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Dr. Ulla Mörtberg
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

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Journal article
Published: 04 March 2021 in Sustainability
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Intensified forestry can be seen as a solution to climate change mitigation and securing energy supply, increasing the production of forest bioenergy feedstock as a substitution for fossil fuels. However, it may come with detrimental impacts on forest biodiversity, especially related to older forests. The aim of this study was to assess the sustainability of intensified forestry from climate-energy and biodiversity perspectives, targeting forest bird species. For this purpose, we applied the Landscape simulation and Ecological Assessment (LEcA) tool to the study area of Lithuania, having high ambitions for renewables and high forest biodiversity. With LEcA, we simulated forest growth and management for 100 years with two forest management strategies: Business As Usual (BAU) and Intensive forestry (INT), the latter with the purpose to fulfil renewable energy goals. With both strategies, the biomass yields increased well above the yields of the reference year, while the biodiversity indicators related to forest bird habitat to different degrees show the opposite, with lower levels than for the reference year. Furthermore, Strategy INT resulted in small-to-no benefits in the long run concerning potential biomass harvesting, while substantially affecting the biodiversity indicators negatively. The model results have the potential to inform policy and forest management planning concerning several sustainability goals simultaneously.

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Ulla Mörtberg; Xi-Lillian Pang; Rimgaudas Treinys; Renats Trubins; Gintautas Mozgeris. Sustainability Assessment of Intensified Forestry—Forest Bioenergy versus Forest Biodiversity Targeting Forest Birds. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2789 .

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Ulla Mörtberg, Xi-Lillian Pang, Rimgaudas Treinys, Renats Trubins, Gintautas Mozgeris. Sustainability Assessment of Intensified Forestry—Forest Bioenergy versus Forest Biodiversity Targeting Forest Birds. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2789.

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Ulla Mörtberg; Xi-Lillian Pang; Rimgaudas Treinys; Renats Trubins; Gintautas Mozgeris. 2021. "Sustainability Assessment of Intensified Forestry—Forest Bioenergy versus Forest Biodiversity Targeting Forest Birds." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2789.

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Published: 27 October 2020 in Sustainability
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Stump harvesting is predicted to increase with future increasing demands for renewable energy. This may affect deadwood affiliate biodiversity negatively, given that stumps constitute a large proportion of the coarse deadwood in young managed forests. Spatial decision support for evaluating the integrated effects on biodiversity and production of stump harvesting is needed. We developed a spatially explicit decision support system (called MapStump-DSS), for assessment of tree stump harvesting using biodiversity and economic criteria together with different scenarios for biodiversity conservation and bioenergy market prices. Two novel key aspects of the MAPStump-DSS is that it (1) merges and utilizes georeferenced stump-level data (e.g., tree species and diameter) directly from the harvester with stand data that are increasingly available to forest managers and (2) is flexible toward incorporating both quantitative and qualitative criteria based on emerging knowledge (here biodiversity criteria) or underlying societal drivers and end-user preferences. We tested the MAPStump-DSS on a 45 ha study forest, utilizing harvester data on characteristics and geographical positions for >26,000 stumps. The MAPStump-DSS produced relevant spatially explicit information on the biodiversity and economic values of individual stumps, where amounts of “conflict stumps” (with both high biodiversity and economical value) increased with bioenergy price levels and strengthened biodiversity conservation measures. The MAPStump-DSS can be applied in practice for any forest site, allowing the user to examine the spatial distribution of stumps and to obtain summaries for whole forest stands. Information depicted by the MAPStump-DSS includes amounts, characteristics, biodiversity values and costs of stumps in relation to different scenarios, which also allow the user to explore and optimize biodiversity and economy trade-offs prior to stump harvest.

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Mari Jönsson; Jörgen Sjögren; Björn Hannrup; Anders Larsolle; Ulla Mörtberg; Maria Nordström; Bengt Olsson; Monika Strömgren. A Spatially Explicit Decision Support System for Assessment of Tree Stump Harvest Using Biodiversity and Economic Criteria. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8900 .

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Mari Jönsson, Jörgen Sjögren, Björn Hannrup, Anders Larsolle, Ulla Mörtberg, Maria Nordström, Bengt Olsson, Monika Strömgren. A Spatially Explicit Decision Support System for Assessment of Tree Stump Harvest Using Biodiversity and Economic Criteria. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):8900.

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Mari Jönsson; Jörgen Sjögren; Björn Hannrup; Anders Larsolle; Ulla Mörtberg; Maria Nordström; Bengt Olsson; Monika Strömgren. 2020. "A Spatially Explicit Decision Support System for Assessment of Tree Stump Harvest Using Biodiversity and Economic Criteria." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 8900.

