Publications, in both academic and popular media, by members of the project
Sandberg, O.M., Schultz, A., Gudmundsdottir, R. and Skulason, S. (2025). ‘Species’ Is Not the (Only) Unit of Biodiversity: A Process-Philosophical Perspective on Conservation Concepts. Marine Ecology, 46 (1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12857
Rannveig Magnúsdóttir. Fjölbreytni í náttúru Íslands. Article on Visir to celebrate Day of Icelandic nature, 16 September 2024.
Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir. Hatar þú heiðlóur? Article on Visir to celebrate Day of Icelandic nature, 16 September 2024.
Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Skúli Skúlason, Ole Martin Sandberg and Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir. 2024. Líffræðileg fjölbreytni á Norðurlöndum. Náttúrufræðingurinn 94 (1-2). 49-53.
Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Skúli Skúlason, Ole Sandberg and Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir. Fögnum á degi líffræðilegrar fjölbreytni (Celebrate on the International Day for Biodiversity). Vísir on 22 May 2024.
Hanna-Kaisa Lakka. Four news releases were in the University of Jyväskylä newsletter BIOSKA.
The first BIOSKA release was a news article about the new NBF project. February 2024.
The second was an article about the project’s first workshop in Iceland. May 2024.
The third one was a new article about a workshop in Italy. September 2024.
The fourth article was about the project workshop in Finland. November 2024.
Ole Martin Sandberg, Anthony Schultz, Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Skúli Skúlason: “Species Are not a Good Unit for Biodiversity Conservation: a Process Philosophical Perspective”, submitted to the journal Marine Ecology (accepted for publication pending revisions).
Lakka, H-K., Finstad, A.G.,, Rautio, M., Kristjánsson, B.K., Guðmundsdóttir R., & Skúlason S. (2024). Is the Arctic overlooked in global biodiversity protection goals for freshwaters? Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Accepted.
Qvenild, Fjellheim, Hesthagen & Lakka. “Quantitative Ecology of the Arctic Tadpole Shrimp Lepidurus arcticus (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) in the Fennoscandian Mountain Range and on the Svalbard Archipelago”. Under review.
Manuscripts in progress:
Joseph Culp J., Kirsten S. Christoffersen, Kimmo Kahilainen, Willem Goedkoop, Michael Power, Milla Rautio, Hanna-Kaisa Lakka., et al. Future research and monitoring needs for Arctic freshwaters. The Steering Committee held an in-person workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark from November 13-15 to review questionnaire responses and develop a manuscript draft. There are many interesting trends in the data, one of which is that Biodiversity and Taxonomy were considered the most important categories by experts in North America, Europe and among the mid- to late-career researchers. Submission for journal review is anticipated by early May 2025.
EU Bird Directive: Rethinking rights to hunt endangered species MS status: Results: Finland, Norway and Sweden data is ready. Denmark data still needs to be added.
Policy brief on the management and conservation needs of birds listed in EU bird’s directive in Nordic countries. MS status: Results: Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland data are ready. Denmark data still needs to be added.
Research needs in relation to 30% of global conservation needs in inland waters, sea and land. This manuscript is related to results (survey and workshop) collected from scientists in the ECCB conference.
Presentations and events
10-11 December 2024. Presentations by NBF members Carsten Rahbek, Hanna-Kaisa Lakka, Skúli Skúlason, Ole Sandberg and others at Workshop 3 in Denmark.
20 November 2024. Presentation on biodiversity at the Natural history museum in Kópavogur by Rannveig Magnúsdóttir.
21 Oktober – 1 November 2024. CBD COP16 in Cali, Colombia. Snorri Sigurðsson attended on behalf of BIODICE and the NBF.
22-23 October, 2024. Nordic Symposium for Biodiversity, Trondheim, Norway.
7-10 October 2024. Presentations by NBF members Hanna-Kaisa Lakka, Katherine Richardson, Skúli Skúlason, Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Rebecca Thompson and others at Workshop 2 in Finland.
27-28 August, 2024. Joint Nordic Effort for Biodiversity conference, Oslo, Norway. Rannveig Magnúsdóttir participated on behalf of the NBF project. By attending this event, a good working relationship with the Forum for utvikling og miljø (ForUM) in Norway was developed and the NBF participated
July 13, 2024. Nature and Art Festival for kids at the Sheep Farming Museum in Strandir. Two nature and art events in collaboration with the Icelandic Museum of Natural History.
July 2, 2024. Presentation on biodiversity, BIODICE and NBF for rangers and other staff members of Vatnajökull National park by Skúli Skúlason
June 17-21 2024. 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology in Bologna, Italy. Workshop and surveys “Communicating Conservation Status to Policy: Pros and cons about the 30% protection needs of land, sea and inland waters” conducted by Hanna-Kaisa Lakka and Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir.
June 16-21, 2024. World Biodiversity Forum, Davos, Switzerland. Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson participated on behalf of BIODICE and the NBF.
June 7, 2024. Presentation on biodiversity, BIODICE and NBF for staff members of the Icelandic Regional Development Institute (Byggðastofnun) by Skúli Skúlason.
April 23rd, 2024. Presentations by NBF members Skúli Skúlason, Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Hanna-Kaisa Lakka, Katherine Richardson and others at Workshop 1 in Iceland.
April 17, 2024. Presentation on biodiversity, BIODICE and the NBF project for BPW Iceland (Business and Professional Women) by Rannveig Magnúsdóttir.
April 5, 2024. Icelandic Ecological Society meeting. Presentation on BIODICE and NBF by Skúli Skúlason.
March 8, 2024. Presentation on BIODICE and NBF at the Conference of Humanities at the University of Iceland, by Ole Martin Sandberg.
March 7, 2024. Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir and Skúli Skúlason presented the NBF project to the team of area protection (teymi friðlýsinga og friðlýstra svæða) at the Environmental Agency in Iceland.
February 22, 2024. Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir attended a meeting at the University of Copenhagen in the project FishFAR where the Nordic Biodiversity Framework was introduced. Presentation title: Strategies for monitoring and protection of freshwater biodiversity in Iceland.
January-February 2024. Hanna-Kaisa Lakka attended two training sessions on how to write effective policy briefs. Short-term effect: Cooperation and Networking and submitting Policy Brief. Long-term effect: Leading practices how 30 % fulfil the 30 % inland water conservation in Arctic Countries.
