Útgáfa – Publications

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Biodice publications and articles

• Lakka, H-K., A.G. Finstad, M. Rautio, B.K. Kristjánsson, R. Guðmundsdóttir & S. Skúlason 2025. Is the Arctic overlooked in global biodiversity protection goals for freshwaters? Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 57(1) 2506876. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2506876
• Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir, Álfur Birkir Bjarnason og Rannveig Magnúsdóttir. (2025). Stöðumat á málaflokkum atvinnuvegaráðuneytis vegna samkomulags Samnings Sameinuðu þjóðanna um líffræðilega fjölbreytni. Biodice.
• Magnúsdóttir, R., Sandberg, O.M., Thompson, R., Skúlason, S., Lakka, H-K., Richardson, K. (2025). Nordic Biodiversity Framework. Laying the foundation for Nordic synergy regarding the Global Biodiversity Framework. TemaNord 2025:553. 47 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/temanorth2025-553
• Skúli Skúlason og Ole Martin Sandberg. Creative Response: A defining Aspect of Life 2025. Introduction to a catalogue for the art exhibition CREATIVE RESONSES / VIÐBRAGÐ, Gallery SPECTA Copenhagen 16 May – 21 June, and Akureyri Art Museum 27 November – 8 February 2026. Útgefandi: The University of Iceland’s Research Center in Þingeyjasveit and SPECTA. Ritstjórar: Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir & Þórdís Aðalsteinsdóttir. ISBN: 978-9935-9629-1-1. Sjá: https://www.listak.is/static/files/2025/creative-responses_a_spreads.pdf
• Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Skúli Skúlason, Ole Martin Sandberg, Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir and Rebecca Thompson. (May 2025). Greinargerð í kjölfar vinnustofu Biodice um líffræðilega fjölbreytni þann 23. apríl 2024 (Biodice workshop on biodiversity). Reykjavík, Iceland. https://doi.org/10.33112/BIO2025903
• Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Ole Sandberg, Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Rebecca Thompson, Skúli Skúlason and Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir. Dagur líffræðilegrar fjölbreytni 2025. (The International Day for Biodiversity). Vísir on 22 May 2025. 
• Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir. Leiðarvísir til verndar líffræðilegrar fjölbreytni. Fimmta tölublað Þoku, 22. maí 2025.
• Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir og Rannveig Magnúsdóttir. Fjölbreytileiki náttúrunnar, ábyrgð okkar allra. Fimmta tölublað Þoku, 22. maí 2025.
• 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. 
• Biodice, on behalf of the NBF, supported the report Joint Nordic Effort for Biodiversity – Recommendations from Nordic civil society. September 2024.
• Pampoulie, C., S. Brix, and H. S. Randhawa. (2024). The Greenland–Scotland Ridge in a Changing Ocean: Time to Act? Marine Ecology: e12830. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12830
• 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. 
• Skúlason, S., Sandberg, O.M., Sigurðsson, S., Guðmundsdóttir, R., and Gunnarsson, T.G. (editors) (2023). Greinargerð í kjölfar málþings um vistkerfisnálgun (Report on the outcomes of a symposium on the Ecosystems approach, to the Icelandic Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries). Biodice. (In Icelandic, summary in English) https://doi.org/10.33112/BIO2023562

Lectures and events

• 26. November 2025. Ole Sandberg. Fyrirlestur um Biodice og Náttúruminjasafn Íslands á málþingi Borgarnáttúru um líffjölbreytileikann í borgarumhverfinu í garðskála Grasagarðs Reykjavíkur.
• 9 October 2025. Álfur Birkir Bjarnason, Björn Barkarson, Cécile Chauvat, Christophe Pampoulie, Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, Ole Sandberg, Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Skúli Skúlason og Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir. Málstofa Biodice um mikilvægi þekkingar og rannsókna við innleiðingu á stefnu Íslands um líffræðilega fjölbreytni á Líffræðiráðstefnunni.
• 23 May 2025. Ole Martin Sandberg og Skúli Skúlason. The importance of the Ecosystem Approach in resource use and conservation. Árleg ráðstefna Vistfræðifélags Íslands (Vístis). Keldnaholt, Reykjavík, 23. maí 2025.
• 23 May 2025. Rannveig Magnúsdóttir, Ole Martin Sandberg, Rebecca Thompson, Skúli Skúlason, Álfur Birkir Bjarnason, Sæunn Júlía Sigurjónsdóttir, Hanna-Kaisa Lakka and Katherine Richardson. The Nordic Biodiversity Framework. Árleg ráðstefna Vistfræðifélags Íslands (Vístis). Keldnaholt, Reykjavík, 23. maí 2025.
• 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.
• 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 17, 2024. The FSBI Annual Symposium 2024, Bilbao, Spain. Presentation by Beverton Medal winner Skúli Skúlason.
• July 2, 2024. Presentation on biodiversity, BIODICE and NBF for rangers and other staff members of Vatnajökull National park by Skúli Skúlason
• June 27, 2024. Webinar: Engagement Across Multiple Disciplines. Ole Martin Sandberg. 
• 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 7, 2024.  Presentation on biodiversity, BIODICE and NBF for staff members of the Icelandic Regional Development Institute (Byggðastofnun) by Skúli Skúlason.
• May 31, 2024. Keynote lecture on nature, art and science at the conference Art and Nature held at the Kópavogur Art Museum by Ole Martin Sandberg.
• 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.