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Published: 19 September 2020 in Remote Sensing
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In recent decades, the City of Stockholm, Sweden, has grown substantially and is now the largest city in Scandinavia. Recent urban growth is placing pressure on green areas within and around the city. In order to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services, green infrastructure is part of Stockholm municipal planning. This research quantifies land-cover change in the City of Stockholm between 2003 and 2018 and examines what impact urban growth has had on its green infrastructure. Two 2018 WorldView-2 images and three 2003 QuickBird-2 images were used to produce classifications of 11 land-cover types using object-based image analysis and a support vector machine algorithm with spectral, geometric and texture features. The classification accuracies reached over 90% and the results were used in calculations and comparisons to determine the impact of urban growth in Stockholm between 2003 and 2018, including the generation of land-cover change statistics in relation to administrative boundaries and green infrastructure. For components of the green infrastructure, i.e., habitat networks for selected sensitive species, habitat network analysis for the European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) and common toad (Bufo bufo) was performed. Between 2003 and 2018, urban areas increased by approximately 4% while green areas decreased by 2% in comparison with their 2003 areal amounts. The most significant urban growth occurred through expansion of the transport network, paved surfaces and construction areas which increased by 12%, mainly at the expense of grassland and coniferous forest. Examination of urban growth within the green infrastructure indicated that most land area was lost in dispersal zones (28 ha) while the highest percent change was within habitat for species of conservation concern (14%). The habitat network analysis revealed that overall connectivity decreased slightly through patch fragmentation and areal loss mainly caused by road expansion on the outskirts of the city. The habitat network analysis also revealed which habitat areas are well-connected and which are most vulnerable. These results can assist policymakers and planners in their efforts to ensure sustainable urban development including sustaining biodiversity in the City of Stockholm.

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Dorothy Furberg; Yifang Ban; Ulla Mörtberg. Monitoring Urban Green Infrastructure Changes and Impact on Habitat Connectivity Using High-Resolution Satellite Data. Remote Sensing 2020, 12, 3072 .

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Dorothy Furberg, Yifang Ban, Ulla Mörtberg. Monitoring Urban Green Infrastructure Changes and Impact on Habitat Connectivity Using High-Resolution Satellite Data. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12 (18):3072.

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Dorothy Furberg; Yifang Ban; Ulla Mörtberg. 2020. "Monitoring Urban Green Infrastructure Changes and Impact on Habitat Connectivity Using High-Resolution Satellite Data." Remote Sensing 12, no. 18: 3072.

Research article
Published: 22 April 2020 in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
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Population increases and environmental degradation are challenges for urban sustainability. Planning support systems are available to assist local authorities in developing strategies toward sustainability and resilience of urban areas, but are not always used in practice. We adapted an open-source planning support system to the case of Stockholm County, Sweden, where there is a productive working relationship between researchers, city planners, and regional planners. We employed a collaborative approach in extending and updating the planning support system and analyzed the outcomes, in order to both improve the planning support system and to investigate the process of planner engagement in planning support system development. The approach involved systematic interactions with local planning authorities and e.g. additional data processing, integrating scientific knowledge, policy, and engagement by planners in the complex process of planning for sustainable urban development. This made the planning support system more user-friendly for local planners, facilitating adoption by planning authorities through overcoming common quality and acceptance barriers to the use of planning support system in practice. Involving planners in planning support system development thus increases (i) planning support system quality, producing relevant and up-to-date outputs, and (ii) acceptance for planning support system by regional planners. Further assessment is required to determine whether planners can operate the adapted planning support system unaided.

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Jessica Page; Ulla Mörtberg; Georgia Destouni; Carla Ferreira; Helena Näsström; Zahra Kalantari. Open-source planning support system for sustainable regional planning: A case study of Stockholm County, Sweden. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 2020, 47, 1508 -1523.

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Jessica Page, Ulla Mörtberg, Georgia Destouni, Carla Ferreira, Helena Näsström, Zahra Kalantari. Open-source planning support system for sustainable regional planning: A case study of Stockholm County, Sweden. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. 2020; 47 (8):1508-1523.

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Jessica Page; Ulla Mörtberg; Georgia Destouni; Carla Ferreira; Helena Näsström; Zahra Kalantari. 2020. "Open-source planning support system for sustainable regional planning: A case study of Stockholm County, Sweden." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 47, no. 8: 1508-1523.

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Published: 09 April 2019 in Energy Strategy Reviews
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Demands on forest bioenergy feedstock are expected to increase in many countries due to climate change mitigation. However, sustainable use of forest biomass resources can be ensured only if local and landscape conditions are taken into account, linking energy use to its resource base. The aim of this study was to analyse the forest biomass potential for Lithuania's energy pathways, while comparing the projected demand of forest bioenergy feedstock with resource projections. This was performed using the Landscape simulation and Ecological Assessment (LEcA) tool and the energy model MESSAGE. Biomass demand can be met up to 2050, after which demands under a Biomass Low pathway can still be met by the domestic forest resource if other wood uses are reduced, while Biomass High leads to a biomass deficit regarding domestic forest resources. Information exchange between the energy model and the LEcA tool enables an integrated sustainability assessment, and may contribute to a sustainable and efficient use of forest as a bioenergy feedstock resource.

