BiodivercityAnnika Kruuse, project manager

My presentation

• A few words about Malmö• Introduction to ecosystem

services• Innovative green infrastructure

Malmö

• 300 000 inhabitants• Dense city in the Nordic context • Growing, densifying• Vision: dense and green city

EcosystemsLiving organisms together with the nonliving components of their environment (air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system. Linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Can be of any size but usually encompass specific, limited spaces – a pond, an ocean

Ecosystem services

Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from �ecosystems

Four categories of ecosystem services

Supporting services(e.g. biodiversity and soil fertility)

Provisioning services(e.g. food, medicines)

Regulating services(e.g. air cleaning, noise reduction, moderation of extreme events like floods and heat waves)

Cultural services(e.g. recreation and health)

Green roofs

Green walls

Research project green roofs

Mobile growing systems

3D greenery

Urban biotopes

Present work

• Evaluation• Commercialization through value chains• Upscaling in existing housing areas

Thank you for listening!

Annika.kruuse@malmo.sewww.malmo.se/biodivercity