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Bart Muys

Full Professor at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at KU Leuven

KU Leuven

About me

Bart Muys is full professor Forest Ecology & Management at KU Leuven, where he lectures to students in bio-engineering, biology and sustainable development. He interprets sustainable development as a harmonization exercise between humans and nature (see Muys 2013, Challenges in Sustainability).

His research focuses on sustainability indicators for forestry and other land use, and on how biodiversity contributes to productivity of ecosystems and ecosystem services. He also published numerous papers on the role of forests for climate regulation. His work has been cited over 20,000 times, and is leading for the domains of forest ecology, silviculture, forest management, bioenergy and sustainability (Google Citations).