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X. Pang; R. Trubins; V. Lekavicius; A. Galinis; G. Mozgeris; G. Kulbokas; U. Mörtberg. Forest bioenergy feedstock in Lithuania – Renewable energy goals and the use of forest resources. Energy Strategy Reviews 2019, 24, 244 -253.

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X. Pang, R. Trubins, V. Lekavicius, A. Galinis, G. Mozgeris, G. Kulbokas, U. Mörtberg. Forest bioenergy feedstock in Lithuania – Renewable energy goals and the use of forest resources. Energy Strategy Reviews. 2019; 24 ():244-253.

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X. Pang; R. Trubins; V. Lekavicius; A. Galinis; G. Mozgeris; G. Kulbokas; U. Mörtberg. 2019. "Forest bioenergy feedstock in Lithuania – Renewable energy goals and the use of forest resources." Energy Strategy Reviews 24, no. : 244-253.

Journal article
Published: 13 November 2018 in Nature Sustainability
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The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is protected largely by command and control regulation of public and private land. The Brazilian Forest Act requires private landholders within the Amazon to set aside 80% of their land as legal reserves for nature protection, but this requirement can be reduced to 50% if more than 65% of a state’s territory is protected public land (for example, public conservation units and indigenous reserves). In the ongoing land designation process in Brazil, some Amazonian states may cross this 65% threshold. We assess the potential reduction in the legal reserve requirement from 80% to 50%, through spatially explicit modelling of scenarios concerning land tenure consolidation, employing up-to-date databases on land ownership. Depending on the outcome of land designation processes and political priorities, some 6.5–15.4 million hectares of private land previously protected as legal reserves may become available for legal deforestation. While protection of public land is crucial for safeguarding the Amazon, revisions of federal and state legislation may be needed to avoid the further extension of protected public land triggering increased legal deforestation on private lands. Zero-deforestation commitments and other initiatives may mitigate impacts in the absence of such revision.

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Flavio L. M. Freitas; Gerd Sparovek; Göran Berndes; U. Martin Persson; Oskar Englund; Alberto Barretto; Ulla Mörtberg. Potential increase of legal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon after Forest Act revision. Nature Sustainability 2018, 1, 665 -670.

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Flavio L. M. Freitas, Gerd Sparovek, Göran Berndes, U. Martin Persson, Oskar Englund, Alberto Barretto, Ulla Mörtberg. Potential increase of legal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon after Forest Act revision. Nature Sustainability. 2018; 1 (11):665-670.

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Flavio L. M. Freitas; Gerd Sparovek; Göran Berndes; U. Martin Persson; Oskar Englund; Alberto Barretto; Ulla Mörtberg. 2018. "Potential increase of legal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon after Forest Act revision." Nature Sustainability 1, no. 11: 665-670.

Special issue article
Published: 29 August 2018 in Land Degradation & Development
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In an increasingly urban world, developing sustainable cities is crucial for global sustainability. Urban nature‐based solutions (NBS), such as green infrastructure, are often promoted for their potential to provide several urban services. These include storm‐water mitigation, improving energy efficiency of buildings and carbon emissions mitigation, but few studies have compared the multi‐functionality of NBS to conventional urban solutions providing similar services. Fewer yet have acknowledged the indirect resource (specifically Climate, Land, Energy, Water (CLEW) nexus) impacts that these solutions may have. This paper analyses these aspects, employing a simple CLEW nexus accounting framework, and attempts a consistent comparison across different resource systems. The comparison includes direct and indirect impacts of a set of stylized – and diverse – solutions, each with different primary objectives: green roofs, representing a multi‐functional urban NBS; permeable pavements targeting mitigation of storm‐water flows; window retrofits targeting energy efficiency; and roof‐top PV installations targeting CO2 emissions mitigation. The results highlight both the direct and total (CLEW nexus) impacts of green roofs on storm‐water retention, energy use, and CO2 emissions. However, also for the studied conventional solutions with primarily a single direct function, CLEW nexus impacts spread across all measured dimensions (energy, water, CO2) to varying degrees. Although the numerical results are indicative and uncertainty needs to be further assessed, we suggest that the development of this type of multi‐functional, multi‐system assessment can assist urban sustainability planning, with comprehensive and consistent comparison of diverse (NBS and conventional) solutions.

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Rebecka Engström; Mark Howells; Ulla Mörtberg; Georgia Destouni. Multi‐functionality of nature‐based and other urban sustainability solutions: New York City study. Land Degradation & Development 2018, 29, 3653 -3662.

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Rebecka Engström, Mark Howells, Ulla Mörtberg, Georgia Destouni. Multi‐functionality of nature‐based and other urban sustainability solutions: New York City study. Land Degradation & Development. 2018; 29 (10):3653-3662.

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Rebecka Engström; Mark Howells; Ulla Mörtberg; Georgia Destouni. 2018. "Multi‐functionality of nature‐based and other urban sustainability solutions: New York City study." Land Degradation & Development 29, no. 10: 3653-3662.

