Biodiversity & ecosystem services
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Line Agnes Bjørløw Skjærlund
Head of Business Development, Associate Partner
SLA helps companies, municipalities, governments, and citizens improve the state of biodiversity. We combine wide knowledge of species and ecosystems, with hands-on experience in the realization and maintenance of city nature.
We offer visionary strategies of how the empower biodiversity in neighborhoods, cities, and regions. Our biologists, MSc’s in Forest and Nature Management, environmental economists, and park- and garden engineers offer guidance in empowering biodiversity and boosting natural ecosystem services in various contexts and conditions.
We analyze biodiversity and nature foundations for public and private stakeholders, giving a clear understanding of the biodiversity baseline and quality of nature.
We register trees and offer green cover analysis to provide our clients with quantitative and tangible knowledge of the existing ecosystem services.
We design biodiverse ecosystems and nature-based solutions to improve living conditions for all.
We offer a tentative value estimate of the new nature to give our clients an insight into the potential environmental, social, and economical gains pre-realization. We use internationally recognized and approved software systems to calculate the value gain.
And finally, we monitor the biodiversity for our clients, post-realization.
Perspectives
Rasmus Astrup: 'City Nature' - The 2022 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture
In spring 2022, SLA partner and design principal Rasmus Astrup was invited to give the annual Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture by the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver.
City Nature
A definition
City nature is not just a whim of fashion. A completely new form of nature in the city is what can best, cheapest and fastest clean up all the mess we have created for the planet with our built order, says Stig L. Andersson.
Why Darkness Matters: Acknowledging the Rhythms of Nature
When did you last see a starry night sky? For city-dwellers, this experience may feel like a distant memory. Our extensive use of artificial light has turned ‘darkness’ into a diminishing phenomenon – not only affecting stargazers but also the health of humans, wildlife, and trees. As Pernille Bech-Larsen, lighting designer at SLA, will unfold, we have plenty of good reasons to let a little more darkness into our cities.
Fundamentals
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Sound
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Atmosphere
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Essay: The Bark Room
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Sakuteiki
– The Book of Garden
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Mist
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Roots
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White
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