Göteborg Natural Environment Responsibility Dashboard

Institution snapshot

Public institutions that show up across Göteborg's nature work

Older reserve pages may still mention Park- och naturförvaltningen. Göteborgs Stad states that function was split into Stadsmiljöförvaltningen and Exploateringsförvaltningen in the 2023 reorganisation.

Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland

Usually manages protected nature such as nature reserves and national parks, and remains a key authority for protected coastal and inland nature.

Stadsbyggnadsnämnden

Leads municipal reserve formation, boundaries, strategic prioritisation, and skötselplaner for new city reserves.

Stadsmiljönämnden & Stadsmiljöförvaltningen

Manage the city's natural areas, public bathing sites, and much of the day-to-day upkeep of forests, trails, bridges, wetlands, and outdoor facilities.

Miljöförvaltningen

Provides environmental supervision and co-defines the guidance used for discharges to water recipients and the stormwater network.

Kretslopp och vatten

Works with Miljöförvaltningen on water quality target values and supports planning around dagvatten, ditches, and watercourses.

Exploateringsförvaltningen

Owns and develops city agricultural land and urban farming programmes that intersect with reserve-edge landscapes and biodiversity work.

Responsibility matrix

Area-by-area accountability

This view stays at area-type level. It does not try to assign parcel-level accountability.

Protected nature

Nature reserves & protected landscapes

主管機關: Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland for most protected nature, with Göteborgs Stad acting as the public authority and manager for municipal reserves.
Responsible actors: Stadsbyggnadsnämnden handles reserve formation, boundaries, and skötselplaner; Stadsmiljönämnden and Stadsmiljöförvaltningen manage and develop reserves after formation; some reserve pages name Göteborgs Stad directly as naturvårdsförvaltare.
Daily maintenance: Skötselplan-led work includes gallring, wetland restoration, upkeep of trails and bridges, and follow-up so reserve goals are actually delivered on the ground.
Research units: Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre (GGBC) and the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences support biodiversity, conservation, and ecosystem-service knowledge.

Sources: Länsstyrelsen protected nature, city reserve roles, Stora Amundö reserve page

Marine edge

Coast, archipelago & marine areas

主管機關: Göteborgs Stad for municipal bathing sites and many city-managed coastal sites, Länsstyrelsen for protected coastal nature, and Miljöförvaltningen with Kretslopp och vatten for water-quality guidance.
Responsible actors: Stadsmiljönämnden owns the municipal bathing-site mandate, Stadsmiljöförvaltningen runs the operational service, and Miljöförvaltningen plus Kretslopp och vatten set the guidance used for polluted water releases to recipients and networks.
Daily maintenance: During bathing season the city keeps toilets, bridges, lifebuoys, and containers in place, staffs larger sites with attendants, cleans most bathing sites daily, and can increase maintenance from 15 May when demand rises.
Research units: The Department of Marine Sciences, Centrum för Hav och samhälle, and Havsmiljöinstitutet provide marine science, cross-sector collaboration, and ecosystem-based governance support.

Sources: badplats responsibility and service, daywater roles, marine sciences, Centrum för Hav och samhälle, Havsmiljöinstitutet

Land systems

Forests, urban natural areas & recreation corridors

主管機關: Stadsmiljönämnden through Stadsmiljöförvaltningen is the main public manager for the city's forests, natural areas, and outdoor public-space systems.
Responsible actors: Stadsmiljöförvaltningen has the city's broad public-space and natural-area mandate and runs work that must balance recreation, biodiversity, and cultural landscape values.
Daily maintenance: Work is area-specific, guided by mapped tasks and site instructions, with each area's natural conditions and public use shaping how maintenance is carried out with minimal disturbance.
Research units: BioEnv's plant ecology and environmental science work covers forests, land use, and urban vegetation, while GGBC links biodiversity science to restoration and practice.

Sources: natural-area maintenance, stadsmiljö remit, PEPES, GGBC

Freshwater link

Lakes, streams, wetlands & stormwater-linked habitats

主管機關: Göteborgs Stad is responsible for meeting water environmental quality norms, with Miljöförvaltningen and Kretslopp och vatten defining core guidance and Stadsmiljöförvaltningen managing the operational public systems.
Responsible actors: Miljöförvaltningen and Kretslopp och vatten set target values for polluted-water releases; Stadsmiljöförvaltningen maintains stormwater facilities and the connected public realm that influences downstream habitats.
Daily maintenance: Dagvattenanläggningar need regular drift and maintenance with explicit drift instructions so the treatment and delay functions keep working for streams, lakes, wetlands, and coastal receivers.
Research units: The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences is the clearest research match here because its work spans land, freshwater, and marine environments.

Sources: water norms and guidance, stormwater maintenance, BioEnv research areas

Research network

Units worth tracking by area type

These are not regulators. They are the research organisations most directly aligned with the area types above.

Institutionen för marina vetenskaper

Core science unit for coast, archipelago, marine conservation, and marine spatial questions.

Coast · Marine reserves · Havsmiljö

Centrum för Hav och samhälle

Connects marine research to authorities, organisations, industry, and public dialogue.

Coast · Collaboration · Policy bridge

Havsmiljöinstitutet

Produces synthesis and knowledge support for ecosystem-based marine governance.

Coast · Governance · Water quality

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Spans land, freshwater, and marine environments, which makes it the broadest match for forests, streams, and mixed habitats.

Forest · Freshwater · Mixed habitats

PEPES

Studies forests, land use, urban vegetation, climate impacts, and ecological change on land.

Forest · Urban nature · Vegetation

GGBC

Connects biodiversity researchers and public actors around conservation, restoration, and ecosystem services.

Reserves · Biodiversity · Restoration

Source register

Official references used in this version

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