405 research outputs found
Ekosystemtjänster i praktiken [Elektronisk resurs] : Erfarenheter av att praktiskt använda begreppet ekosystemtjänster i planering och beslutsfattande i Sverige och en exempelsamling
No full textStår du inför utmaningen att börja arbeta med ekosystemtjänster i din myndighet, organisation eller företag? Eller har du redan påbörjat arbetet och behöver lära hur andra har gjort för att komma vidare? Då kan du ta del av erfarenheter i denna rapport.Här presenteras resultaten av arbeten med ekosystemtjänster. Detta kompletteras med en intervjustudie så att du ska kunna ta del av personliga reflektioner som du kan komma att känna igen dig i och förhoppningsvis kommer hämta inspiration ur när du tar nästa steg i din analys av ekosystemtjänster.Naturvårdsverkets ambition är att rapporten inspirerar fler att börja förhålla sig till och räkna med ekosystemtjänster när planer, strategier och beslut ska tas. Rapporten är framtagen av professor Tuija Hilding-Rydevik, och forskare Malgorzata Blicharska, Centrum för biologisk mångfald, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet och Uppsala universitet. Författarna svarar själva för rapportens innehåll.</p
Ekosystemtjänster i praktiken : Erfarenheter av att praktiskt använda begreppet ekosystemtjänster i planering och beslutsfattande i Sverige och en exempelsamling
No full textStår du inför utmaningen att börja arbeta med ekosystemtjänster i din myndighet, organisation eller företag? Eller har du redan påbörjat arbetet och behöver lära hur andra har gjort för att komma vidare? Då kan du ta del av erfarenheter i denna rapport. Här presenteras resultaten av arbeten med ekosystemtjänster. Detta kompletteras med en intervjustudie så att du ska kunna ta del av personliga reflektioner som du kan komma att känna igen dig i och förhoppningsvis kommer hämta inspiration ur när du tar nästa steg i din analys av ekosystemtjänster. Naturvårdsverkets ambition är att rapporten inspirerar fler att börja förhålla sig till och räkna med ekosystemtjänster när planer, strategier och beslut ska tas. Rapporten är framtagen av professor Tuija Hilding-Rydevik, och forskare Malgorzata Blicharska, Centrum för biologisk mångfald, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet och Uppsala universitet. Författarna svarar själva för rapportens innehåll
Context dependency and stakeholder involvement in EIA: the decisive role of practitioners
No full textThe outcomes of frameworks and practices for stakeholder involvement in environmental impact assessment (EIA) for road planning, under the umbrella of a common EU legal framework, are investigated here in specific national contexts. Data for the two empirical cases examined - Poland and Sweden - are related to the recent ongoing discussion on context dependency for Environmental Assessments (EA). The analysis, informed by practitioner interviews and documentary review, comprises a historical review of the evolution of EIA and stakeholder involvement, and examines more closely the legal frameworks, formal and informal arenas for stakeholder involvement, and norms of stakeholder involvement held by professionals involved in the planning process in the two countries. The results challenge existing assumptions about the relative depth of institutionalisation of stakeholder involvement and environmental concern in a Scandinavian and Central-Eastern European context, and highlight the decisive role of practitioners in the application of EA frameworks in planning practice.Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), context dependency, road planning, stakeholder involvement, deliberation,
Chairs on Chairs: Mark Pimlott
No full textInterview by Malgorzata Neumann with Mark Pimlott.OLD Interio
Measurement of low-mass pair production in 2AGeV C-C collisions with HADES
No full textOnTEAM metadata: GDSID: DOC-2008-Oct-73; Attribute ID: LIBRARY-thesis_diss-2008-017; Title: [GSI Diss 2008-08] Measurement of low-mass e+ e- pair production in 2AGeV C-C collisions with HADES [no download]; Author(s): Sudol, Malgorzata; Corporate author(s): ; Publication date: 20081022; Creator: manton; Creation date: 22.10.2008 15:24:46; Change date: 30.09.2010 15:04:28; Access: Welt; Attribute type: Text.Thesis.Diss; Directory path: ['GSI Publications', 'GSI as Publisher']; Attribute path: ['Infrastructure', 'Library and Documentation', 'thesis_diss', 'Added in 2008']; File name(s): ['DOC-2008-Oct-73-1.pdf']; File title(s): ['']; File access: ['nur berechtigte Gruppen'
Using a Swedish forest biodiversity assessment under Polish conditions
Get PDFDuring last 2000 years dramatic changes have occurred in Europe and many features of old forest have been lost or declined. The primal goal of many plantations in Europe has been for many decades to provide wood and not much attention was paid to other aspects of forestry. The changes in European forests and introduction of intensive plantations with clear-cuts had tremendous impact on biodiversity. During the early 1990s concern for the loss of biodiversity was introduced on the political agenda and the global processes promoting restoration and maintenance of forest biodiversity started. The term sustainable forest management has become popular and new guidelines for multiple-use forest management were created. One of the major goals of sustainable forestry is restoration and maintenance of high biodiversity and the management activities should be adjusted to the needs of nature conservation. Throughout the development of international policy focused on biodiversity, the need for tools for assessment and evaluation of forest diversity has arisen. Different assessment methods have been elaborated and tested. One of the biodiversity assessment method developed and used in Sweden is the "Assessment of Forest Biodiversity Potential" (Drakenberg and Lindhe, 1999), here called "The Swedish assessment". It is a method of indirect assessment of biodiversity, which is based on disturbance regimes in the forest. The