Wendy Fjellstad

Forsker

(+47) 974 81 279
wendy.fjellstad@nibio.no

Sted
Ås - Bygg O43

Besøksadresse
Oluf Thesens vei 43, 1433 Ås (Varelevering: Elizabeth Stephansens vei 21)

Biografi

Jeg jobber med landskapsovervåking og forskning knyttet til utvikling og bruk av indikatorer på arealstruktur, biologisk mangfold, kulturminner og kulturmiljøer, tilgjengelighet og landskapspreferanser. Mine hovedinteresser er knyttet til analyse av hvordan menneskers bruk av naturressurser påvirker landskapet og de ulike kvalitetene i landskapet, inkludert økosystemtjenester. Jeg jobber med GIS og romlige analyser, registrerer i felt (naturtyper, planter, humler, sommerfugler, kulturminner, og landskapsegenskaper), og kombinerer ulike typer data for å overvåke utviklingen i landskap.

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Sammendrag

This paper outlines the rationale for, and the current state of, mapping habitat diversity. It provides an overview of progress in assessing and monitoring farmland habitat biodiversity at the national level, in line with the proposed OECD Farmland Habitat Biodiversity Indicator (FHBI). The paper describes pilot studies by eight countries, summarising the approaches to mapping habitats, assessing habitat quality, and implementing the FHBI at the national level. Drawing from the experience of the FHBI pilot countries, this paper offers general guidelines for defining habitats and assigning biodiversity values of habitats for calculation of the FHBI. It provides guidance on selecting the appropriate tier level for data acquisition, processing, and reporting, and summarises strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of the current FHBI structure used in the pilot studies.

Sammendrag

Urban agriculture is often considered a tool to increase the economic, social and environmental sustainability of cities and city food systems. However, sustainability is difficult to measure, resulting in debate about how sustainable urban agriculture truly is. There is therefore a lack of incentive to promote urban agriculture or protect existing initiatives that are threatened by development pressure on urban land. Monitoring the sustainability impact of urban agriculture could provide evidence and enable politicians and decision makers to make informed decisions about whether and where to prioritise different forms of urban agriculture above competing interests. We used case examples from five European cities to identify the challenges involved in monitoring urban agriculture, from selecting indicators and gathering data, to using the results. We found large differences in approach in terms of what topics to monitor and who was responsible, who gathered the data and when, what data was recorded and how they were stored, and how findings were disseminated or published. Based on these experiences, we recommend stronger involvement of existing interest groups and educational institutions in monitoring urban agriculture, and promotion of convenient tools for data collection by citizen science and for long-term data storage.