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Welcome to BECC

world leading research about the dynamics between biodiversity and ecosystem services in a rapidly changing world

Stakeholder dialogue for mutual learning

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

Research on grand challenges of our time

effects of anthropogenic emissions, climate change and land-use on ecosystems and biodiversity.

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 and more than 300 researchers.

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30 Nov 2022 | News

It is time to put biodiversity on the agenda – five Lund researchers on the challenges for COP15

Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. Two researchers with a membership in BECC will attend the meeting. In this article they comment the upc...

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15 Nov 2022 | News

Old, unprotected forests might disappear by the 2070s in Sweden

Swedish, previously uncut forests have been converted to plantations at a steady rate since 2003. In a new study, BECC-researcher Anders Ahlström and his research team find that old forests have been cut and lost by ∼1.4% per year since 2003, and at this rate they will disappear by the 2070s.

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8 Nov 2022 | News

IPCC: Summary for All

Just before the start of COP27, IPCC released a popular science version of its latest report on climate change. Deliang Chen, professor at MERGE and BECC, is one of the authors and comments the summary, which is also available for download.

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28 Oct 2022 | News

Reflections from ClimBEco summer meeting 2022

After this summer meeting, one cannot understate the importance of and unmistakeable delight in meeting in-person after a long, pandemic-sized hiatus.

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20 Oct 2022 | News

Two BECC PI:s receive funding from Formas for research on climate and agriculture

Jonas Ardö and Johannes Rousk are Principal Investigators at BECC. They have both received funding from the recent Formas call that focus on climate and agriculture.

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ClimBEco Graduate Research School

ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school connected to CEC (Centre for Environmental and Climate Science). It promotes interdisciplinary research, partly within the BECC research areas, by supporting PhD students in networking and learning across different fields of study.