The mission of bioSUSTAINABILITY is to evaluate the effectiveness of current measures for management of ecosystem services and to study decision making systems concerning the sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services.bioSUSTAINABILITY is a core project of DIVERSITAS which links biology, ecology and social sciences, to produce socially relevant new knowledge to support sustainable use of biodiversity.
Research priorities
- to define the roles of institutions in the sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- to address mismatches between biological, economic and political boundaries
- to incorporate ecosystem services into full-cost accounting of socio-economic decision making
- to improve decision making processes with multiple stakeholder groups
- to improve models of complex interactions between human and ecological systems to services to manage risks and uncertainties
Projects in progress
- Urban Atlas Project
- African Partnership Project on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
- Natural Capital Project
-Research collaboration Stockholm-Stellenbosch
- bioSUSTAINABILITY workshop organized by bioSUSTAINABILITY of DIVERSITAS, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Beijer institute, Natural Capital
- Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference, Biodiversity and society: understanding connections, adapting to change
Science Committee of bioSUSTAINABILITY
Co-Chairs
Thomas Elmqvist (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Stephen Polasky (University of Minnesota, USA)
Project Coordinator/Office Assistant
Rebecka Henriksson (Stockholm University, Sweden)
