Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Sander is senior researcher for INBO (Institute for Nature and Forest), research group Nature & Society, and coordinates the research program on Urban Nature. An ecologist by training and ecological economist by profession, he teaches a course on human and political ecology at Ghent University. Before, he worked for 10 years as science-policy officer at the Belgian Biodiversity Platform to coordinate the Belgian ecosystem service community, and was coordinating, lead and contributing author and Belgian delegate for several IPBES assessments (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). He was also co-chair of the steering committee of the global Ecosystem Service Partnership for 10 years, and is topic editor for several scientific journals.
Education/Academic qualification
Biology - Ecology
Doctor
External positions
visiting professor
Thematic List 2020
- Protected nature
- Nature & society
Thematic List
- Nature management
- Nature report
- Urban areas
- Non-urban area
- Geographical and policy
- Processes
- Sectors
Disciplinecode List
- Global ecology
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
- Agricultural and natural resource economics, environmental and ecological economics
- Voluntary associations, participation and civil society
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Financial equivalent for the compensation of irreversible damage to nature
Desair, J. (Project leader) & Jacobs, S. (Cooperator)
1/03/24 → 31/08/25
Project: coöperation agreement
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Sheep grazing between nature and agriculture, towards a profitable and circular business model
Dumortier, M. (Project leader), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Mortelmans, D. (Cooperator), Sannen, K. (Cooperator) & Van Uytvanck, J. (Cooperator)
1/03/24 → 1/10/24
Project: Evinbo
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GoNaturePositive
Desair, J. (Project leader), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Mortelmans, D. (Cooperator) & Vercruysse, L. (Cooperator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Evinbo
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Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
Van Reeth, W. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator), Vught, I. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
23/11/23 → 20/07/26
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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LIFE B4B -
De Saeger, S. (Project leader), Decleer, K. (Cooperator), Demolder, H. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator) & Van Wichelen, J. (Cooperator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/31
Project: Evinbo
Research output
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De meervoudige waarden van de natuur schoppen het tot in de rechtbank
Desair, J. & Jacobs, S., 2024, In: INBO Nieuwsbrief. mei 2024Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Nieuwsbrief
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INBO on the road to 2030
Eggermont, H. (Main author), Janssens, L. (Main author), De Wever, A., De Vos, B., Noël, C., De Charleroy, D., Buysse, D., Mortelmans, D., Maes, D., Van den Bergh, E., Van den Broeck, F., Turkelboom, F., Louette, G., De Landtsheer, I., Van Wichelen, J., Casaer, J., Peymen, J., Desair, J., Vandekerkhove, K. & Stevens, M. & 17 others, , 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 32 p. (Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Communications of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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INBO op weg naar 2030
Eggermont, H. (Main author), Janssens, L. (Main author), De Wever, A., De Vos, B., Noël, C., De Charleroy, D., Buysse, D., Mortelmans, D., Maes, D., Van den Bergh, E., Van den Broeck, F., Turkelboom, F., Louette, G., De Landtsheer, I., Van Wichelen, J., Casaer, J., Peymen, J., Desair, J., Vandekerkhove, K. & Stevens, M. & 17 others, , 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 31 p. (Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Communications of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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INBO werkt mee aan een natuurpositieve economie
Desair, J., Vercruysse, L., Jacobs, S., Mortelmans, D. & Dumortier, M., 2024, In: INBO Nieuwsbrief. mei 2024Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to INBO Nieuwsbrief
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Proposal for a practical framework to determine financial compensations for damage to nature - a discussion note prepared for the BIOVAL project of EUFJE, IMPEL and ENPE
Desair, J., De Smet, L. & Jacobs, S., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 54 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 25)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Activities
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A4Cap annual assembly 2024
Desair, J. (Organiser), Vercruysse, L. (Organiser), Heck, A. (Organiser), Jacobs, S. (Invited speaker) & Turkelboom, F. (Invited speaker)
4-Jun-2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Bioval - a practical tool to calculate compensations for damage to wildlife
Desair, J. (Invited speaker) & Jacobs, S. (Invited speaker)
28-Sept-2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Expert workshop BIOVAL
Desair, J. (Organiser), Adriaens, T. (Participant), Jacobs, S. (Organiser) & Maes, D. (Participant)
29-Apr-2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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MAIA: Final Project Conference
Jacobs, S. (Organiser), Heck, A. (Organiser), Desair, J. (Organiser) & Jocqué, M. (Organiser)
20-Sept-2022 → 21-Sept-2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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2nd Expert workshop BIOVAL
Desair, J. (Organiser), Adriaens, T. (Participant) & Jacobs, S. (Organiser)
28-Nov-2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting