Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM)

CeSAM is a hub for generating and promoting knowledge to support evidence-based decision-making for the sustainable management of our landscapes and seascapes.

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About the research centre

Science to support sustainable management of landscapes and seascapes

CeSAM informs the sustainable management of land and sea to safeguard biodiversity and nature's benefits to people. We do this by catalyzing cross-disciplinary research and education to address challenges related to area-based management of land and sea. In doing so, we address related challenges of the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis, and social and economic inequality. To achieve this, we foster collaboration between policymakers, stakeholders, rightsholders and the knowledge sector.

Norway's follow-up to the Nature Deal

In December 2022, 196 countries signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (short: the nature deal). In September 2024 Norway presented their plans for nationally implementing the nature deal, in «Stortingsmelding nr 35. Bærekraftig bruk og bevaring av natur». CeSAM has followed the process closely. Here are our most important contributions.

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Accelerating the Global Biodiversity Framework by Strengthening Biosphere Reserves

A new report has just been launched highlighting how to accelerate the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through a network of sites working for sustainability and nature conservation.