Journal article
Published: 03 July 2018 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Catchments are complex social-ecological systems involving multiple, and often competing, interests. Water governance and management regimes are increasingly embracing pluralistic, participatory, and holistic norms as a means to engage with issues of complexity, uncertainty, and value-conflicts. Integrated, participatory approaches are theoretically linked to improved learning amongst stakeholders across sectors and decision-making that is grounded in shared knowledge, experiences and scientific evidence. However, few studies have empirically examined the impacts of an integrated approach to learning and knowledge practices related to water resources. Here, a Swedish sub-catchment that has adopted such an approach in association with implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is examined. Interview-based analyses show that WFD implementation has both helped and hindered learning and knowledge practices surrounding both water planning and spatial planning. Whilst communities of practice have developed in the study area, a number of important challenges remain. These include the rigid goal-orientation of the WFD, the fragmentation of knowledge caused by an over-reliance on external consultants, as well as a lack of resources to synthesise information from multiple sources. Present results raise questions regarding the efficacy of the WFD to sufficiently enable the development of learning and knowledge practices capable of handling the complexity, uncertainties and value-conflicts facing catchments in Sweden and elsewhere.

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Lucas Dawson; Klas Persson; Berit Balfors; Ulla Mörtberg; Jerker Jarsjö. Impacts of the water framework directive on learning and knowledge practices in a Swedish catchment. Journal of Environmental Management 2018, 223, 731 -742.

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Lucas Dawson, Klas Persson, Berit Balfors, Ulla Mörtberg, Jerker Jarsjö. Impacts of the water framework directive on learning and knowledge practices in a Swedish catchment. Journal of Environmental Management. 2018; 223 ():731-742.

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Lucas Dawson; Klas Persson; Berit Balfors; Ulla Mörtberg; Jerker Jarsjö. 2018. "Impacts of the water framework directive on learning and knowledge practices in a Swedish catchment." Journal of Environmental Management 223, no. : 731-742.

Journal article
Published: 15 March 2018 in Diversity and Distributions
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Urbanization broadly affects the phylogenetic and functional diversity of natural communities through a variety of processes including habitat loss and the introduction of non-native species. Due to the challenge of acquiring direct measurements, these effects have been studied primarily using “space-for-time” substitution where spatial urbanization gradients are used to infer the consequences of urbanization occurring across time. The ability of alternative sampling designs to replicate the findings derived using space-for-time substitution has not been tested. Global. We contrasted the phylogenetic and functional diversity of breeding bird assemblages in 58 cities worldwide with the corresponding regional breeding bird assemblages estimated using geographic range maps. Compared to regional assemblages, urban assemblages contained lower phylogenetic diversity, lower phylogenetic beta diversity, a reduction in the least evolutionary distinct species and the loss of the most evolutionarily distinct species. We found no evidence that these effects were related to the presence of non-native species. Urban assemblages contained fewer aquatic species and fewer aquatic foraging species. The distribution of body size and range size narrowed for urban assemblages with the loss of species at both tails of the distribution, especially large bodied and broadly distributed species. Urban assemblages contained a greater proportion of species classified as passerines, doves or pigeons; species identified as granivores; species that forage within vegetation or in the air; and species with more generalized associations with foraging strata. Urbanization is associated with the overall reduction and constriction of phylogenetic and functional diversity, results that largely replicate those generated using space-for-time substitution, increasing our confidence in the quality of the combined inferences. When direct measurements are unavailable, our findings emphasize the value of developing independent sampling methods that broaden and reinforce our understanding of the ecological implications of urbanization.

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Frank A. La Sorte; Christopher A. Lepczyk; Myla F. J. Aronson; Mark Goddard; Marcus Hedblom; Madhusudan Katti; Ian MacGregor‐Fors; Ulla Mörtberg; Charles H. Nilon; Paige S. Warren; Nicholas S. G. Williams; Jun Yang. The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization. Diversity and Distributions 2018, 24, 928 -938.

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Frank A. La Sorte, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Myla F. J. Aronson, Mark Goddard, Marcus Hedblom, Madhusudan Katti, Ian MacGregor‐Fors, Ulla Mörtberg, Charles H. Nilon, Paige S. Warren, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Jun Yang. The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization. Diversity and Distributions. 2018; 24 (7):928-938.

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Frank A. La Sorte; Christopher A. Lepczyk; Myla F. J. Aronson; Mark Goddard; Marcus Hedblom; Madhusudan Katti; Ian MacGregor‐Fors; Ulla Mörtberg; Charles H. Nilon; Paige S. Warren; Nicholas S. G. Williams; Jun Yang. 2018. "The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization." Diversity and Distributions 24, no. 7: 928-938.

