The role of irrigation in determining the global land use impacts of biofuels

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Farzad Taheripour, Tom Hertel, Jing Liu

Background: Recent studies have evaluated the land use consequences of biofuel programs and the associated carbon fluxes. However, all of these studies have effectively ignored the distinction between rainfed and irrigated lands and neglected the facts that irrigated croplands typically have much...

Market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel, Wallace E. Tyner

This paper surveys the evidence on market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels, with special attention to the indirect greenhouse gas emissions stemming from land cover change in the wake of increased demand for biofuel feedstocks. We find clear evidence that market mediated land use...

Energy prices will play an important role in determining global land use in the twenty first century

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Tom Hertel

Global land use research to date has focused on quantifying uncertainty effects of three major drivers affecting competition for land: the uncertainty in energy and climate policies affecting competition between food and biofuels, the uncertainty of climate impacts on agriculture and forestry,...

Climate change mitigation policies and the poor: Is land tenure the missing link? (ppt)

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel, Zekarias Hussein

Presentation to the 2013 Conference on Land and PovertyThe World Bank, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2013

Climate change mitigation policies and poverty in developing countries

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Zekarias Hussein, Tom Hertel, Alla Golub

Mitigation of the potential impacts of climate change is one of the leading policy concerns of the 21st century. However, there continues to be heated debate about the nature, the content and, most importantly, the impact of the policy actions needed to limit greenhouse gas emissions. One...

Validating (or Evaluating)Integrated Assessment Models of Global Land Use: An Economic Perspective

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel, Uris C. Baldos

Presentation to the AMPERE-PIAMDDI Workshop on IAM validation Seville, Spain, May 28-29, 2013

Land, Environment and Climate:Contributing to the Global Public Good (ppt)

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel

Presentation to the ReComResults meeting on Aid and Climate Change Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 2013

Land, Environment and Climate: Contributing to the Global Public Good

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel

This paper discusses global public goods related to the world's land resources, their current provision and likely future provision, their potential impacts on the world's poorest households, as well as prospects for using foreign assistance to enhance these outcomes. Specifically, the...

Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel

Working with the Wiki

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Erich Huebner

An introduction to what a wiki is, how it compares to other documents on the web and what it was designed to do.

Assessing the Impacts of Climate Mitigation Policies on Poverty in Developing Countries

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel

This is the presentation made to the African Agriculture GIS week conference.BioPrepared by Thomas Hertel with assistance from Zekarias Hussein, based on collaboration with Alla Golub, Ben Henderson, Pierre Gerber, Steve Rose and Brent SohngenCreditsFunding from the FAO and the Center for Global...

Institutional design and sustainability of the Project – Areas for Discussion

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): John S. Latham

Cyberinfrastructure for GEOSHARE

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Carol Song, Lan Zhao

Forestry, Land Use and Climate Change

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Brent Sohngen

Presentation at the GEOSHARE Workshop Purdue University, May, 2011 

Global Agricultural Land Cover and Land Use: Data and Applications

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Navin Ramankutty

Presentation by Navin Ramankutty at the GEOSHARE Workshop, 23 May 2011BioNavin RamankuttyDepartment of GeographyMcGill University

A Global Perspective on Agricultural Irrigation

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Stefan Siebert

Presentation by Stefan Siebert at the GEOSHARE Workshop, 23 May 2011BioStefan SiebertUniversity of Bonn

Agriculture and Land Use Change and Poverty in LaStin America

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Glenn Hyman

Presentation by Glenn Hyman at the GEOSHARE Workshop, 23 May 2011BioGlenn HymanDecision and Policy Analysis Program (DAPA)International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Spatially Explicit Analysis of Agriculture, Poverty and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Stanley Wood

Presentation by Stanley Wood at the GEOSHARE Workshop, 23 May 2011BioStanley WoodSenior Research Fellow - Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRICo-PI - HarvestChoiceCoordinator - CGIAR Consortium on Spatial Information (CGIAR/CSI)

Spatially Explicit Analysis of Agriculture and Poverty in Asia

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Andrew Nelson

Presentation by Andrew Nelson at the GEOSHARE Workshop, 23 May 2011BioAndrew NelsonInternational Rice Research Institute

Climate Data for Agricultural Analysis: Opportunities and Pitfalls

31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Noah Diffenbaugh

Presentation by Noah Diffenbaugh at the GEOSHARE Workshop, 23 May 2011BioNoah DiffenbaughDepartment of Environmental Earth System Science andWoods Institute for the EnvironmentStanford University