Science-Policy Interface
Our steering team is strongly rooted in the science-policy interface through policy advice and active engagement with the following organizations and initiatives:
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Inger Måren holds the UNESCO chair for Sustainable heritage and environmental management and actively engages in the science-policy interface through:
- the Norwegian Science Committee for Food and Environment (Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø)
- the National UNESCO Commission, Ministry of Education and Research
- the UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme Commission in Norway
Vigdis Vandvik is active in the science-policy interface, with particular focus on alien species. In Norway, through commissions for
- the Norwegian Science Committee for Food and Environment (Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø)
- the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (Artsdatabanken).
Internationally, she is a lead Author in the IPBES regional assessment for Europe and Central Asia and the thematic assessment of invasive alien species.
Policy advice
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- Måren, I.E. 2020. Policy advice regarding the national action plan for the sustainability goals ("Innspill til nasjonal handlingsplan for bærekraftsmålene"). Addressed to the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, 01.11.2020.
- Måren, I.E. 2020. Policy advice regarding the United Nations Environment Assembly and a new global framework for nature under the Convention on Biological Diversity ("Innspill på FNs miljøforsamling og nytt globalt rammeverk for natur under konvensjonen om biologisk mangfold"). 05.10.2020.
- Vandvik, V. 2020. Policy advice regarding the new global framework for nature under the convention for biodiversity ("Innspill på nytt globalt rammeverk for naturen under konvensjonen for biologisk mangfold"). Addressed to the Ministry of Climate and Environment, 21.01.2020.
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.