Dear Oikos members
Would you mind spreading the word about this interdisciplinary doctoral block-course to be held in Skåne, 18-22. of November?
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture, forestry and urban environments
Human wellbeing is tightly linked to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and their management is a major societal challenge. This is an exciting, multi-faceted field of research. How can we take into account the different functions and services? What are the relevant scales for ecological processes and do they match management scales? How do we account for the value of ecosystem services? In this course, we take a decidedly interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on community and landscape ecology, environmental management, governance and environmental economics to explore these question with leading researchers in the field:
• Multifunctionality in production landscapes (Micael Jonsson, Umeå University)
• Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services across scales (Romain Carrié and Yann Clough, Lund University)
• Decisions, governance and their relationship to ecosystem services and biodiversity (Julia Leventon, Leuphana University)
• The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services (Mark Brady, Lund University / SLU AgriFood)
• Ecosystem services in urban environments – research and planning (Chiara Cortinovis, Lund University)
• Excursion and case-study with the ecologist from Hässleholm municipality (Lars-Erik Williams, Hässleholm municipality)
For the detailed course schedule and the link to the registration please go to the following page, and scroll down:
Best wishes
Yann Clough
Yann Clough
Professor, Environmental Science
Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University
Sölvegatan 37, S-223 62 Lund Sweden
Office: +46(0)462226831; Mobile: +46(0)762268070
SkypeID: yclough; Website; Twitter: @yannclough
