By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 5 July 2022 In a new report IPBES consider what values that can be put on nature, and what methods exist to calculate such a values. Photo: Istock. Is it possible to put a value on nature and the vital ecosystem services it provides for us? What are the pros and cons of different valuation models? These are the k

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-nature-be-valued-new-report-way-ipbes - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 6 July 2022 A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on the profile area ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Photo: Kenneth Ruona. A Vice-Chancellor’s decision has been taken on five profile areas for Lund University. One of the areas is ClimBioSis, which involves several CEC researchers. Thirt

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/vice-chancellor-says-yes-climbiosis-profile-area - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Photo: Hans Ott/Unsplash. New data by the research infrastructure ICOS confirms that natural carbon sinks such as the ocean and forests are not stable. Climate change makes these sinks more vulnerable, in some cases even turning them into carbon emitters. This compromises current climate targets

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-change-makes-carbon-sinks-more-vulnerable - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Urban forests have less bird diversity compared to forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. Photo: Tariq Sulemani/Istockphoto. A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 October 2022 Adrian Gustafson doing fieldwork in the Arctic. Photo: Private. Effects of a warmer Arctic are not only negative for the climate, according to a new thesis from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, Sweden. Modelling showed that moving the tree line upwards could incr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2025-07-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 7 November 2022 The clear-cutting shown from above. Please observe that the clar-cut is shown at a higher speed in the video than in reality. Video: ICOS Norunda. The machines have started rolling in at Norunda and are cutting down trees, one by one. Norunda is Sweden’s oldest measuring station for greenhouse gases and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/clear-cut-forest-provides-essential-information-climate-research - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 3 November 2022 Markku Rummukainen. Photo: Kennet Ruona The UN’s annual climate change conference takes place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and contribute to th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda - 2025-07-03

By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 10 November 2022 Coastal engineer Caroline Hallin teaches doctoral students from the interdisciplinary ClimBEco Graduate Research School at Knäbäckshusen in Skåne, Sweden. Photo: Sara Håkansson The coast is changing. The sea is encroaching further inland, and the shoreline of childhood memory no longer looks th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/interdisciplinary-research-school-skanes-beaches - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 30 November 2022 Just over two weeks after the climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/it-time-put-biodiversity-agenda-five-lund-researchers-challenges-cop15 - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 14 December 2022 Newly hatched baby birds - the study investigated how they were affected by various effects of the urban environment. Photo: Caroline Isaksson, Lund University. Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are c

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2025-07-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 21 December 2022 António Guterres, Secretary-General of United Nations, at COP15 in Montréal, Canada. Photo: Maria Blasi The COP15 summit is over, and the world has received a sister deal to the "Paris Agreement", a global framework to protect biodiversity on the planet.  – It is a great moment for biodiversity. We nee

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cop15-key-outcomes-biological-diversity - 2025-07-03

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 31 January 2023 Adding "mini-meadows", is one way of helping pollinators. Photo: Therese EK Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the nation

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works - 2025-07-03

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 31 January 2023 The forest's environmental goals are not being met today. Klas Lucander has investigated what effects increased nitrogen fertilization could have on the forest. Photo: Shutterstock Forests are important for climate change mitigation, both as raw material for biofuels and for carbon storage. At the same

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/risk-eutrophication-and-acidification-if-forest-fertilization-introduced-southern-sweden - 2025-07-03

Published 9 March 2015 Dr Dan Metcalfe is co-author to a Nature paper now out, based upon his work with the Global Ecosystem Monitoring Network. From observations across a network of forest plots in the Amazon basin, the study finds that tree keep growing but cut back on respiratory metabolism during severe drought.This remarkable result suggests that trees maintain their short-term competitive ed

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/drought-impact-forest-carbon-dynamics-and-fluxes-amazonia - 2025-07-03

Published 13 June 2016 The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) holds its next Biennial Conference at the Australian National University in Canberra on 5 – 7 July 2016. The South Asian Studies Association of Australia (SASAA) – the organisation behind the excellent South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies – actively participates in the Canberra conference with special panels; and Profes

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/craig-jeffrey-keynote-speaker-asaa-conference-canberra - 2025-07-03

Published 13 June 2016 A Call for papers has been announced for a panel on ”Economic Transformation and Urbanisation: The future of pluriactive small farmers and rural workers in South Asia?” to be held at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Third Forum of Sociology in Vienna, Austria, 10 – 14 July 2016. The panel will be chaired by Prof. Staffan Lindberg, Lund University, and Prof. S

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-economic-transformation-and-urbanisation-india - 2025-07-03

Published 13 June 2016 On Saturday 30 July 2016, the Bangalore Research Network – NAGARA invites scholars and ethnographers for its second annual workshop. The aim is to share recently-completed or advanced stage Ethnographic research on the city of Bangalore in a one-day workshop. The main goal is to take stock of the field of ‘Bangalore Studies’ over the last few decades and to consider future d

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/bangalore-research-network-nagara-second-annual-workshop-announced - 2025-07-03

Published 13 June 2016 The University of Jyväskylä in Finland invites participants to a conference entitled ”Poverty's Causes and Consequences in the Urban Developing World”, which will be held 4–6 August 2016. Anthropologists, ethnologists, sociologists, socio-economists, political scientists and development researchers among others are invited to submit session proposals for this conference. Ses

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/august-2016-jyvaskyla-conference-povertys-consequences-urban-developing-world - 2025-07-03

Published 7 July 2016 SASNET and School of Journalism (Journalistutbildningen) at Lund University invites you to a workshop day on September 23, 2016, from 9.30 to 3 pm in the LUX building in Lund. The event will discuss and highlight the future challenges for journalism and media in India and Sweden. The event is part of the Sweden–South Asia Media Project. During the day you will be able to meet

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-arranges-workshop-about-digital-media - 2025-07-03

Published 11 July 2016 The Second International Conference on Law and Economics will be held in at IIT Kanpur, India on 3 - 4 September 2016. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) jointly organize the conference. The conference seeks to provide a platform where intellectuals in international and na

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/kanpur-conference-law-and-economics - 2025-07-03