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Stakeholder dialogue for mutual learning.

providing a scientific basis for policy development and the sustainable management of ecosystems and biodiversity.

Research on imperative questions of our time.

assessing the combined consequences of climate and land-use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services and provide a basis for informed societal responses.

From natural to social sciences.

tackling the complexities of social-ecological systems in a world affected by global change.

Cooperation between Lund University and University of Gothenburg.

2 universities, 16 departments – together more than 300 researchers.

-A research environment recognised as of high importance and quality by the Swedish Government.

the only governmentally funded strategic research area that focuses on biodiversity and ecosystem services.

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Burnt tree skeletons against a foggy sky. Photo.

12 Aug 2021 | News

What comes next: after the IPCC climate change report

Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report.

women in a white shirt sitting among green. Photo.

11 Aug 2021 | News

Urban private gardens promote biodiversity

They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbeing by functioning as social green spaces. Now she strikes a blow for gardens in the urban planning.

Forest in the background and two trucks digging in the forefront. Photo.

10 Jul 2021 | News

New report: Measures that support both the climate and biodiversity

Climate change and biodiversity losses have long been addressed in parallel organisations. Now the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are launching the first global report that integrate...

boreal forest with green mosses on the ground. Photo.

2 Jun 2021 | News

Climate benefits of the forest – a balancing act in prioritisation

The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, in simplified terms, which climate benefits the forest can provide, either by sequestering carbon in standing forest, or by being used to substitute fossil fuels and fossil-intensive materials.

24 May 2021 | News

Assignment to the Swedish Forestry Agency to start re-wetting drained peatlands

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