NINAs Project Portfolio on Ecosystem Services 

The concept of Ecosystem Services provides us with a new tool to communicate the value of nature, putting nature into a perspective based on human needs. 

Renewable Reindeer

Revising and re-structuring the renewable energy system in Norway while preserving long-term wild reindeer habitat functionality.

• Renewable Reindeer project website

Valuation of Urban Ecosystem Services in Oslo

The Oslo OpenNESS case study aims to translate the concepts of natural capital and ecosystem services into operational examples. 

• OpenNESS project website

Besafe

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Arguments for our Future Environment.

• Besafe project website

AfricanBioServices

Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem – drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies. 

• AfricanBioServices project website

ConSite - Consensus based Siting

ConSite is a tool that combines GIS and dialog with stakeholders in order to ensure optimal siting of infrastructure such as power lines, wind-power plants or fish farms.

• ConSite project website

Pollination services 

We assess the condition of Norwegian ecosystems and their capacity to generate ecosystem services: The relationship between the landscape, pollination and yield. 

• Project website

Nature4Decision-making 

Increasing the awareness of and education in biodiversity and ecosystem services, including awareness of and education on the relationship between biodiversity and climate change, and economic valuation of ecosystems.

• Project website

Development of methods for assessment and mapping of ecosystem services of marine and inland waters

• Project info