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Published: 19 December 2017 in Global Change Biology
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Brazil is one of the major contributors to land-use change emissions, mostly driven by agricultural expansion for food, feed, and bioenergy feedstock. Policies to avoid deforestation related to private commitments, economic incentives, and other support schemes are expected to improve the effectiveness of current command and control mechanisms increasingly. However, until recently, land tenure was unknown for much of the Brazilian territory, which has undermined the governance of native vegetation and challenged support and incentive mechanisms for avoiding deforestation. We assess the total extent of public governance mechanisms protecting aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks. We constructed a land tenure dataset for the entire nation and modeled the effects and uncertainties of major land-use acts on protecting AGC stocks. Roughly 70% of the AGC stock in Brazil is estimated to be under legal protection, and an additional 20% is expected to be protected after areas in the Amazon with currently undesignated land undergo a tenure regularization. About 30% of the AGC stock is on private land, of which roughly two-thirds are protected. The Cerrado, Amazon, and Caatinga biomes hold about 40%, 30%, and 20% of the unprotected AGC, respectively. Effective conservation of protected and unprotected carbon will depend on successful implementation of the Forest Act, and regularization of land tenure in the Amazon. Policy development that prioritizes unprotected AGC stocks is warranted to promote conservation of native vegetation beyond the legal requirements. However, different biomes and land tenure structures may require different policy settings considering local and regional specifics. Finally, the fate of current AGC stocks relies upon effective implementation of command and control mechanisms, considering that unprotected AGC in native vegetation on private land only accounts for 6.5% of the total AGC stock.

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Flavio L. M. Freitas; Oskar Englund; Gerd Sparovek; Göran Berndes; Vinicius Guidotti; Luís F. G. Pinto; Ulla Mörtberg. Who owns the Brazilian carbon? Global Change Biology 2017, 24, 2129 -2142.

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Flavio L. M. Freitas, Oskar Englund, Gerd Sparovek, Göran Berndes, Vinicius Guidotti, Luís F. G. Pinto, Ulla Mörtberg. Who owns the Brazilian carbon? Global Change Biology. 2017; 24 (5):2129-2142.

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Flavio L. M. Freitas; Oskar Englund; Gerd Sparovek; Göran Berndes; Vinicius Guidotti; Luís F. G. Pinto; Ulla Mörtberg. 2017. "Who owns the Brazilian carbon?" Global Change Biology 24, no. 5: 2129-2142.

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Published: 01 December 2017 in Ecosystem Services
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Forests provide a multitude of ecosystem services. In Sweden, the goal to replace fossil fuels could induce substantial changes in the current management and use of forests. Therefore, methods and tools are needed to assess synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services for policy and planning alternatives. The aim of this study was to develop methods for integrated sustainability assessment of forest management strategies for long-term provisioning of various ecosystem services. For this purpose, the Landscape simulation and Ecological Assessment (LEcA) tool was developed to analyse synergies and trade-offs among five ecosystem services: bioenergy feedstock and industrial wood production, forest carbon storage, recreation areas and habitat networks. Forest growth and management were simulated for two scenarios; the EAF-tot scenario dominated by even-aged forestry (EAF), and the CCF-int scenario with a combination of continuous-cover forestry (CCF) and intensified EAF. The results showed trade-offs between industrial wood and bioenergy production on one side and habitat, recreation and carbon storage on the other side. The LEcA tool showed great potential for evaluation of impacts of alternative policies for land zoning and forest management on forest ecosystem services. It can be used to assess the consequences of forest management strategies related to renewable energy and conservation policies

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Xi Pang; Eva-Maria Nordström; Hannes Böttcher; Renats Trubins; Ulla Mörtberg. Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services under different forest management scenarios – The LEcA tool. Ecosystem Services 2017, 28, 67 -79.

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Xi Pang, Eva-Maria Nordström, Hannes Böttcher, Renats Trubins, Ulla Mörtberg. Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services under different forest management scenarios – The LEcA tool. Ecosystem Services. 2017; 28 ():67-79.

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Xi Pang; Eva-Maria Nordström; Hannes Böttcher; Renats Trubins; Ulla Mörtberg. 2017. "Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services under different forest management scenarios – The LEcA tool." Ecosystem Services 28, no. : 67-79.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2017 in Land Use Policy
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Flavio Luiz Mazzaro de Freitas; Gerd Sparovek; Ulla Mörtberg; Semida Silveira; Israel Klug; Göran Berndes. Offsetting legal deficits of native vegetation among Brazilian landholders: Effects on nature protection and socioeconomic development. Land Use Policy 2017, 68, 189 -199.

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Flavio Luiz Mazzaro de Freitas, Gerd Sparovek, Ulla Mörtberg, Semida Silveira, Israel Klug, Göran Berndes. Offsetting legal deficits of native vegetation among Brazilian landholders: Effects on nature protection and socioeconomic development. Land Use Policy. 2017; 68 ():189-199.

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Flavio Luiz Mazzaro de Freitas; Gerd Sparovek; Ulla Mörtberg; Semida Silveira; Israel Klug; Göran Berndes. 2017. "Offsetting legal deficits of native vegetation among Brazilian landholders: Effects on nature protection and socioeconomic development." Land Use Policy 68, no. : 189-199.

