Marianne Kettunen
Principal Policy Analyst and Co-lead of Global Challenges Work Stream
Email:
Phone: +44 (0) 207 340 2679
Specialist Subjects:
biodiversity and ecosystem services, value of biodiversity and natural capital, global green economy, biodiversity financing, protected areas, invasive alien species (IAS), communications planning and management
Profile:
Marianne joined IEEP in 2005. She has a Masters degree in ecology and she is specialised in issues related to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity at EU and global level. Marianne’s areas of expertise include the of biodiversity and ecosystem services, socio-economic benefits of protected areas, financing biodiversity conservation (e.g. resource mobilisation for 2020 biodiversity targets, the benefits and costs of Natura 2000 Network) and the EU action on invasive alien species. She is interested in European and global biodiversity issues, with experience on diverse projects both within and outside the EU.
Marianne is also associated with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) as a visiting scientist and with the Finnish Environment Institute as a guest researcher.
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Value of ecosystem services – putting the ‘green’ into green economy
Presentation by Marianne Kettunen of IEEP on the value of ecosystem services in the context of green economy at Nordic conference on Green Growth, in Oslo, Norway March 2012.
06 Mar 2012 -
Mainstreaming the environment and climate change in the post-2013 EU budget
New IEEP paper examines the opportunities and challenges of the proposed ‘mainstreaming’ of climate change and other environmental priorities in the 2014-2020 EU budget.
12 Aug 2011 -
Funding Natura 2000
The study assesses the successes and shortcomings of the existing EU framework for funding Natura 2000 and identifies possibilities for improving these financing arrangements in the future.
31 Mar 2011 -
Assessment to Support Continued Development of the EU Strategy to Combat Invasive Alien Species
This report sets out a suggested outline for key components of the future EU Strategy on Invasive Alien Species. It also provides an initial assessment of the possible scale of costs and benefits associated with EU policy action on IAS.
10 Feb 2011 -
Valuing and Conserving Ecosystem Services: a Scoping Case Study in the Danube Basin
The report for WWF provides an assessment of the value and status of some key ecosystem services in the Danube Basin, and some policy instruments to support them.
18 Jan 2011 -
Costs and Socio-Economic Benefits associated with the Natura 2000 Network
The study on the costs and benefits of Natura 2000 undertaken by IEEP and partners was designed to support the European Commission in obtaining an accurate estimate of the costs of managing the network compared to its benefits ...
06 Oct 2010 -
EU Biodiversity Policy Post-2010. Exploring the possibilities for safeguarding broader ecosystems – A scoping paper
There is a growing interest amongst stakeholders in the possibility of a post-2010 EU biodiversity policy being more focused on the protection and sustainable use of overall ecosystems and their ecosystem ...
24 Mar 2010 -
EU Biodiversity Policy Post-2010. Exploring the possibilities for safeguarding broader ecosystems – A scoping paper (Executive Summary)
There is a growing interest amongst stakeholders in the possibility of a post-2010 EU biodiversity policy being more focused on the protection and sustainable use of overall ecosystems and their ecosystem ...
24 Mar 2010 -
Biodiversity is eligible for more support from the EU Budget
The new IEEP and WWF paper reveals that financial contribution to biodiversity from the Community budget remains low. This is particularly alarming as the threats facing biodiversity at the global and ...
23 Nov 2009 -
Assessment of the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) in Europe and the EU
This assessment provides a picture of the different environmental, social and economic costs and benefits of invasive alien species (IAS) in Europe, constituting the first full assessment of all types ...
01 Nov 2009