Biodiversity and ecosystem services in Nordic coastal ecosystems : an IPBES-like assessment. Volume 1. The general overview

This report describes the status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Nordic region, the drivers and pressures affecting them, interactions and effects on people and society, and options for governance. The main report consists of two volumes. Volume 1 The general overview (this...

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Main Authors: Belgrano, A, Clausen, P, Ejdung, G, Gamfeldt, L, Gundersen, H, Hammer, M, Hancke, K, Hansen, J.L.S, Heiskanen, A-S, Häggblom, M, Højgård Petersen, A, Ilvessalo-Lax, H, Jernberg, S, Kvarnström, M, Lax, H-G, Køie Poulsen, M, Lindblad, C, Magnussen, K, Mustonen, T, Mäen-pää, M, Norling, P, Roth, E, Roto, J, Sogn Andersen, G, Svedäng, H, Söderberg, C, Sørensen, J, Tunón, H, Vihervaara, P, Vävare, S, Kallio, M
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen 2018
Subjects:
Environmental Management
Miljöledning
Faroe Islands
Greenland
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-5272
https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2018-536
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Summary:This report describes the status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Nordic region, the drivers and pressures affecting them, interactions and effects on people and society, and options for governance. The main report consists of two volumes. Volume 1 The general overview (this report) and Volume 2 The geographical case studies. This study has been inspired by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES). It departs from case studies (Volume 2, the geographical case studies) from ten geographical areas in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) and the autonomous areas of Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. The aim was to describe status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Nordic region, including the drivers and pressures affecting these ecosystems, the effects on people and society and options for governance. The Nordic study is structured as closely as possible to the framework for the regional assessments currently being finalized within IPBES. The report highlights environmental differences and similarities in the Nordic coastal areas, like the inhabitants´ relation to nature and the environment as well as similarities in social and policy instruments between the Nordic countries. This study provides background material for decision-making and it is shown that Nordic cooperation is of great importance for sustainable coastal management and should be strengthened in future work.

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