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Published: 01 September 2017 in Science of The Total Environment
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This study addresses and conceptualizes the possible dependence of ecosystem services on prevailing air and/or water flow processes and conditions, and particularly on the trajectories and associated spatial reach of these flows in carrying services from supply to demand areas in the landscape. The present conceptualization considers and accounts for such flow-dependence in terms of potential and actually realized service supply and demand, which may generally differ and must therefore be distinguished due to and accounting for the prevailing conditions of service carrier flows. We here concretize and quantify such flow-dependence for a specific landscape case (the Stockholm region, Sweden) and for two examples of regulating ecosystem services: local climate regulation and storm water regulation. For these service and landscape examples, we identify, quantify and map key areas of potential and realized service supply and demand, based for the former (potential) on prevailing relatively static types of landscape conditions (such as land-cover/use, soil type and demographics), and for the latter (realized) on relevant carrier air and water flows. These first-order quantification examples constitute first steps towards further development of generally needed such flow-dependence assessments for various types of ecosystem services in different landscapes over the world.

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Romain Goldenberg; Zahra Kalantari; Vladimir Cvetkovic; Ulla Mörtberg; Brian Deal; Georgia Destouni. Distinction, quantification and mapping of potential and realized supply-demand of flow-dependent ecosystem services. Science of The Total Environment 2017, 593-594, 599 -609.

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Romain Goldenberg, Zahra Kalantari, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Ulla Mörtberg, Brian Deal, Georgia Destouni. Distinction, quantification and mapping of potential and realized supply-demand of flow-dependent ecosystem services. Science of The Total Environment. 2017; 593-594 ():599-609.

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Romain Goldenberg; Zahra Kalantari; Vladimir Cvetkovic; Ulla Mörtberg; Brian Deal; Georgia Destouni. 2017. "Distinction, quantification and mapping of potential and realized supply-demand of flow-dependent ecosystem services." Science of The Total Environment 593-594, no. : 599-609.

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Published: 18 August 2017 in Environmental Management
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Inadequate infrastructural networks can be detrimental to society if transport between locations becomes hindered or delayed, especially due to natural hazards which are difficult to control. Thus determining natural hazard susceptible areas and incorporating them in the initial planning process, may reduce infrastructural damages in the long run. The objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of expert judgments for assessing natural hazard susceptibility through a spatial multi-criteria analysis approach using hydrological, geological, and land use factors. To utilize spatial multi-criteria analysis for decision support, an analytic hierarchy process was adopted where expert judgments were evaluated individually and in an aggregated manner. The estimates of susceptible areas were then compared with the methods weighted linear combination using equal weights and factor interaction method. Results showed that inundation received the highest susceptibility. Using expert judgment showed to perform almost the same as equal weighting where the difference in susceptibility between the two for inundation was around 4%. The results also showed that downscaling could negatively affect the susceptibility assessment and be highly misleading. Susceptibility assessment through spatial multi-criteria analysis is useful for decision support in early road planning despite its limitation to the selection and use of decision rules and criteria. A natural hazard spatial multi-criteria analysis could be used to indicate areas where more investigations need to be undertaken from a natural hazard point of view, and to identify areas thought to have higher susceptibility along existing roads where mitigation measures could be targeted after in-situ investigations.

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Caroline S. J. Karlsson; Zahra Kalantari; Ulla Mörtberg; Bo Olofsson; Steve W. Lyon. Natural Hazard Susceptibility Assessment for Road Planning Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis. Environmental Management 2017, 60, 823 -851.

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Caroline S. J. Karlsson, Zahra Kalantari, Ulla Mörtberg, Bo Olofsson, Steve W. Lyon. Natural Hazard Susceptibility Assessment for Road Planning Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis. Environmental Management. 2017; 60 (5):823-851.

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Caroline S. J. Karlsson; Zahra Kalantari; Ulla Mörtberg; Bo Olofsson; Steve W. Lyon. 2017. "Natural Hazard Susceptibility Assessment for Road Planning Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis." Environmental Management 60, no. 5: 823-851.

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Published: 01 August 2017 in Ecological Engineering
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Mårten Karlson; Andreas Seiler; Ulla Mörtberg. The effect of fauna passages and landscape characteristics on barrier mitigation success. Ecological Engineering 2017, 105, 211 -220.

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Mårten Karlson, Andreas Seiler, Ulla Mörtberg. The effect of fauna passages and landscape characteristics on barrier mitigation success. Ecological Engineering. 2017; 105 ():211-220.

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Mårten Karlson; Andreas Seiler; Ulla Mörtberg. 2017. "The effect of fauna passages and landscape characteristics on barrier mitigation success." Ecological Engineering 105, no. : 211-220.

Journal article
Published: 26 February 2017 in Sustainability
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Planning for sustainable cities involves supporting compact, energy-efficient urban form as well as maintaining attractive and liveable urban landscapes. Attractive cities depend highly on services provided by ecosystems, especially cultural ecosystem services (ES), which give direct benefits to urban citizens. Therefore, access to a diversity of urban functions and publicly available ES by walking and public transport should be considered when planning for sustainable cities. This could be facilitated by user-friendly planning support models. The aim of this study was to develop a GIS-based model for assessing accessibility to ES, more specifically, water-related cultural ecosystem services (WCES), via walking and public transport, with input from stakeholders. The model was applied to the Stockholm region in Sweden. Travel times and census data were used to derive measures and maps of accessibility to prioritised WCES in the region, today and in urbanisation scenarios for 2050. The results showed how access to WCES varied spatially within the region. The number of potential visitors to different WCES sites now and in the future urbanisation scenarios was estimated, and areas in need for future development of the public transport system as well as WCES were identified. The GIS-based accessibility model has potential to be used as planning support in urban planning.

