Professor Karen Timmermann from DTU Aqua has been appointed by the Danish government to participate in Denmark’s first Biodiversity Council.
The council will advise the government and parliament on nature and biodiversity and includes nine members from Denmark’s universities, each with a three-year tenure.
Professor Timmermann is part of the Section of Coastal Ecology at DTU Aqua, where she was appointed professor of biogeochemical modelling in May 2020, researching man-made and natural influences on coastal waters. “We are in the middle of a global biodiversity crisis, where the number of species is declining and habitats are deteriorating both on land and in the sea,” said Professor Timmermann.
“That trend needs to be reversed. As my area of expertise covers the coastal sea areas, I will have a special focus on the challenges that are in the coastal zone and contribute with knowledge about where and how we can best recreate the important habitats and protect the species found in the Danish coastal sea areas,” she added.
The new Biodiversity Council is part of the nature and biodiversity package created in December 2020 through an agreement between the government, the Radical Left, the Socialist People’s Party, the Unity List and the Alternative. It aims to inform policy with well-founded solutions that take into account biodiversity, economics, legislation and outdoor life.
