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boreal forest with green mosses on the ground. Photo.

2 Jun 2021

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 standi...

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24 May 2021

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

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3 Feb 2021

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 dif...

A Mentimeter wordpuzzle with disciplines in different colours. Illustration.

29 Jan 2021

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 ...

6 persons with raincoats and umbrellas standing on a jetty. Photo.

14 Sep 2020

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...

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

25 May 2020

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 co...

zoom group photo of conference members Science Says 2020

6 May 2020

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.

Peatland, water and brownish turfs. Photo.

27 Apr 2020

Focus on peatland

During a one-day symposium in Gothenburg peatland was the theme, now you may follow the work organized and carried out by BECC researchers in several Swedish media.

forest trees with grass below, sunlight. Photo.

20 Mar 2020

Forest governance to meet global challenges

Different aspects of forest governance were presented as well as landscape approaches to achieve multiple goals were discussed and exemplified.

Sprouts growing from piles of coins in glass jars. Photo.

15 Jan 2020

Call for proposals for research funding in BECC

BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2020-21.

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