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
Tara Ippolito
Guest Research Scholar (AFE)
Michael Le Gohebel
Program and Project Officer (IBF, BNR)
Donghyun Kim
Research Scholar (AFE)
Gergana Daskalova
Schmidt Science Fellow (BEC)
News
18 June 2024
Assessing the potential impact of nuclear winter on food security
Global crop modelers and IIASA scientists joined forces to explore the potential impacts of nuclear winter resulting from hypothetical nuclear detonations on food systems and food security.
10 June 2024
Analyzing the benefits of transboundary cooperation in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin
A new study conducted by IIASA researchers and their colleagues highlights that cooperation in infrastructure operation between countries surrounding the Lancang-Mekong River Basin could bring major economic and environmental co-benefits.
30 May 2024
Rapid urbanization in Africa transforms local food systems and threatens biodiversity
Urbanization in Africa is accelerating quickly, showing no signs of slowing down. An international team of researchers addresses critical gaps in our understanding of how this urbanization affects local food and ecological systems, emphasizing the importance of recognizing shifts in dietary patterns.
Events
Stockholm, Sweden
IIASA at IUFRO World Congress 2024
Helsinki and Espoo, Finland
IIASA at Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2024
Focus
27 June 2024
RESIST
The Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST) project aims to develop a modeling framework that integrates biophysical feedbacks and socioeconomic drivers affecting the environment.
27 June 2024
TRUST
Researchers from the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, Energy, Climate and Environment Program, and from the Population and Just Societies Program share their expertise to carry out the IIASA Tools for Raising and UnderStanding Trust in systems science through citizen engagement (TRUST) Strategic Initiative.
Publications
Pashanejad Silab, E., Kharrazi, A. , Araujo Gutierrez, Z., Robinson, B., Fath, B. , & Parrott, L. (2024). A functional connectivity approach for exploring interactions of multiple ecosystem services in the context of agricultural landscapes in the Canadian prairies. Ecosystem Services 68 e101639. 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101639. Heinicke, S., Volkholz, J., Schewe, J., Gosling, S.N, Müller Schmied, H., Zimmermann, S., Mengel, M., Sauer, I.J, Burek, P. , Chang, J., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Grillakis, M., Guillaumot, L., Hanasaki, N., Koutroulis, A., Otta, K., Qi, W., Satoh, Y., Stacke, T., Yokohata, T., & Frieler, K. (2024). Global hydrological models continue to overestimate river discharge. Environmental Research Letters 19 (7) e074005. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad52b0. 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. Villani, L., Castelli, G., Yimer, E.A., Chawanda, C.J., Nkwasa, A., Van Schaeybroeck, B., Penna, D., van Griensven, A., & Bresci, E. (2024). Impacts of climate change and vegetation response on future aridity in a Mediterranean catchment. Agricultural Water Management 299 e108878. 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108878. Vangi, E., Dalmonech, D., Morichetti, M., Grieco, E., Giannetti, F., D’Amico, G., Nakhavali, A., Chirici, G., & Collalti, A. (2024). Stand Age and Climate Change Effects on Carbon Increments and Stock Dynamics. Forests 15 (7) e1120. 10.3390/f15071120. Beher, J., Treml, E., & Wintle, B. (2024). 10 years of decision‐making for biodiversity conservation actions: A systematic literature review. Conservation Science and Practice e13170. 10.1111/csp2.13170. (In Press)