Research topic

Ecosystem services

Graciela Monica Rusch

Wide research interests on plant sciences, specifically on functional ecology, ecosystem function and ecological processes related to land-use, herbivory and the maintenance and management of biological diversity. Extensive international experience including research and consultancy projects in Europe, North America, South and Central America, and East Africa. Experience of project coordination including a number of international projects (Research Council of Norway and EU). A number of these projects are cross-disciplinary with components of ecology/biology and social/economic sciences. The work related to the projects have comprised own research, supervision of MSc and PhD students, consultancy and project coordination activities.


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Signe Nybø

  • Project management
  • Ecosystem condition and ecosystem accounting
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Nature Index of Norway http://www.naturindeks.no/
  • Radioecology
  • Restoring nature
  • Sustainable development with the focus on biodiversity
  • Synthesis

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David Barton

Ecosystem accounting, Environmental impact assessment (EIA), natural resource damage assessment (NRDA), non-market valuation of environmental impacts, environmental and economic risk analysis, decision-support systems and analysis, water resource economics, integrated water resource modelling and management.


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Erik Stange


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Erik Gomez-Baggethun


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Jiska Joanneke Van Dijk

  • Completed course Transformational leadership for sustainability (cCHANGE, Oslo): 2019
  • Completed Teachers training (pedagogic & didactic) - Environmental Education: June 2015
  • Working in the field of Human behaviour, transformative change and sustainability
  • Working in the field of landscape ecology and landscape planning issues
  • Working in the field of inter and transdisciplinary research
  • Working in the field of Ecosystem Services and valuation
  • Strong in participatory prosesses and dialogues
  • Strong in Science-Policy Interface processes (Alternet & EKLIPSE)
  • Otter expert - Norwegian representative IUCN-Otters SSG
  • Over 15 years of experience in brown bear, wolverine and otter research
  • Extensive field work and working in remote areas, data analyses and writing scientific papers, as well as dissemination of salient results
  • Over 15 years of experience in project coordination, teamwork and supervising students

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Trine Hay Setsaas

Wide experience working at the science-policy interface, from both the science and policy side and from national to global levels, and development and use of scientific knowledge, tools and methodologies in the conservation and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Working with applied and policy-relevant knowledge as well as promoting international collaboration. Holds the role as member of IPBES Task Force on Policy Tools and Methodologies and have previously held the role as Norway's national focal point for both CBD SBSTTA and UNCCD CST. Involved in the IPBES process since before its establishment, as a negotiator on behalf of the Norwegian Government. Now has a role as adviser to the Norwegian delegation to IPBES. Have been Norway's representative to the governing bodies of UN Environment and UN-Habitat in Nairobi, through the position as counsellor at the Royal Norwegian Embassy. At present working with facilitating and promoting international collaboration in applied environmental research as well as narrowing the gap between science and policy both in Norway and globally. Guest lecturer at both NTNU and NMBU. 

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Markus A.K. Sydenham


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Lajla Tunaal White

Bachelor of Science, Biology - University of Leeds 1995
Masters in Ecology - University of Aberdeen 1997

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Frank Ole Hanssen

  • Cartography, GIS and remote sensing
  • Spatial modelling and analysis
  • Tool development (ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online/Enterprise, Google Earth Engine)
  • Cloud computing (Google Earth Engine)
  • Project management and counseling 

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Anders Lyngstad


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Ecosystem services

Graciela Monica Rusch

Wide research interests on plant sciences, specifically on functional ecology, ecosystem function and ecological processes related to land-use, herbivory and the maintenance and management of biological diversity. Extensive international experience including research and consultancy projects in Europe, North America, South and Central America, and East Africa. Experience of project coordination including a number of international projects (Research Council of Norway and EU). A number of these projects are cross-disciplinary with components of ecology/biology and social/economic sciences. The work related to the projects have comprised own research, supervision of MSc and PhD students, consultancy and project coordination activities.


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Signe Nybø

  • Project management
  • Ecosystem condition and ecosystem accounting
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Nature Index of Norway http://www.naturindeks.no/
  • Radioecology
  • Restoring nature
  • Sustainable development with the focus on biodiversity
  • Synthesis

Show full profile of Signe Nybø

David Barton

Ecosystem accounting, Environmental impact assessment (EIA), natural resource damage assessment (NRDA), non-market valuation of environmental impacts, environmental and economic risk analysis, decision-support systems and analysis, water resource economics, integrated water resource modelling and management.


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Erik Stange


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Erik Gomez-Baggethun


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Jiska Joanneke Van Dijk

  • Completed course Transformational leadership for sustainability (cCHANGE, Oslo): 2019
  • Completed Teachers training (pedagogic & didactic) - Environmental Education: June 2015
  • Working in the field of Human behaviour, transformative change and sustainability
  • Working in the field of landscape ecology and landscape planning issues
  • Working in the field of inter and transdisciplinary research
  • Working in the field of Ecosystem Services and valuation
  • Strong in participatory prosesses and dialogues
  • Strong in Science-Policy Interface processes (Alternet & EKLIPSE)
  • Otter expert - Norwegian representative IUCN-Otters SSG
  • Over 15 years of experience in brown bear, wolverine and otter research
  • Extensive field work and working in remote areas, data analyses and writing scientific papers, as well as dissemination of salient results
  • Over 15 years of experience in project coordination, teamwork and supervising students

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Trine Hay Setsaas

Wide experience working at the science-policy interface, from both the science and policy side and from national to global levels, and development and use of scientific knowledge, tools and methodologies in the conservation and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Working with applied and policy-relevant knowledge as well as promoting international collaboration. Holds the role as member of IPBES Task Force on Policy Tools and Methodologies and have previously held the role as Norway's national focal point for both CBD SBSTTA and UNCCD CST. Involved in the IPBES process since before its establishment, as a negotiator on behalf of the Norwegian Government. Now has a role as adviser to the Norwegian delegation to IPBES. Have been Norway's representative to the governing bodies of UN Environment and UN-Habitat in Nairobi, through the position as counsellor at the Royal Norwegian Embassy. At present working with facilitating and promoting international collaboration in applied environmental research as well as narrowing the gap between science and policy both in Norway and globally. Guest lecturer at both NTNU and NMBU. 

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Markus A.K. Sydenham


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Lajla Tunaal White

Bachelor of Science, Biology - University of Leeds 1995
Masters in Ecology - University of Aberdeen 1997

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Frank Ole Hanssen

  • Cartography, GIS and remote sensing
  • Spatial modelling and analysis
  • Tool development (ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online/Enterprise, Google Earth Engine)
  • Cloud computing (Google Earth Engine)
  • Project management and counseling 

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Anders Lyngstad


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