The focus of the AFE Group is to generate knowledge and develop state-of-the-art modeling tools to advance the scientific community and support policies that enable better understanding and management of global and regional agriculture, forestry, and natural land ecosystems.
The basis for improved assessment and management of natural resources is a deep understanding of complex and interacting biophysical processes within terrestrial ecosystems. The AFE Group aims to achieve a leading position in addressing research questions requiring integrated analyses of agriculture, forestry, and natural land ecosystems at global and regional levels.
The group’s strategic ambition of biophysical tool integration for, among others, the assessment of nature-based/climate solutions, landscape restoration options, agro-forestry, or future cropland management, is at the core of the IIASA research domain on biodiversity and ecosystem services. With sustainability and biodiversity aspects as cross-cutting environmental safeguards, the group is closely aligned with the strategic direction of its host program on Biodiversity and Natural Resources. This structural and strategic setup will ensure that AFE becomes a valuable research pillar and contributor to the overarching IIASA strategy.
Models, tools, datasets
Projects
Staff
News
![Winter Agriculture](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/pexels-tomfisk-1586834.jpg?itok=shrc7gDl)
18 June 2024
Assessing the potential impact of nuclear winter on food security
![taking a soil sample for a soil test in a field.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/dreamstime_m_284772235.jpg?itok=ZvmYseL4)
14 May 2024
Study confirms giant store of global soil carbon and highlights its dynamic nature
![Forrest](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/pexels-lauripoldre-19945293.jpg?itok=TjEfiYOj)
07 May 2024
TaigaClimate Project Meeting 2024
Events
Gvishiani Room, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
Korea University-IIASA symposium: Towards integrated approaches for modeling ecosystem material cycles and climate crisis-related disturbances
Focus
09 April 2024
Forest science and education in Ukraine: Priorities for action
![Pine trees](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-04/Pine%20regeneration%20Luhansk%20Brian%202021.png?itok=JdFryHO1)
![Amazon forest](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-02/dreamstime_l_177490194.jpg?itok=0_qiTd7R)
24 February 2022
The number of tree species on Earth
Since humans have walked this planet, we have loved categorizing things and ecology is no exception. One of the most basic ecological questions has always been the simple question of “how many?”
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. Zou, Y., Zohner, C., Averill, C., Ma, H., Merder, J., Berdugo, M., Bialic-Murphy, L., Mo, L., Brun, P., Zimmermann, N., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P., Niinements, U., Dahlgren, J., Kändler, G., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., de Zavala, M., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, Y., Alberti, G., Almeyda Zambrano, A., Alvarado, B., Alvarez-Dávila, E., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Alves, L., Ammer, C., Antón-Fernández, C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Avitabile, V., Aymard, G., Baker, T., Bałazy, R., Banki, O., Barroso, J., Bastian, M., Bastin, J.-F., Birigazzi, L., Birnbaum, P., Bitariho, R., Boeckx, P., Bongers, F., Bouriaud, O., Brancalion, P., Brandl, S., Brearley, F., Brienen, R., Broadbent, E., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Gatti, R., César, R., Cesljar, G., Chazdon, R., Chen, H., Chisholm, C., Cho, H., Cienciala, E., Clark, C., Clark, D., Colletta, G., Coomes, D., Valverde, F., Corral-Rivas, J., Crim, P., Cumming, J., Dayanandan, S., de Gasper, A., Decuyper, M., Derroire, G., DeVries, B., Djordjevic, I., Dolezal, J., Dourdain, A., Obiang, N., Enquist, B., Eyre, T., Fandohan, A., Fayle, T., Feldpausch, T., Ferreira, L., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fletcher, C., Fridman, J., Frizzera, L., Gamarra, J., Gianelle, D., Glick, H., Harris, D., Hector, A., Hemp, A., Hengeveld, G., Hérault, B., Herbohn, J., Herold, M., Hillers, A., Honorio Coronado, E., Hui, C., Ibanez, T., Iêda, A., Imai, N., Jagodziński, A., Jaroszewicz, B., Johannsen, V., Joly, C., Jucker, T., Jung, I., Karminov, V., Kartawinata, K., Kearsley, E., Kenfack, D., Kennard, D., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Keppel, G., Khan, M., Killeen, T., Kim, H., Kitayama, K., Köhl, M., Korjus, H., Kraxner, F., Laarmann, D., Lang, M., Lewis, S., Lu, H., Lukina, N., Maitner, B., Malhi, Y., Marcon, E., Marimon, B., Marimon-Junior, B., Marshall, A., Martin, E., Kucher, D., Meave, J., Melo-Cruz, O., Mendoza, C., Merow, C., Mendoza, A., Moreno, V., Mukul, S., Mundhenk, P., Nava-Miranda, M., Neill, D., Neldner, V., Nevenic, R., Ngugi, M., Niklaus, P., Oleksyn, J., Ontikov, P., Ortiz-Malavasi, E., Pan, Y., Paquette, A., Parada-Gutierrez, A., Parfenova, E., Park, M., Parren, M., Parthasarathy, N., Peri, P., Pfautsch, S., Phillips, O., Picard, N., Piedade, M., Piotto, D., Pitman, N., Polo, I., Poorter, L., Poulsen, A., Poulsen, J., Pretzsch, H., Arevalo, F., Restrepo-Correa, Z., Rodeghiero, M., Rolim, S., Roopsind, A., Rovero, F., Rutishauser, E., Saikia, P., Salas-Eljatib, C., Saner, P., Schall, P., Schelhaas, M., Shchepashchenko, D. , Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Schöngart, J., Searle, E., Seben, V., Serra-Diaz, J., Sheil, D., Shvidenko, A., Silva-Espejo, J., Silveira, M., Singh, J., Sist, P., Slik, F., Sonké, B., Souza, A., Miscicki, S., Stereńczak, K., Svenning, J., Svoboda, M., Swanepoel, B., Targhetta, N., Tchebakova, N., ter Steege, H., Thomas, R., Tikhonova, E., Umunay, P., Usoltsev, V., Valencia, R., Valladares, F., van der Plas, F., Van Do, T., van Nuland, M., Vasquez, R., Verbeeck, H., Viana, H., Vibrans, A., Vieira, S., von Gadow, K., Wang, H., Watson, J., Werner, G., Westerlund, B., Wiser, S., Wittmann, F., Woell, H., Wortel, V., Zagt, R., Zawiła-Niedźwiecki, T., Zhang, C., Zhao, X., Zhou, M., Zhu, Z., Zo-Bi, I., & Crowther, T. (2024). Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communications 15 (1) e4658. 10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5. Hammed, R., Alawode, G., Montoya, L., Krasovskiy, A. , & Kraxner, F. (2024). Exploring Drivers of Wildfires in Spain. Land 13 (6) e762. 10.3390/land13060762. Ko, Y., Song, C., Fellows, M., Kim, M., Hong, M., Kurz, W.A., Metsaranta, J., Son, J., & Lee, W.-K. (2024). Generic Carbon Budget Model for Assessing National Carbon Dynamics toward Carbon Neutrality: A Case Study of Republic of Korea. Forests 15 (5) e877. 10.3390/f15050877. 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.