Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing environment: Challenges for science and conservation

This first NØF-conference will focus on how biodiversity and ecosystem services are affected by changes in drivers such as climate, resource consumption, land and water use, and on how ecological science can contribute to sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystem services. This is particularly relevant because the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was established in April 2012 as a parallel to IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). The success of IPBES depends critically on effective communication with the ecological research community about research of relevance for the maintenance and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services.