nature, bringing together stakeholders from across Europe to exchange ideas on nature-inclusive decision-making. SELINA was represented by partners from VITO, who welcomed visitors at the project's ex...

A new SELINA publication, “Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (FIEA): A structured approach to support evidence-based decision-making”, has been published in the journal One Ecosystem. The publication presents the Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (FIEA), developed within SELINA to support the use of ecosystem information in evidence-based decision-making. It brings together ecological, economic and social aspects a...

Between 30 June and 2 July 2026, the SELINA partners gathered in Galway, Ireland, for the project's 7th Workshop, hosted by the Cohab Initiative and the Capitals Coalition. The event was held in a hybrid conditions, bringing together over 50 project partners, stakeholders and invited experts in person, and around 10 online, for three days of collaboration, knowledge exchange and discussions on strengthening evidence-based decision-making in the p...

This July, SELINA marks its fourth year of advancing the integration of biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services into decision-making across Europe. Over the past year, the project continued to strengthen collaboration, outreach and knowledge exchange across its growing network. Communities of Practice remained at the heart of these efforts, bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders across Euro...

Two new policy briefs were developed within SELINA as part of Task 3. 2 (Derive a minimum set of key ecosystem condition indicators per ecosystem type), providing a framework for monitoring ecosystem pressures and recovery across the European Union. The first brief, “Prioritising EU Environmental Action: The Human Pressure Index as a Spatial Decision-Support Tool”, presents the Human Pressure Index (HPI), a tool designed to identify where ecosy...

SELINA is glad to share the project will participate in this year's EU Green Week, Europe's leading environmental conference, organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG Environment). Taking place on 3–4 June 2026 in Brussels, the 26th edition of EU Green Week will focus on the business case for nature, highlighting how a nature-positive economy can strengthen Europe's prosperity, resilience, and competitiven...