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Zahra Kalantari; Sara Khoshkar; Helena Falk; Vladimir Cvetkovic; Ulla Mörtberg. Accessibility of Water-Related Cultural Ecosystem Services through Public Transport—A Model for Planning Support in the Stockholm Region. Sustainability 2017, 9, 346 .

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Zahra Kalantari, Sara Khoshkar, Helena Falk, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Ulla Mörtberg. Accessibility of Water-Related Cultural Ecosystem Services through Public Transport—A Model for Planning Support in the Stockholm Region. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (3):346.

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Zahra Kalantari; Sara Khoshkar; Helena Falk; Vladimir Cvetkovic; Ulla Mörtberg. 2017. "Accessibility of Water-Related Cultural Ecosystem Services through Public Transport—A Model for Planning Support in the Stockholm Region." Sustainability 9, no. 3: 346.

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Published: 01 February 2017 in Ecological Modelling
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Forest biomass is a renewable resource that is increasingly utilised for bioenergy purposes in Sweden, which along with the extraction of industrial wood may conflict with biodiversity conservation. The aim of this paper is to present a method for integrated sustainability assessment of forest biomass extraction, particularly from bioenergy and biodiversity perspectives. The landscape simulator LandSim was developed and linked with models for the assessment of biomass yields and habitat networks representing prioritised biodiversity components. It was applied in a case study in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden. Forest growth and management were simulated for the period 2010–2110, following two land zoning scenarios, one applying even-aged forest management on all forest land except for protected areas (EAF-tot), and one applying continuous cover forest management on parts of the forest land, combined with protected areas and an intensified even-aged management on the other parts (CCF-int). The EAF-tot scenario implied higher yields of biomass feedstock for bioenergy, the CCF-int scenario only giving 66% of that yield, while the CCF-int scenario performed substantially better when it came to the habitat network indicators, if habitat suitability was ensured. Conclusively, the case study confirmed that the modelling framework of the LEcA tool, linking the landscape simulator LandSim with the biomass yield assessment and the habitat network model can be used for integrating main policy concerns when assessing renewable energy options

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Xi Pang; Ulla Mörtberg; Ola Sallnäs; Renats Trubins; Eva-Maria Nordström; Hannes Böttcher. Habitat network assessment of forest bioenergy options using the landscape simulator LandSim – A case study of Kronoberg, southern Sweden. Ecological Modelling 2017, 345, 99 -112.

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Xi Pang, Ulla Mörtberg, Ola Sallnäs, Renats Trubins, Eva-Maria Nordström, Hannes Böttcher. Habitat network assessment of forest bioenergy options using the landscape simulator LandSim – A case study of Kronoberg, southern Sweden. Ecological Modelling. 2017; 345 ():99-112.

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Xi Pang; Ulla Mörtberg; Ola Sallnäs; Renats Trubins; Eva-Maria Nordström; Hannes Böttcher. 2017. "Habitat network assessment of forest bioenergy options using the landscape simulator LandSim – A case study of Kronoberg, southern Sweden." Ecological Modelling 345, no. : 99-112.

Roadways and infrastructure
Published: 13 January 2017 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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The purpose of the study was to outline and demonstrate a new geographic information system (GIS)-based approach for utilising spatial geological data in three dimensions (i.e. length, width and depth) to improve estimates on earthworks during early stages of road infrastructure planning. This was undertaken by using three main methodological steps: mass balance calculation, life cycle inventory analysis and spatial mapping of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use. The mass balance calculation was undertaken in a GIS environment using two assumptions of geological stratigraphy for two proposed alternative road corridors in Sweden. The estimated volumes of excavated soil, blasted rock and filling material were later multiplied with the GHG emission and energy use factors for these processes, to create spatial data and maps in order to show potential impacts of the studied road corridors. The proposed GIS-based approach was evaluated by comparing with actual values received after one alternative was constructed. The results showed that the estimate of filling material was the most accurate (about 9 % deviation from actual values), while the estimate for excavated soil and blasted rock resulted in about 38 and 80 % deviation, respectively, from the actual values. It was also found that the total volume of excavated and ripped soils did not change when accounting for stratigraphy. The conclusion of this study was that more information regarding embankment height and actual soil thickness would further improve the model, but the proposed GIS-based approach shows promising results for usage in LCA at an early stage of road infrastructure planning. Thus, by providing better data quality, GIS in combination with LCA can enable planning for a more sustainable transport infrastructure.

