BiographyRudolf de Groot is associate professor in integrated ecosystem assessment and management with the Environmental Systems Analysis Group of Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He is a landscape ecologist by training and has worked for over 25 years on ecological-economic analysis of the impact of land use and climate change on ecosystem services as a tool for sustainable planning and management. De Groot published over 100 scientific papers, including two books, and was involved as coordinating lead author in the UN-supported Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the recently published TEEB study. He is editor-in-chief of the international journal Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management and chair of the Ecosystem Services Partnership.