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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 2020-21. BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) welcomes proposals for research funding within the vision and aims of BECC for the years 20

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-proposals-research-funding-becc - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Different aspects of forest governance were presented as well as landscape approaches to achieve multiple goals were discussed and exemplified. Different aspects of forest governance were presented in the morning by three invited speakers, Erik Sollander from the Swedish Forest Agency, Carina Keskitalo from Umeå Unive

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/forest-governance-meet-global-challenges - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During a one-day symposium in Gothenburg peatland was the theme, now you may follow the work organized and carried out by BECC researchers in several Swedish media. Peatland is a major questionmark in the combat of climate change. Skogaryd is an infrastructure of BECC and at the research station researcher within the

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/focus-peatland - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We appreciate your participation in the online conference, which was a very successful joining of about 100 participants. April 23 and 24 were two very rewarding days, filled with interesting sessions, poster presentations, office yoga, group discussions, as well as fruitful conversations and sharing of expertise. The

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thank-you-participating-becc-merge-spring-meeting-online-science-says-conference - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, depends on its forests and trees that protect soil fertility, preserve biodiversity, help to cope with climate change and provide fuel for cooking. But the forests used to be much vaster.” Eric Mirindi Dusenge, BECC researcher at University of Gothenburg, is part of a project to

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/tropical-montane-forests-warming-world - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ClimBEco’s annual summer meeting was held this August over two consecutive days, with both online and in-person meetings in Lund, Malmö and Gothenburg. The summer meeting is one of the highlights of our graduate school, where current PhD students can meet, network and learn more about an interdisciplinary topic. This

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-summer-meeting - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The theme of the ClimBEco annual meeting was “Multidisciplinary learning environments – seizing their opportunities and avoiding their pitfalls”. After an icebreaker that included seeing some sweet ‘corona-pets’ in the screens, we brought ourselves onto the level of metaphysics and the multiple ways of knowing about t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-winter-meeting-2021 - 2026-10-17

Photochemical smog, including tropospheric ozone and fine particles, is an important environmental concern over large parts of the world with strong connections to climate change climate policies. Especially in densely populated regions of the world with fast growing economies, such as China and India, there is a great risk for rising levels of air pollutants such as ozone with important environme

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/smog-ozone-and-particles-beijing-becc-focus - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. BECC researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered the individual traits of fungi, and how their hyphae – that is, the fungal threads that grow in soil - behave very differently as they navigate through the earth’s microscopic labyrinths. The study was performed in a lab environment, and the underground sys

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/soldiers-snakes-and-marathon-runners-hidden-world-fungi - 2026-10-17

The movie "The Bee Effect" is a movie about pollinators, the changes in the agricultural landscape and human impact. Researcher Maj Rundlöf is one of the interviewed researchers in the movie, which can be seen on SVT Play. About the movie:"In recent years there has been a dramatic reduction of pollinators, mainly due to pesticides, diseases and changes in the agricultural landscape. If this trend

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/bee-effect-movie-about-pollinators-and-human-influence - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish government has on 20 May 2021 decided on an assignment to the Swedish Forestry Agency to start re-wetting drained peatlands to reduce the amount of climate gases. This decision is based on the government inquiry “Vägen till en klimatpositiv framtid” (SOU2020:4). Findings from BECC-researchers, among others

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/assignment-swedish-forestry-agency-start-re-wetting-drained-peatlands - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The forest is currently at the centre of an intense debate. It concerns, in simplified terms, which climate benefits the forest can provide, either by sequestering carbon in standing forest, or by being used to substitute fossil fuels and fossil-intensive materials. In a new literature review from the Centre for Envir

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-benefits-forest-balancing-act-prioritisation - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. They become smaller as urbanisation increases. Troublesome, according to researcher Helena Hanson, because urban private gardens affect both cities’ biodiversity and human wellbeing by functioning as social green spaces. Now she strikes a blow for gardens in the urban planning. Green spaces, such as parks and allotmen

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/urban-private-gardens-promote-biodiversity - 2026-10-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two Lund University climate scientists, Kimberly Nicholas, who has acted as an observer at two global climate summits, and Markku Rummukainen, Sweden’s IPCC representative, talk about what comes next following the recent IPCC report. What do you view as the next steps following what was concluded in the IPCC report? K

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/what-comes-next-after-ipcc-climate-change-report - 2026-10-17

On the 13th of January 2015 the workshop "Science of Decision Making in Research" was held. You can now find both presentations and videos from the workshop. The workshop hosted 19 participants from different departments and universities. An ambition was to create contact points between BECC projects working with multi-criteria decision making and stimulate methodological discussions. The presenta

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/science-decision-making-research - 2026-10-17

A recent review article in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems proposed a new conceptual model on nitrogen (N) cycle responses to elevated CO2: gross N mineralization is stimulated in N-limited ecosystems only, but not in phosphorus limited ones. Authors are BECC researchers Tobias Rütting and Louise C. Andresen. The researchers have conducted a meta-analysis on gross N transformations in free air

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-article-about-climate-change-effects-soil-nitrogen-dynamics - 2026-10-17

A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the symbiotic fungi have lost many genes present in their free-living ancestors, and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2026-10-17

A new report shows that restored wetlands can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. BECC researchers Åsa Kasimir and Leif Klemedtsson at the University of Gothenburg are two of the authors. Drained peatland is a major source of greenhouse gases. The Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket), The Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen) and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) has b

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/hidden-greenhouse-gas-emissions-made-visible-new-report - 2026-10-17

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) invites interested researchers to nominate experts to be involved in the work of IPBES. Currently there is a call out for nominations of experts to 3 of the IPBES deliverables:1) A set of regional and sub-regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services implementing work programme deliverable 2b, including for:A

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/nomination-open-ipbes - 2026-10-17

30 years of study of several hundred plots (obsytor) in Swedish forests have followed the developments of forest damage. The result is a unique material about the effects of air pollution on the forest and its ecosystems up to 2013. BECC researcher Cecilia Akselsson, Lund University, has led the evaluation and Per Erik Karlsson, IVL, is one of the other co-authors of the report. Skogsstyrelsen sta

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/30-years-environmental-monitoring-shows-air-pollution-effects-forests - 2026-10-17