TOP 3 SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE SCIENCE

Recent scientific literature has proposed more than one hundred adaptation actions for biodiversity conservation.

The next great thing would be to proceed from making generic recommendations to guidance on how to decide what to do where. How should protected area management be balanced between facilitating the establishment of new species’ populations and persistence of those species that are already there? How should conflicts between contradicting management goals be resolved?

Scientific assessments can better inform sustainable bioenergy policy planning if empirical evidence of the localised impacts of bioenergy on biodiversity is bridged to the overview provided by global

scenarios. This can happen through regional policy storylines where the boundary conditions are provided by global scenarios and a regional model is parameterized using information from the empirical studies. Spatial conservation prioritization tools can also inform land-use scenario development by providing information on biodiversity conservation needs.

Quantifying and assessing the consequences of prediction uncertainty in spatial conservation prioritization based on predicted species distributions is an important field of development, as spatial conservation prioritization tools are used increasingly in real life, and planning is also moving to the direction of anticipating future change.

Conservation planners need clear guidelines for collecting and preparing their data for modelling.

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mar, I am grateful for the opportunity to work with you. I admire your passion for expanding the impact of research beyond academia, creative thinking and sharp focus on the outcome. You have made a space for me to grow as a researcher, trusted me with responsibilities and independence, and pushed my perception of what I can achieve with inspiration and support.

Wilfried, I want to sincerely thank you for welcoming me in your team, being available and supporting, and raising the bar of ambition and efficiency high with your example.

I would like to thank Pam Berry for examining my thesis and acting as an opponent in my thesis defense, and Jouni Laakso for acting as the custos in the defense. I am grateful to Mikael Hildén and Aleksi Lehikoinen, who pre-examined my thesis and provided their constructive comments and insights that greatly improved the thesis.

Mikael Hildén was also a member of my thesis advisory committee, together with Hannu Pietiäinen and Hanna Tuomisto. Our annual meetings were always very useful, thought-provoking and inspiring, and I would like to thank you for your constructive feedback and support. A discussion in one of the meetings actually lead to writing chapter IV of my thesis.

I have been privileged to work on my thesis with support of the fellowship of LUOVA graduate school, which has

enabled me to work headlong on the thesis. I would like to thank the coordinator of LUOVA, Anni Tonteri, for all the interesting courses and activities, answers and support along the way. I would also like to thank the head of our department and major, Veijo Kaitala, for all the help and support with practical issues.

Working on my thesis, I have become familiar with a range of research fields which would not be possible were it not for the opportunity to work with many insightful and talented people. Astrid, thank you for the company and support on this learning journey. Things may have got confusing sometimes and it was essential you were there. Tobias, your understanding of the EU policy and politics and spatial approach to that was very helpful for seeing a bigger picture. Samuel and Damien, this would have been a very different thesis without your modelling expertise and all your kind help (not to mention taking care of Dominique, Valloire magic mountain and the dog!) – merci beaucoup á vous deux.

I would like to thank Andries Hof and Detlef van Vuuren from the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency for collaboration on work that built on the Agency’s global land-use scenarios. Your insights opened me new doors to understanding how predicting the future may work. Jelle van Minnen and Jan Vermaat, thank you for collaboration and inspiring discussions in the project meetings. Morgane Barbet-Massin and Luigi Maiorano, thank you for your help with data and helpful comments on the article manuscripts.

The Global Change and Conservation Lab has been my closest reference group. I have been deeply impressed of the work all you people do, bridging ecology with conservation, climate change, policy, and developmental sciences. Anni, Erin, Marissa, Aili, Silvija, Johanna, Henna, Álvaro, Raquel, Annika, Ricardo, Antti and Helena, thank you for the good company and sharing thoughts, work and life. And of course for all the conversation biology in the infamous journal club, together with Andrea, Daniel, Peter, Joona, Ninni and others through the years. Here, I want to thank my academic big sister Heini and Maria for the company along the way.

The GCC is nested in the larger Metapopulation Research Centre. Working in such a large, diverse and excellent group has been an enormous privilege. Thank you Ilkka Hanski for creating such an exceptional working environment with its competitive yet collaborative,

friendly and supporting culture and highly inspiring atmosphere. You have of course been a great example of a highly renowned researcher who makes important contributions to the societal debate about conservation.

Sami, Viia and Jenni, thank you for all your amazing work and help. Otso, Anna-Liisa, Marjo, Lasse, Anne, Anniina, Ayco, Hanna, Tanjona, Toby, Ulisses, Henjo, Swee, Evgeniy, Maria, Krista, Rachel, Anna, Wolfgang, thank you for the inspiring moments and conversations.

Atte, thank you for the opportunity to work with you – editing the Zonation manual, I got familiar with the key tool beyond being able to use it – as well as all the practical tips and support. Tuuli, Jussi, Enrico, Fede, Timo, Victoria and Aija, thank you for the inspiration and company on the spatial conservation prioritization journey. Special thanks to Sami and Helena for making the thesis so beautiful.

I have been fortunate enough to be a part of another research group - the EMABIO team. Laure, darling, the pact our supervisors made to join our forces is most likely the best secret pact I have come across with. Working or dancing the night away, walking through the complexity of concepts, travelling across Europe (with or without a broken knee), you have become my soeur au coeur.

Thank you. Katja and Tamara, together and separately, with your families, thank you for including me in your life and being so hertzlich, intelligent and fun. Seb, Florian, Loïc, Julien, Isabelle, Laure G, Cristina, Marti, Florent:

thank you for making Grenoble my second home.

My thesis work is a part of a European research project called RESPONSES, which combined research fields from health sciences to political studies, climate and energy sciences to ecology to explore the alternatives for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Europe. It was a truly eye-opening opportunity to work and learn with such a cross-discipline and interesting group of people. Frans Berkhout and Laurens Bouwer set a very good example of running a project and making it possible to learn a common language and genuinely work together on a broad range of topics. I would also like to thank everyone, and Benjamin, Sebastiaan, Susanne, Tim, Maha and Paul in particular, for sharing great thoughts and moments over the years.

Studying biology has been a transformative experience for me, and I owe a lot to the student organization Symbioosi for that. Tuomas K., Tuomas A., Elli, Anni, Tero, Kaisa, Markus, Janne: thank you for the years.

The time came when I realized I want to make use of everything I have learned in the academia to win campaigns for the climate and the environment. Thank you Meri, Jonas, Ville-Veikko, Lauri, Paloma, Hanna, Katja, Juuso, Kaisa-Reeta, Senja and Veikko. And, of course, my working community these days: Sini, Tapio, Olli, Touko, Jani, Juha, Veera, Kaisa, Max, Anna, Jehki, Maria, Petteri – you rock, every day.

I am grateful for my family for being the loving, supporting people you are. I want to thank my grandparents, ukki and mummi, for all your support. Mother and father, thank you for being wise and patient. You have always respected us for what we are and never said something could not be done because “you are not fit for it” or “you are a girl”.

Ilkka and Lotta, you are the best brother and sister in any dimension of the universe. Marja, thank you for bringing me to your lab to take photos of an electrophoresis gel in Copenhagen in the early 1990s. For me, the iconic scientist is not the bearded tête en l’air old guy – she is a strong woman with a low-pitch voice who moved abroad and drives a Citroën 2CV. Pertti, Raija, Anna and Antti, thank you for being the most welcoming and wonderful extended family.

I am running short of words to express accurately how grateful I am for having Kalle in my life. Thank you for standing by me and being the most supporting, kind and understanding soul. Thank you, Vanamo, for exploring the wonders and magic of life together with us.

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