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Associate professor
Dept. Environmental Sciences
Environmental Systems Analysis Group
Droevendaalsesteeg 4
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands
P: +31 317 482247/484812
F: +31 317 419000
Email: dolf.degroot@wur.nl |
Professional background
- PhD Environmental Sciences
- MSc Biology - Landscape Ecology
Research
Dolf de Groot is Associate Professor and Leader of the Research Program on Integrated Environmental Assessment in Regional Planning and Management with the Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University.
From 1999 - 2004 he also worked at the International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS), Maastricht University as co-leader of the Program on Integrated Assessment of environment-economy interactions. Both institutes take part in the National Research School on Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE) and aim to develop methods and tools for Integrated Assessment of complex environmental issues.
An important research area of Dolf de Groot is integrated assessment and valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services. In 1992 he published a book on this topic ("Functions of Nature") and in 1997 he was co-author of a much cited publication in Nature with Costanza et al., on the "Total Value of the World´s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital". He is currently involved with the Costanza-group in a US-NSF-funded project on "The dynamics and value of ecosystem services: integrating economic and ecological perspectives", and many other related projects.
Another important research interest deals with global change issues, especially the effects of climate change on natural ecosystems and biodiversity. In 1989 he was co-organiser of an international conference on Landscape Ecological Impacts of Climate Change and since then has been involved in many research programs on interactions between Climate Change, Land use and Ecosystems and was one of the initiators of the Climate Change and Biosphere (CCB) Research Centre. Dolf de Groot published over 100 scientific publications, including 2 books, and has been, and is involved (as senior researcher and project leader) in many national and EU-funded projects on integrated assessment of interactions between climate change, land use (change) and ecosystem values.
Teaching and courses
Dolf de Groot is a lecturer in various educational programs, eg. Basic principles in environmental sciences, Environmental policy indicators, and Greenhouse effect and climate change.
A list of thesis by MSc and PhD-students is available on request
Key Publications
Groot, R.S. de, J. van der Perk, A. Chiesura, S. Marguliew, 2000. Ecological Functions and Socio-economic Values of Critical Natural Capital as a measure for Ecological Integrity and Environmental Health (pp 191-214.). in: P.Crabbe, A.Holland, L.Ryszkowskiand L.Westra (eds.) "Implementing Ecological Integrity:. NATO-Science Series,Environmental Security, Kluwer Ac. Publ. BV, Dordrecht
Costanza, R., R. d'Arge, R.S. de Groot, et al., 1997. The Total Value of the World's Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital. Nature Vol 387:253-260.
De Groot, R.S., P. Ketner & A.H. Ovaa, 1995. Selection and use of bio-indicators to assess the possible effects of climate change in Europe. Journal of Biogeography22:2707-2715. Blackwell Sc.
De Groot, R.S., 1994. Environmental Functions and the Economic Value of Natural Ecosystems (pp:151-168), in: Jansson et al. (eds), "Investing in Natural Capital: the ecological economics approach to sustainability", Island Press, International Society for Ecological Economics
Vellinga, P., R.S. de Groot & R. Klein, 1994. An Ecologically Sustainable Oikos. (pp:317-346) in: Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmental Policy (eds) "The Environment: towards a sustainable future", Environment and Policy-series Vol. 1(600 pp) Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht/Boston/London
De Groot, R.S., 1992. "Functions of Nature: evaluation of nature in environmental planning, management and decision-making". Wolters Noordhoff BV, Groningen,the Neth. (345 pp).
De Groot, R.S., & C.W. Stortenbeker (eds), 1992. "Sensitivity of wetland ecosystems for climatic change" (101 pp). Special Issue in Wetlands Ecology and Management Vol. 2, Issue 1/2, SPB Ac.Publ.BV, The Hague
Boer, M.M. and R.S. de Groot (eds), 1990. "Landscape-ecological Impact of ClimaticChange". IOS Press, Amsterdam, Washington, Tokyo (429 pp)
De Groot, R.S., 1987. "Environmental Functions as a Unifying Concept for Ecology and Economics". The Environmentalist, Vol.7, No.2:105-109.
Academic positions
Dolf de Groot is an active member of several national and international organisations, including the World Conservation Union-IUCN and the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). He is a member of the Steering Committee of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), and Global Theme Leader on Ecosystem Services. He is on the advisory board of the Guiana Shield Initiative, chairman of the Foundation for Sustainable Development and founder of the Network for Nature Valuation and Financing.
From 1998-2001 he was a member of the Dutch IGBP-Commission on Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) of the Royal Academy of Sciences. From March 2002 – March 2005 he was one of the Coordinating Lead Authors of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and is currently involved in the CGIAR Assessment of Water Management and Agriculture. Dolf de Groot is a member of various Editorial Boards (eg "Regional Environmental Change" (Springer) and "Biodiversity Science and Management" (Sapiens Publ.)).