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Caroline Sharmilee Josefin Karlsson; Sofiia Miliutenko; Anna Björklund; Ulla Mörtberg; Bo Olofsson; Susanna Toller. Life cycle assessment in road infrastructure planning using spatial geological data. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2017, 22, 1302 -1317.

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Caroline Sharmilee Josefin Karlsson, Sofiia Miliutenko, Anna Björklund, Ulla Mörtberg, Bo Olofsson, Susanna Toller. Life cycle assessment in road infrastructure planning using spatial geological data. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2017; 22 (8):1302-1317.

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Caroline Sharmilee Josefin Karlsson; Sofiia Miliutenko; Anna Björklund; Ulla Mörtberg; Bo Olofsson; Susanna Toller. 2017. "Life cycle assessment in road infrastructure planning using spatial geological data." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 22, no. 8: 1302-1317.

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Published: 01 January 2017 in Energy Policy
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Ulla Mörtberg; Romain Goldenberg; Zahra Kalantari; Olga Kordas; Brian Deal; Berit Balfors; Vladimir Cvetkovic. Integrating ecosystem services in the assessment of urban energy trajectories – A study of the Stockholm Region. Energy Policy 2017, 100, 338 -349.

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Ulla Mörtberg, Romain Goldenberg, Zahra Kalantari, Olga Kordas, Brian Deal, Berit Balfors, Vladimir Cvetkovic. Integrating ecosystem services in the assessment of urban energy trajectories – A study of the Stockholm Region. Energy Policy. 2017; 100 ():338-349.

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Ulla Mörtberg; Romain Goldenberg; Zahra Kalantari; Olga Kordas; Brian Deal; Berit Balfors; Vladimir Cvetkovic. 2017. "Integrating ecosystem services in the assessment of urban energy trajectories – A study of the Stockholm Region." Energy Policy 100, no. : 338-349.

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Published: 13 December 2016 in Hydrogeology Journal
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This study developed methodology for statistically assessing groundwater contamination mechanisms. It focused on microbial water pollution in low-income regions. Risk factors for faecal contamination of groundwater-fed drinking-water sources were evaluated in a case study in Juba, South Sudan. The study was based on counts of thermotolerant coliforms in water samples from 129 sources, collected by the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières in 2010. The factors included hydrogeological settings, land use and socio-economic characteristics. The results showed that the residuals of a conventional probit regression model had a significant positive spatial autocorrelation (Moran’s I = 3.05, I-stat = 9.28); therefore, a spatial model was developed that had better goodness-of-fit to the observations. The most significant factor in this model (p-value 0.005) was the distance from a water source to the nearest Tukul area, an area with informal settlements that lack sanitation services. It is thus recommended that future remediation and monitoring efforts in the city be concentrated in such low-income regions. The spatial model differed from the conventional approach: in contrast with the latter case, lowland topography was not significant at the 5% level, as the p-value was 0.074 in the spatial model and 0.040 in the traditional model. This study showed that statistical risk-factor assessments of groundwater contamination need to consider spatial interactions when the water sources are located close to each other. Future studies might further investigate the cut-off distance that reflects spatial autocorrelation. Particularly, these results advise research on urban groundwater quality. Cette étude a développé une méthodologie pour évaluer du point de vue statistique les mécanismes de contamination des eaux souterraines. Elle met l’accent sur la pollution microbienne des eaux dans des régions à faible revenu. Les facteurs de risque pour la contamination fécale des eaux souterraines alimentation les sources d’alimentation en eau potable sont évalués pour le cas d’étude de Juba, dans le Sud Soudan. Cette étude est basée sur le dénombrement des coliformes thermotolérants dans les échantillons d’eau de 129 sources, recueillis par l’organisation d’aide humanitaire Médecins Sans Frontières en 2010. Les facteurs comprennent les paramètres hydrogéologiques, l’occupation du sol et les caractéristiques socio-économiques. Les résultats montrent que les résidus d’un modèle classique de régression par probit présentaient une autocorrélation spatiale positive significative (Moran’s I = 3.05, I-stat = 9.28). Par conséquent, un modèle spatial a été développé avec une meilleure qualité d’ajustement aux observations. Le facteur le plus significatif de ce modèle (valeur de p 0.005) était la distance entre une source d’eau et la zone de Tukul la plus proche, une zone où les établissements...

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Emma Engström; Ulla Mörtberg; Anders Karlström; Mikael Mangold. Applying spatial regression to evaluate risk factors for microbiological contamination of urban groundwater sources in Juba, South Sudan. Hydrogeology Journal 2016, 25, 1077 -1091.

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Emma Engström, Ulla Mörtberg, Anders Karlström, Mikael Mangold. Applying spatial regression to evaluate risk factors for microbiological contamination of urban groundwater sources in Juba, South Sudan. Hydrogeology Journal. 2016; 25 (4):1077-1091.

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Emma Engström; Ulla Mörtberg; Anders Karlström; Mikael Mangold. 2016. "Applying spatial regression to evaluate risk factors for microbiological contamination of urban groundwater sources in Juba, South Sudan." Hydrogeology Journal 25, no. 4: 1077-1091.