Husqvarna Group is assembling a team of experts for the newly formed Husqvarna International Biodiversity Advisory Board. This distinguished panel of senior academic representatives will serve as Husqvarna Group's guiding force in the realms of market and product development, aligning with the COP 15 commitment to safeguard and restore biodiversity by 2030. Members of Husqvarna International Biodiversity Advisory Board: Chairman Thomas Elmqvist, PhD, professor in Natural Resource Management at Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University.

His research is mainly focused on urbanization, urban biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Sandra Lavorel, functional ecologist at the French CNRS with 20 years? experience in interdisciplinary research on global change, ecosystem services and sustainability, at scales ranging from local to regional and global.

Dr. Steven Handel, Distinguished Professor of Ecology Emeritus at Rutgers University, and formerly Visiting Professor at Harvard University?s Graduate School of Design, studies the restoration ecology of urban habitats. Cecilia Polacow Herzog, urban landscape planner, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.