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
Congrui Yi
Research Assistant (WAT)
Philipp Piribauer
Guest Research Scholar (IBF)
Ellen Tan
Program and Project Officer (IBF)
Florian Hofhansl
Research Scholar (NODES, BEC)
News
23 July 2024
Fostering transformation of agrifood systems in Indonesia
IIASA researchers contributed to a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), working in partnership with scientists from other renowned institutions, to help the government of Indonesia advance actionable agrifood systems policies based on rigorous scientific assessment.
22 July 2024
Are sustainable aviation fuels truly sustainable?
A new IIASA-led study offers the first detailed estimates of land use change emissions for six sustainable aviation fuel production pathways. The authors focused on both food and non-food raw materials used to produce biofuels, using trusted global data sources to provide fine-scale emissions data.
17 July 2024
Forests endure as carbon sink despite regional pressures
Despite facing regional threats like deforestation and wildfires, the world's forests continue to be a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. A new study reveals these vital ecosystems have consistently absorbed carbon dioxide for the past three decades, even as disruptions chip away at their capacity.
Events
Laxenburg, Austria
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) visits IIASA
Virtual (via Zoom)
Water Resources Modeling Summer School: CWatM Level A1
Focus
17 July 2024
Biodiversity lessons from nature
IIASA researchers Silvia Artuso and Juliette Martin reflect on a recent workshop presented at the Institute as part of the IIASA School Engagement Initiative, during which they introduced students to systems analysis and took them on an adventure to explore the amazing biodiversity of Laxenburg park.
08 July 2024
Future food demand in The Gambia: can increased crop productivity and climate adaptation close the supply–demand gap?
The Gambia faces significant food availability issues due to low agricultural productivity. IIASA researchers and colleagues used the FABLE Calculator to explore actions to reduce the food supply-demand gap by 2050. The results, published in Food Security, reveal that current cropland will not meet food demand by 2050.
Publications
Escobar Lanzuela, N. , Seber, G., Skalský, R. , Wögerer, M., Jung, M., & Malina, R. (2024). Spatially-explicit land use change emissions and carbon payback times of biofuels under the carbon offsetting and reduction scheme for international aviation. Science of the Total Environment 948 e174635. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174635. Martin, J. , Kanade, R., Bhadbhade, N., Joy, K.J., Thomas, B.K., Willaarts, B. , & Hanger-Kopp, S. (2024). Review of the food, water and biodiversity nexus in India. Environmental Science & Policy 159 e103826. 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103826. 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. Orlov, A., Jägermeyr, J., Müller, C., Daloz, A.S., Zabel, F., Minoli, S., Liu, W., Lin, T.-S., Jain, A.K., Folberth, C. , Okada, M., Poschlod, B., Smerald, A., Schneider, J.M., & Sillmann, J. (2024). Human heat stress could offset potential economic benefits of CO2 fertilization in crop production under a high-emissions scenario. One Earth 7 (7) 1250-1265. 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.06.012. Willaarts, B.A. , Novais, M.H., González Navarro, J.M., López Lara, G., Morais, M., Zilliox, E., & Peñate Suárez, B. (2024). The governance of the water-energy nexus: Co-produced narratives to take stock and address energy dependencies of the urban water cycle in Atlantic Europe. Environmental Science & Policy 160 e103835. 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103835. Hordijk, I., Bialic‐Murphy, L., Lauber, T., Routh, D., Poorter, L., Rivers, M., ter Steege, H., Liang, J., Reich, P., de‐Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Gamarra, J., Chen, H., Zhou, M., Wiser, S., Pretzsch, H., Paquette, A., Picard, N., Hérault, B., Bastin, J.-F., Alberti, G., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, Y., Almeyda Zambrano, A., Alvarado, B., Alvarez‐Davila, E., Alvarez‐Loayza, P., Alves, L., Ammer, C., Antón‐Fernández, C., Araujo‐Murakami, A., Arroyo, L., Avitabile, V., Aymard Corredor, G., Baker, T., Banki, O., Barroso, J., Bastian, M., Birigazzi, L., Birnbaum, P., Bitariho, R., Boeckx, P., Bongers, F., Bouriaud, O., Brancalion, P., Brandl, S., Brienen, R., Broadbent, E., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Gatti, R., Cesar, R., Cesljar, G., Chazdon, R., Chisholm, C., Cienciala, E., Clark, C., Clar, 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., Iêda, A., Dourdain, A., Dolezal, J., Obiang, N., Enquist, B., Eyre, T., Fandohan, A., Fayle, T., Ferreira, L., Feldpausch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fletcher, C., Frizzera, L., Gianelle, D., Glick, H., Harris, D., Hector, A., Hemp, A., Hengeveld, G., Herbohn, J., Hillers, A., Honorio Coronado, E., Hui, C., Cho, H., Ibanez, T., Jung, I., Imai, N., Jagodzinski, A., Jaroszewicz, B., Johannsen, V., Joly, C., Jucker, T., 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., Martynenko, O., Meave, J., Melo‐Cruz, O., Mendoza, C., Merow, C., Miscicki, S., 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., Parada‐Gutierrez, A., Parfenova, E., Park, M., Parren, M., Parthasarathy, N., Peri, P., Pfautsch, S., Phillips, O., Piedade, M., Piotto, D., Pitman, N., Polo, I., Poulsen, A., Poulsen, J., Arevalo, F., Restrepo‐Correa, Z., Rodeghiero, M., Rolim, S., Roopsind, A., Rovero, F., Rutishauser, E., Saikia, P., Salas‐Eljatib, C., Schall, P., 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., Stereńczak, K., Svenning, J.-C., Svoboda, M., Swanepoel, B., Targhetta, N., Tchebakova, N., Thomas, R., Tikhonova, E., Umunay, P., Usoltsev, V., Valencia, R., Valladares, F., van der Plas, F., Van Do, T., Van Nuland, M., Martinez, R., Verbeeck, H., Viana, H., Vibrans, A., Vieira, S., von Gadow, K., Wang, H.-F., Watson, J., Werner, G., Wittmann, F., Wortel, V., Zagt, R., Zawila‐Niedzwiecki, T., Zhang, C., Zhao, X., Zhu, Z.-X., Zo‐Bi, I., Maynard, D., & Crowther, T. (2024). Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats. Global Ecology and Biogeography ee13889. 10.1111/geb.13889.