I den här boken har fler än 50 forskare beskrivit olika aspekter på biologisk mångfald och naturnyttor/ekosystemtjänster, och utifrån sin verksamhet exemplifierat och reflekterat över vad naturen betyder för Sverige. Boken är tvärvetenskaplig och vänder sig därmed både till en bred allmänhet och till forskare som vill bilda sig i ämnen som de själva inte är fackkunniga i. Den är särskilt relevant för alla som på något sätt professionellt intresserar sig för hållbar utveckling.

Boken innehåller 26 längre kapitel och 27 uppslag skrivna av svenska forskare med olika ingångar till och kunskaper i ämnet biologisk mångfald och ekosystemtjänster. Många av författarna är ledamöter i Vetenskapliga rådet för biologisk mångfald och ekosystemtjänster.

Following the paradigm shift in nature conservation policy towards the inclusion of local inhabitants in the planning and management of protected areas, tourism is emphasised as a means to achieve economic development in peripheral areas. Governance issues and the real impacts from tourism on development are thus often under scrutiny. This article focuses on the role of tourism in the political process of designating protected areas. How does the inclusion of the tourism argument affect designation processes? What kind of tourism is being promoted and how can it be conceptualised with regard to human views of the use of nature? An ecostrategic framework is presented to illustrate the essential land-use choices available. Three cases of protected area designation processes are used to address the issue of tourism: the failure of the Kiruna National Park proposal and the successful implementation of the snowmobile regulation area in Funäsdalen and Fulufjället National Park. The analysis shows that while tourism may increase local acceptance of protected areas, the power of this argument also depends on contextual and process factors.

A new teaching aidexergamesis increasing in popularity in schools and is regarded as an interesting, varied and effective way of improving students' fitness. These exercise television games often contain references to physical activities carried out in different outdoor landscapes. The purpose of this article is to examine the views of landscape and nature offered by the games and the consequences this may have for students' relationships with nature and future environmental commitment. The methodological approach used is companion meaning analysis: the meaning of nature that follows when playing the games. The results show a controlled landscape that is perfectly arranged for the activity (functional specialisation). It is an obvious anthropocentric base and commands an instrumental value where nature is valuable because it satisfies our felt preferences (demand value). Exergames can thus be seen as a further step in an ongoing detachment process from the physical landscape (indoorisation).