Linking Biophysical Models and Economic Models of Biofuel Production and Environmental Impacts

Presentations

Nov. 13

Welcome

S. Long, Food, Feed and Fuel: Can We Have it All?, PPT

C. Kling, Linking Biophysical and Economic Models for Environmental Policy Analysis: Methods, Challenges, and Missing Pieces, PDF

Biophysical Models of Yields of Bioenergy Crops

A. Jain, Biofuel Crop Yield Estimation: An Integrated Biogeochemical Cycle Modeling, PDF

J. Kiniry, A Biophysical Model of Switchgrass Yields, PDF

F. Miguez, Discussion on Biophysical Models for Biomass Crops, PDF

Soil Carbon Modeling with Bioenergy Crops

W. M. Post, Developing a Model with Soil Carbon Processes for Carbon Sequestration: Modeling Directly Measurable Pools, PDF

W. Parton, Linking Economic Models to Ecosystem Models: Biofuel Examples, PDF

M. David, Soil Carbon Modeling with Bioenergy Crops, PDF

Nov. 14

Linking Yield Models with Economic Decision Making

D. De La Torre Ugarte, Challenges of Integrating Biophysical Information into Agricultural Sector Models, PDF

M. Kahanna, Land Use and GHG Implications of Meeting Biofuel Targes: Linking Biophysical and Economic Models, PDF

S. Swinton, The Quest: Economic decision making linked to environmental outcomes in agric landscapes, PDF

Water Quality and Biodiversity Impacts of Biofuel Crops

C. Izaurralde, Water Quality and Biodiversity Impacts of Biofuel Crops, PDF

W. van der Werf, Modeling the Effects of Landscape Change on the Ecosystem Service Value of Biological Pest Control, PDF

D. Landis, Water Quality and Biodiversity Impacts, PDF

Lunch Keynote 

D. Zilberman, Incorporating Science into Economic Analysis, PDF

Modeling Land Use Implications of Biofuel Crops

G. Fischer, Biofuels, Food Security, and Climate Change: Implications for Land Use Change, PDF

U. Schneider, Biofuel Consequences for European Wetland Species: Combining Bottom-up Biophysical Modeling and International Market Feedbacks, PDF

A. Faaij, Modeling Bioenergy: status uncertainties and gaps, PDF

Integrative Modeling Approaches

B. McCarl, Linking Economic and Biophysical Models for Climate Change and Biofuel Analysis, PDF

P. Meier, Bioenergy Life-Cycle Assessment: Paradigm, Pitfall, and Potential for Low-Carbon Fuels

Saturday Roundtable 

J. Kinderlerer, Biofuels?, PDF

M. Khanna, L. van der Wielen, S. Swinton, A. Faaij, Socio-economic impacts of biofuels: A Research Roadmap, PDF

M. von Lampe, Biofuel Support Polocies, PDF

M. Black, Food, Fuel and Sustainability Concerns with Biofuels - Introduction, PDF

G. Woltjer, M. Banse, H. van Meijl, Using and improving a general equilibrium model to analyze the impact of biofuels on land use and food prices, PDF

D. Zilberman, Biofuel policy and food prices, PDF