Symposium
2 May 2024
Setting goals for dynamic nature - paradox or solution?
NaturMål Symposium at University of Copenhagen 2 May 2024. The aim of the symposium was to explore, discuss, and define how we can set relevant goals, gather evidence, and monitor dynamic nature.
Keynote speakers
Joe W. Bull
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
http://joewbull.com
David Moreno-Mateos
University of Oxford, Basque Center for Climate Change – BC3
https://ecosystemrecoverylab.org
Jörn Buse
Senior Researcher, Black Forest National Park
https://www.nationalpark-schwarzwald.de
Invited speakers
Twan Stoffers
Postdoc, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and
Inland Fisheries (IGB)
https://www.igb-berlin.de
Emily Waddell
Postdoc, University of Stirling
https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1724502
Planning committee
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Associate professor, University of Copenhagen
jheilmann-clausen@sund.ku.dk
Signe Normand
Professor, University of Aarhus
signe.normand@bio.au.dk
Louise Imer Nabe-Nielsen
Special Consultant, University of Copenhagen
louise.nabe-nielsen@sund.ku.dk
Abstracts, slides and presentations
Twan Stoffers
Growing and surviving in dynamic floodplains: How does habitat heterogeneity drive young fish in the lower river Rhine?
Hans Henrik Bruun og Jesper Bladt
Open-ended goals versus measures of conservation value – the basis for quantifying processes and implementation of the Danish Nature indicator
Camilla Fløjgaard
A baseline and goal for large herbivore densities
David Moreno Mateos
The recovery of ecosystem complexity in a changing environment
Joseph Bull
Net positive outcomes: goals for nature based on performance against counterfactuals
Elena Annis Pearce
Forests before Homo sapiens: Historical baselines of European vegetation
Emily Waddell
Restoring Resilient Ecosystems – Future restoration should enhance ecological complexity and emergent properties
Jörn Buse
From conservation science to conservation practice – practical examples from the Black Forest National Park (Germany)
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Can we manage unmanaged forest?
Signe Normand
Which areas to restore? Quantifying the biodiversity potential of different restoration efforts
