Biodiversity and economy

21 August 2020, University of Southern Denmark

The symposium on biodiversity and economics was held at the University of Southern Denmark in collaboration with Roskilde University. It was funded by the 15. June Foundation and featured keynote speaker professor Martin Quaas.

The presentations can be downloaded as PDFs below. The program for the symposium can be downloaded here.

Presentations

Eva Roth, Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark
“IPBES – an economic perspective

Lars Dinesen, Coordinator of the Danish IPBES office
“Biodiversity and economy – IPBES in Denmark and the global results

Martin Quaas, Professor at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
“Improving the scientific basis for establishing sustainability in human-nature relationships

Matt Jones, Head of Business and Biodiversity at UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
“Biodiversity and the private sector – experiences and best practices

Ole Buhl, Head of Environmental Social Governance and Senior Vice President at ATP
“Biodiversity – part of the ESG agenda”
(Danish)

Kristian Østerling Eriknauer, Chief Marketing Officer at Arla Foods
“Arla Foods – Private sector perspective on biodiversity conservation

Heidi Buur Holbeck, Head of Nature, SEGES, Danish Agriculture and Food Council
“Biodiversity and economy in agriculture”
(Danish)

Anne Drøgemüller, Biologist at Vejle Municipality
“Biodiversity planning and the importance of biodiversity for the municipality’s economy”
(Danish)

Peter Saabye Simonsen, Head of Secretariat at the Wadden Sea National Park
“Economics of nature and biodiversity protection in the Wadden Sea”
(Danish)

Mats Ivarsson, Chief Specialist at COWI Sweden
“Ecosystem service analysis in sustainability assessment of the Swedish Marine Spatial Plans (MSP)”

Thorkil Casse, Associate Professor at Roskilde University
“Valuation of biodiversity economic benefits and use of data

Jesper Sølver Schou, Associate Professor at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
“Putting a value on biodiversity: The economic argument in nature conservation seen from a society perspective