Abstract session 2 – Methods and conservation

*All presenters should bring their presentation on a USB stick to the presentation room 10 minutes before the scheduled session start*

When: Thursday, 19 October 09:45-11:45
Room: LIVING 4
Moderator: Francesca Verones, Associate Professor, Dept. of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU

15 minutes per presenter = 12-minute presentations + 3 minutes of questions

Abstract session 3– Workshop – National ecosystem assessments:

Biodiversity and ecosystem services assessments for facilitation of political awareness, management and sustainable development

When: Thrsday, 19 October 13:15-15:15
Room: LIVING 4

Assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key component for strengthening the science-policy interface for sustainable use and conservation of resources. However, good assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services are often lacking, hampering management and political awareness as well as scientific advances in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem services research. In this workshop, we want to involve researchers, managers and other stakeholders for discussing the framework for National Ecosystem Assessments (NEA) and draw on the experiences from the NEA from France, Portugal and Spain.

Some discussion questions:

1. How to organize an assessment, what is the main focus (specific nature types, sectors, challenges) and constraints? How to get access to relevant data, and who should be involved (research community, stakeholders)?
2. What type of impact/implications does the assessment have/are you hoping for: Policy, management, research agenda?
3. Which type of follow up actions could be relevant?

Program:

13.15 Introduction by organizers, Gunnar Austrheim and Bente Jessen Graae
13.20 Perspectives from the Spanish NEA - Fernando Santos Martin, Social-Ecological Systems Lab., Dpt. Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
13.50 Perspectives from the French NEA - Yann Kervinio, Division for Natural Resources and Risks Economics Transversal Directorate for Sustainable Development French Ministry for Environment
14.10 Perspectives from the Portuguese NEA – Vânia Proença, Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa
14.30 Comment from the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
14.40 – 15.15 Common discussion with the four panel members