Project contractors
Promoter of project: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Department of Integrated Geography,
Project leader: prof. AMU dr hab. Małgorzata Stępniewska
Project chief scientific coordinator: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Mizgajski
Expert on cross-cutting biodiversity issues – prof. dr hab. Janina Borysiak
Expert on ecosystem services on landscape level – dr hab. Damian Łowicki, prof. AMU
Expert on ecosystem services of degraded areas – dr hab. Katarzyna Fagiewicz, prof. AMU
Expert on ecosystem services of urban areas – dr Iwona Zwierzchowska
Research worker: Msc Daria Pieczka
Donor project partner: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA),
The leading Polish scientific institutions dealing with main types of ecosystems and ecosystems and categories of values of ecosystem services in Poland:
- Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – agroecosystems;
- Consortium: Forest Research Institute and Bureau for Forest Management and Geodesy – forest ecosystems;
- Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences – urban ecosystems;
- European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences – freshwater ecosystems;
- Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences – marine water ecosystems;
- Poznań University of Life Sciences – ecological values of ecosystem services;
- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – cultural values of ecosystem services;
- University of Warsaw, Warsaw Centre for Ecological Economics – economic values of ecosystem services.