(extended) urban ecology planning process (ordinary nature a challenge) residents’ view on urban environment anthropocentric biocentric: intrinsic value of biodiversity ’good life’ for residents ?? experts’ view on urban environment anthropocentric biocentric: intrinsic value of biodiversity goal: no biodiversity loss in Helsinki ’good life’ for biodiversity (ordinary nature + protected areas) ??

(extended) urban ecology: ’Urban ecology is wise management of the way in which we use and develop our cities and towns. Urban ecology focuses on the current environmental conditions....’ The Danish Centre for Urban Ecology. theory: ’human ecosystem models’ monitoring: adaptive management language: communication between scientists and other stakeholders

Adaptive management goals & planning stakeholders action (implementation) science monitoring

Step 1: What is biological monitoring? Biological (ecological or biodiversity) monitoring is the repeated inventorying of organisms over time and space to determine environmental quality

Step 2: Before monitoring, define purpose and aim methods and indicators analyses biological interpretation links to decision making

Step 4: Indicators of change Biological (ecological or biodiversity) monitoring is the repeated inventorying of organisms over time and space to determine environmental quality which variables to use as indicators?

Monitoring, ecological communication and decision making (Norton 1998) ecologists are reluctant to mix values issues with scientific study ... ecologists are slow to pick up on signals flowing from policy discourse to ecological science ... ecologists often fail to study nature at a scale that would provide guidance to decision makers ...

Good ecological communication (Norton 1998) uses adaptive management approach has perspective and is place-based is multiscaled (space around the place) is operationalizable (measurable indic.) expresses normative content enhances communication