prof.dr. LG (Lars) Hein

Lars Hein is Professor Ecosystem Services and Environmental Change and deputy chair of the Environmental Systems Analysis Group at Wageningen University. He published over 100 articles in the field of ecological economics, natural resource management and land use planning. Lars was previously employed as Senior Environmental Advisor at Shell International (2006-2010) and as Environmental Expert at the FAO/World Bank Collaborative Program, Rome (1997-2002). He is a member of several advisory boards for both industry and international organisations and received a number of awards for his research including a prestigious Personal Grant from the European Research Council in 2010. His main focus of research is ‘ecosystem accounting’, i.e. developing methodologies for the measurement of ecosystem capital consistent with national accounting. He is one of the main contributing authors of the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Experimental Ecosystem Accounting Framework (SEEA EEA, 2012) as well as of the SEEA EEA Technical Recommendations (2017). Other fields of expertise include the development of sustainable and profitable natural resource management strategies, climate change adaptation, ecosystem services modelling and valuation, and environmental cost benefit analysis.

• EU (1-11-2025/31-12-2027)
  Sabatical voer ik uit om beter te begrijpen hoe remote sensing gebruikt kan worden voor ecosystem accounting. Ook is SarVision partner in het MAIA project en can ik de ontwikkeling voor een webviewer voor MAI op deze manier beter aansturen.
• IUCN (1-11-2025/31-12-2026)
  De Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy adviseert IUCN over sociaal-economische vraagstukken, mijn rol hiebrij gaat speciaal over natuurlijk kapitala rekeningen en hoe dezen zich verhouden tot natuur en biodiversiteitsbescherming.