Building on the research previously undertaken in the Ecosystems Services and Management and Water programs, the BNR Program fully exploits the potential for biodiversity research within integrated system analysis.
The program brings together different elements of land and aquatic ecosystems including agriculture, forests, and fisheries with water and the marine environment to inform global and regional policy assessments and provide robust science-based knowledge and foresight. The program aims to establish IIASA as an international community hub for biosphere research through innovative tool development; to lead the integration of biophysical-economic modeling with governance; to engage with stakeholders; and to facilitate community driven efforts. It provides policymaking support through core program and group research undertaken in the four BNR research groups.
BNR further engages in bilateral collaborations with other research programs and groups at the institute on key cross-cutting themes such as climate change adaptation and mitigation, the green economy, resilient food systems, transboundary governance, resource depletion and migration, and digital transformation.
Projects
Designing a resilient and coherent Trans-European Network for Nature and People (NaturaConnect)
Staff
Hyun-Woo Jo
Guest Korea University Postdoctoral Fellow (AFE, CDAT)
Piotr Magnuszewski
Research Scholar (WAT, EQU)
Piero Visconti
Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar (BEC)
Charlotte Janssens
Guest Research Scholar (IBF)
News
14 May 2024
Study confirms giant store of global soil carbon and highlights its dynamic nature
Discussions around soil carbon have traditionally revolved around organic matter, overlooking the substantial contribution of soil inorganic carbon. A recent study published in Science by an international team of researchers, however, addresses this oversight.
07 May 2024
TaigaClimate Project Meeting 2024
The Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE) group has hosted researchers from Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as part of the TaigaClimate project meeting from 29 to 30 April.
25 April 2024
Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century
Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in Science. The projections show that climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century.
Events
Gvishiani Room, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
Korea University-IIASA symposium: Towards integrated approaches for modeling ecosystem material cycles and climate crisis-related disturbances
Vienna, Austria and online
IIASA at EGU 2024
Virtual event
IIASA Voices #11: Nature-based Solutions
Focus
09 April 2024
Forest science and education in Ukraine: Priorities for action
Ukraine’s forest sector is suffering unprecedented challenges. War has impacted both forests and forestry – devastating forest areas, infrastructure and industry, as well as causing ‘brain drain’ and capacity loss due to the disruption of research institutions and the displacement of students and scientists. These impacts are compounded by factors including climate change, unstable forest health dynamics, landscape fires, and an overall decrease in forest productivity.
07 February 2024
Rainforest gets digital twin
One of the most species-rich rainforests in southern Costa Rica is being digitally recreated. IIASA researcher Florian Hofhansl explains how the project intends to map the biodiversity and health status of the rainforest and attract sponsors.
Publications
Kim, J., Jo, H.-W., Kim, W., Jeong, Y., Park, E., Lee, S., Kim, M., & Lee, W.-K. (2024). Application of the domain adaptation method using a phenological classification framework for the land-cover classification of North Korea. Ecological Informatics 81 e102576. 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102576. Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Albrich, K., André, F., Derci Augustynczik, A.L., Bohn, F., Bouwman, M., Bugmann, H., Collalti, A., Cristal, I., Dalmonech, D., De Caceres, M., De Coligny, F., Dobor, L., Dollinger, C., Forrester, D.I., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González, J.R., Hiltner, U., Hlásny, T., Honkaniemi, J., Huber, N., Jonard, M., Maria Jönsson, A., Lagergren, F., Nieberg, M., Mina, M., Mohren, F., Moos, C., Morin, X., Muys, B., Peltoniemi, M., Reyer, C., Storms, I., Thom, D., Toïgo, M., & Seidl, R. (2024). A harmonized database of European forest simulations under climate change. Data in Brief 54 e110384. 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110384. Minetto Gellert Paris, J., Escobar Lanzuela, N. , Falkenberg, T., Gupta, S., Heinzel, C., Verly Junior, E., Jolliet, O., Borgemeister, C., & Nöthlings, U. (2024). Optimised diets for achieving One Health: A pilot study in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolis in Germany. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 106 e107529. 10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107529. Nowosad, J. & Hesselbarth, M. (2024). The landscapemetrics and motif packages for measuring landscape patterns and processes. arXiv 10.48550/arXiv.2405.06559. (Submitted) Tiwari, S. & Singh, J.G. (2024). A cooperation based transactive energy management for networked energy hubs considering improved payoff allocation mechanism. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 65 e103777. 10.1016/j.seta.2024.103777. Tiwari, S., Singh, J.G., & Garg, A. (2024). A static robust energy management approach for modelling low emission multi-vectored energy hub including emission markets and power-to-gas units. Energy 294 e130827. 10.1016/j.energy.2024.130827.