European policy day on ‘Innovating with Nature: Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services for Sustainable EU Policies’

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Date(s) - 01 Mar 2016
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The European Commission DG Research & Innovation together with the EU-funded OpenNESS and OPERAs projects are organising an European policy day on ‘Innovating with Nature: Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services for Sustainable EU Policies’ on 1 March 2016 in Brussels. The event is taking place under the auspices of the Netherlands EU Presidency and will be opened by MEP Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN. The policy day aims to demonstrate the strong role nature plays in tackling current global challenges, and the critical contributions of natural capital and ecosystem services research to sustainable EU policies.

The draft agenda is available here. Please click here to register. Registration deadline is on 22 February 2016.

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