The research focus of IBF is the integrated modeling of natural resources and ecosystems management using IIASA models such as the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) for the development of transformations in food and bio-based sectors that enable satisfying human needs while ensuring the sustainable use of terrestrial and marine environments.
The IBF Group strives to bring about transformations in the use and management of terrestrial, fresh water, and marine ecosystems for “happy people on a healthy planet” by informing national and international policies, and by engaging with businesses and civil society. For this, the group relies on a suite of well-established models, including the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) and the Global Forest Model (G4M), as well as its reputation as a credible partner in concrete policy/regulatory processes.
The group’s key research areas include:
- Land, water, and oceans management focusing on primary producers in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries and their impact on the environment, including land-based climate change mitigation.
- Bio-based sectors integrating consumers and producers across food, fibre, and fuel supply chains.
- Shocks, adaptation, and resilience within bio-based sectors including weather extremes.
- Food, nutrition, and poverty, as the main social outcomes of land, water, and oceans use.
- Integrated biosphere foresight and solutions developing forward-looking scenarios for the assessment of potential synergies and trade-offs between relevant Sustainable Development Goals at regional and global scales, and exploring national and international options for their achievement to inform policymaking.
Projects
Staff
News

28 March 2023
Climate-related costs could significantly affect largest listed livestock companies

27 March 2023
Co-producing fair transformative pathways towards climate and biodiversity goals

22 March 2023
Petr Havlík appointed as Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program Director
Events
28 November 2022 Tel Aviv, Israel
IIASA-Israel Symposium on Sustainability Pathways empowered by Systems Analysis
30 November 2021 Online via Zoom
IIASA-China Expert Dialogue on Long-term and Integrated Modeling Analysis
Focus

20 January 2023
Understanding the link between biodiversity and land-use management
Meet Cindy Azuero-Pedraza, a participant in the 2022 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program. Learn about her forestry research in the Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, where she worked with the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group to incorporate biodiversity data into forest management decisions.
20 January 2023
Securing sustainable and resilient food systems for The Gambia

29 November 2022
The value of inclusivity

Publications
van Dijk, M. & Geurtsen, S. (2023). Mapping Irrigated Areas in China Using a Synergy Approach. Water 15 (9) e1666. 10.3390/w15091666.
Kozicka, M. , Gotor, E., Pagnani, T., Occelli, M., & Caracciolo, F. (2023). Examining linkages among multiple sustainable development outcomes: does the productive safety net program increase on-farm agrobiodiversity? Environment, Development and Sustainability 10.1007/s10668-023-03257-2.
Wu, Y., Deppermann, A., Havlik, P. , Frank, S. , Ren, M., Zhao, H., Ma, L., Fang, C., Chen, Q., & Dai, H. (2023). Global land-use and sustainability implications of enhanced bioenergy import of China. Applied Energy 336 e120769. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120769.
Goulart, H.M.D., van der Wiel, K., Folberth, C. , Boere, E., & van den Hurk, B. (2023). Increase of Simultaneous Soybean Failures Due To Climate Change. Earth's Future 11 (4) e2022EF003106. 10.1029/2022EF003106.
Corning, S., Boere, E., Krasovskiy, A. , Derci Augustynczik, A.L., & Kraxner, Florian (2023). Flammable Futures – A storyline of climatic and land-use change impacts on wildfire extremes in Indonesia. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna.
De Vos, K., Janssens, C., Jacobs, L., Campforts, B., Boere, E., Kozicka, M. , Havlik, P. , Hemerijckx, L.-M., Van Rompaey, A., Maertens, M., & Govers, G. (2023). What about human behavior? The case of urbanization and rice in Africa. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna.