Resarch projects at CBM
These are a selection of the research projects at CBM. The list will be supplemented gradually.
Current research projcts
- A One Health approach to strengthening capacities for detection of emerging zoonoses in Asian wildlife and people
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Biocultural heritage in species-rich road verges
- IHOPE The Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE) is a global network of researchers.
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Sustainable organic food from heritage cereal – using history to form the future
Introducing historical heritage cereals on a larger scale has the potential to contribute to several of the UN sustainable development goals, improve public health, as well as increase profitability of organic farming.
- Triekol (Transport Infrastructure Ecology) Triekol is a research programme on the impact of transport infrastructure on biodiversity and landscape ecology. The programme is financed by the Swedish Transport Administration.
Completed research projects
- Biodiversity, uncertainty, and ethics The project addresses environmental and moral philosophical discussions on biodiversity. This will provide a framework for analyzing how biodiversity is valued in policy.
- Claws and laws
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Indigenous and Local Knowledge within the IPBES Process
IPBES is an international intergovernmental platform aimed at strengthening the interplay between knowledge and political decisions on biodiversity, human wellbeing and ecosystem services for sustainable use of Earth's resources. Integrating indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) with "conventional" scientific ecological knowledge is one of the most important building blocks in this process.
- IPBES regional assessment Professor Tuija Hilding-Rydevik is the Review Editor of chapter 1 of the Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), by IPBES.
- NILS ESS – National monitoring for assessing and valuating ecosystem services in Fennoscandian alpine and boreal landscapes The project NILS ESS compiles and analyzes information from NILS (National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden) on ecosystem services in the northern Swedish mountains and forests.
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Professional knowledge in and about nature
"Exploring processes of informal learning concerning biodiversity among local users of natural resources in Sweden" This project concerns informal learning processes concerning biodiversity among local users of natural resources in Sweden.
- Sustainable harvesting of biomass from forests - development of methods for sustainability analysis
- The Ethnobiological project
- Urban ponds
- World Heritage, bureaucrats and indigenous peoples’ knowledge
Published: 02 October 2018 - Page editor: cbm-webmaster@slu.se
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