main objective of this work was to investigate if the Swedish assessment could be used in Poland and if this kind of assessment is needed in Polish forestry. The literature review was conducted to find background information on biodiversity and methods of its assessments in Europe, forests in Poland and Sweden and forestry and nature conservation in Poland. The Swedish assessment was used during the field work in Poland. The Swedish assessment was applied in 25 stands in three Polish national parks (Drawa, Kampinos and Pieniny). Poland and Sweden are situated in the same geographical region and have similar climatic conditions, apart from the northern part of Sweden. Both countries are located in the same vegetation zones (apart from the Boreal zone that covers northern part of Sweden). They are characterised by the same types of forests and the same disturbance regimes, however in different proportions. All the main forest types occurring in Poland and Sweden could be classified into one of the six forest categories of the Swedish assessment. Therefore the assessment can be used in both countries. Nevertheless, some adjustments are needed for the Polish version of the assessment.
There is no regular assessment of biodiversity potential of forest areas in Poland. The new protection areas can be created when some organisation, institution or private person report area that they consider as worth of being protected. Before, a detailed documentation describing values of the area must be prepared. No system of assessment of the biodiversity potential similar to the Swedish assessment was found in Poland. All evaluations of the values of forest areas are based on the descriptions of the stands. The author believes that the Swedish assessment could be a useful tool of selection of valuable areas in the managed forests. It could be included into programs of nature conservation in forest districts. The assessment could also be an indirect tool of management and an education tool for foresters. It could also be a help in selecting NATURA 2000 areas. The author suggests a step-wise introduction of the assessment in Poland, starting with workshops introducing the method and continuing with a project of implementation of the assessment in the whole country. Along the way more research on the use of the Swedish assessment in Poland should be carried out. Some adjustments are needed if the Swedish assessment is to be used in Poland. Some of the investigated stands were out of the scope of the assessment. Probably new forest categories would have to be created for Polish conditions (for example fir dominated stands). Fire is not a main disturbance regime in Poland, therefore some questions in the Swedish assessment concerning fire are not relevant. The author also suggests that questions in the assessment should be different for lowland and mountain stands. The stands chosen for the assessment had high conservation values. The assessment carried out in the stands also gave a high score to all the stands. This confirms that the assessment could be used in Polish high value forests. There were differences between scoring in various forest categories. For example 14 – 15 points means high value in the F category (fire adapted pioneer tree forests, usually with pine), whereas in W category (forests influenced by water, usually with alder) 18 – 20 points means high value of the forest. In general, the lower score in particular categories, the lower the age of the stand. It is understandable, since many features crucial for biodiversity occur only in older stands. The most common features in the investigated stands were features from the "dead wood" group. This result is surprising, since, according to Polish research, dead wood is missing in Polish national parks. Only three out of 23 national parks were chosen and 25 stands were investigated, therefore results may not be representative for the whole Poland, however they can give some insight into features common in Polish national parks
Correction to: Are the existing eu ecolabel criteria for furniture products too complex? An analysis of complexity from a material and a supply chain perspective and suggestions for ways ahead (The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, (2020), 25, 5, (868-882), 10.1007/s11367-019-01601-1)
No full textPublisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.The article “Are the existing EU Ecolabel criteria for furniture products too complex? An analysis of complexity from a material and a supply chain perspective and suggestions for ways ahead”, written by Shane Donatello, Mauro Cordella, Renata Kaps, Malgorzata Kowalska1 & Oliver Wolf1, was originally published Online First without Open Access. After publication in volume, issue, page the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an Open Access publication
Planning processes for transport and ecological infrastructures in Poland - actors’ attitudes and conflict
Get PDFBiodiversity conservation is an important contemporary issue on global, EU and national policy agendas. However, in the face of human economic development, the important question is how to protect, maintain and restore biodiversity, without compromising economic and social dimensions of sustainability. Two sectors that can to a large extent influence biodiversity are forestry and road infrastructure development. Forestry is a sector very important for biodiversity conservation, since a large amount of protected and threatened species resides in forest ecosystems and many natural processes crucial for biodiversity occur in the forest. In addition, forests and woodlands form a network of habitats for many area-demanding species. Due to intensive forest management and fragmentation of forest and woodlands many elements of biodiversity are threatened, including species, habitats and processes. Road infrastructure development is another process that can negatively influence biodiversity. A growing network of transport