Marja Roslund

I am an environmental scientist with a focus on connections among nature, biodiversity loss, urbanization and human health. Currently, I am working in BIWE (Biodiversity Interventions for Well-being) -project. In BIWE, microbiologically oriented biodiversity interventions are performed to enhance biodiversity in urban built areas. The results of these intervention trials, jointly with publicly available land cover and ecological data, are analyzed from the viewpoint of shifts in ecological and human well-being and health, ecological quality and urban planning. BIWE interacts with people that are vulnerable to biodiversity loss in the everyday living environment, such as disabled, people with autism spectrum disorder and children.