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V-BIO

Stakeholder dialogue for mutual learning.

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

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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.

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From natural to social sciences.

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

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Cooperation between Lund University and University of Gothenburg.

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

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-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.

ClimBEco – cec.lu.se

News

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3 Feb 2021 | News

Soldiers, snakes and marathon runners in the hidden world of fungi

BECC researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered the individual traits of fungi, and how their hyphae – that is, the fungal threads that grow in soil - behave very differently as they navigate through the earth’s microscopic labyrinths.

A Mentimeter wordpuzzle with disciplines in different colours. Illustration.

29 Jan 2021 | News

Summary of ClimBEco winter meeting 2021

The theme of the ClimBEco annual meeting was “Multidisciplinary learning environments – seizing their opportunities and avoiding their pitfalls”. After an icebreaker that included seeing some sweet ‘corona-pets’ in the screens, we brought ourselves onto the level of metaphysics and the multiple ways...

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14 Sep 2020 | News

Summary of ClimBEco summer meeting

ClimBEco’s annual summer meeting was held this August over two consecutive days, with both online and in-person meetings in Lund, Malmö and Gothenburg. The summer meeting is one of the highlights of our graduate school, where current PhD students can meet, network and learn more about an interdiscip...

Countryside in Rwanda. Red earth, with green trees and five small houses. Photo

25 May 2020 | News

Tropical montane forests in a warming world

“Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, depends on its forests and trees that protect soil fertility, preserve biodiversity, help to cope with climate change and provide fuel for cooking. But the forests used to be much vaster.” Eric Mirindi Dusenge, BECC researcher at University of Gothenburg, is pa...

zoom group photo of conference members Science Says 2020

6 May 2020 | News

Thank you for participating in BECC-MERGE spring meeting online Science Says! conference

We appreciate your participation in the online conference, which was a very successful joining of about 100 participants.

Calendar

May

11 May 2021 08:30 to 11:45 | Conference

SRA workshop series: How can we develop research ideas and influence research policy related to the SDGs?

May

11 May 2021 12:45 to 12 May 2021 14:30 | Conference

BECC-MERGE annual spring meeting

May

17 May 2021 13:00 to 15:00 | Other

BECC Social Science Platform - meeting

May

26 May 2021 09:00 to 15:00 | ClimBEco

Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods in ecology and conservation

May

31 May 2021 09:00 to 12:00 | Conference

SRA workshop series: Future-oriented methodologies with focus on artificial intelligence (AI) related to SDG's

Jun

3 June 2021 09:45 to 10:30 | Other

BECC virtual coffee