June 16, 2023, University of Copenhagen
A symposium on the values of biodiversity was held at the University of Copenhagen with funding from the June 15 Foundation, featuring keynote speakers Professor Unai Pascual, Professor Mette Termansen, and Professor Arild Vatn, all of whom were involved in the development of the IPBES report *The Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature*.
Presentations can be downloaded as PDF files below. The symposium program can be downloaded here in Danish or English.
Presentations
Justine Grønbæk Pors, associate professor at Copenhagen Business School and member of the IPBES Steering Committee
“Introduction to IPBES”
Unai Pascual, professor and chair of the IPBES report on the values of nature and biodiversity
“IPBES Values Assessment: Context and Key Findings”
Mette Termansen, professor at the University of Copenhagen and coordinating lead author of the IPBES report
“Values and Valuation”
Arild Vatn, professor at NMBU and coordinating lead author of the IPBES report
“Values and Decision-Making”
Lorenzo Benini, senior researcher at the European Environment Agency
Roger Strand, professor at the University of Bergen
“Exploring fundamental change in our relationship with nature”
Niels Strange, professor at the University of Copenhagen and member of the Biodiversity Council
“The Need for a Biodiversity Act and Its Contribution to Safeguarding the Value of Biodiversity”
Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, professor at the University of Copenhagen
“A Proposal for How to Incorporate Biodiversity into Green GDP”
Mette Termansen, professor at the University of Copenhagen and coordinating lead author of the IPBES report
“Integrating the Value of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Land-Use Planning”