infrastructure without doubt affects the functionality of the forest habitat networks. Negative effects include traffic mortality due to road collisions and barrier effect for individuals caused by high traffic volume, noise, wide roads and fencing. Cumulative effects of the infrastructure development can also lead to a loss of different elements of biodiversity at the landscape scale. Poland, with a legacy of less intensive forest management and still without a well-developed road infrastructure, is fortunate in terms of biodiversity maintenance. Due to economic underdevelopment of some regions of the country, Poland is rich in natural values including specialized species, functional habitat networks and ecological processes. However, after entering the European Union, Poland has started a process of rapid economic development, mainly with the help of EU funding. Enhancing road infrastructure is presently a key issue of economic development in this country. Dramatic growth in the amount of new roads can have large scale consequences for the biodiversity of the country, and can even influence biodiversity at the European scale. Policies aiming at biodiversity maintenance underline the need for implementing sustainability ideas in the planning and management for biodiversity. Traditionally, economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainability are identified. To be able to balance these three dimensions in the efforts for biodiversity conservation, there is a need to incorporate social dimensions in the nature science research concerning biodiversity. Especially, consideration of local attitudes is necessary in planning for biodiversity conservation. The aim of this thesis is to examine actors’ attitudes and underlying values in two situations of conflict related to biodiversity conservation in Poland. One case concerns forest management in a biodiversity hot-spot, Białowieża forest and the other is about a development of a controversial road project of Augustów bypass. The results show that differences in attitudes may have various sources. The knowledge possessed by actors, their values, as well as scale at which they perceived biodiversity issues were identified as the main reasons for different attitudes. It was observed that in general, the actors whose attitudes were more “ecologically oriented” had to a large extent a cognitive view, that is their attitudes were mainly based on cognition (ecological knowledge) while “socially” or “economically oriented” actors’ attitudes were more connected to emotions. In addition to differing attitudes, lack of trust was recognized in both cases as a factor escalating the conflict. The results showed also that legal issues are crucial to consider when biodiversity conservation is at stake. The results may have implications for the practical biodiversity conservation, since they show that both learning and legal incentives would be beneficial for the biodiversity conservation in controversial planning cases. This calls for the need for neutral forum for efficient public participation, communication and trust building between the actors and learning about important issue
Role of planners and public participation in planning for biodiversity
Get PDFThe European Union (EU) is committed to conserving biodiversity, both in terms of natural and cultural legacies, and also to limiting biodiversity loss. Relevant policies have underlined the importance of considering ecological and social issues, as well as the complex relations between the two spheres in conservation of biodiversity. These policies have clear implications for all sectors responsible for planning for biodiversity conservation. In order to be consistent with international legislation, it is necessary to move beyond protected areas and include biodiversity conservation considerations in planning activities of various sectors, and also to involve relevant stakeholders in the planning process. This is in line with the landscape approach to planning that has recently been advocated in research and practical planning. The landscape approach has a holistic perspective that encompasses both ecological and social considerations.
This thesis focuses on the implementation of policies regarding biodiversity conservation and public participation; that is, the ecological and social dimensions of spatial planning in landscapes. In particular, I examine the role of people, such as planners implementing policies and other stakeholders who might influence biodiversity conservation. The studies within this thesis concern Poland and Sweden, and three sectors: regional, road and forestry planning.
The thesis is comprised of four papers. Paper I deals with planners working to implement biodiversity and public participation policies. Paper II concentrates on the issues of stakeholder involvement in the Environmental Impact Assessment of road planning. Paper III investigates a specific conflict that influenced the conservation of biodiversity in an important biodiversity hotspot. Paper IV is a conceptual paper that discusses the tools used to integrate ecological and social dimensions when implementing the European Landscape Convention.
The studies included in this thesis reveal that successfully implementing biodiversity conservation and public participation policies may require more than just ecological knowledge about how biodiversity should be maintained, and more than just formal guidelines regarding how the public should be treated in the planning process. In addition, the role of people who may influence the planning and decision making processes is crucial. Accordingly, there is a need for two key developments. Firstly, planners and the general public should be properly educated about conservation-related issues. Secondly, various incentives should be introduced that influence the behaviour and, in the longer term, the attitudes of the people who may affect biodiversity
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