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Exploring the biophysical option space for feeding the world without deforestation

Safeguarding existing forests is an important ecological concern but constrains the expansion of farmland to feed the growing world population. Here the authors analyse the option space for future changes in agriculture and diets compatible with a no-deforestation goal.

Karl-Heinz Erb
Christian Lauk
Helmut Haberl
ResearchOpen Access19 Apr 2016
Nature Communications

Volume: 7, P: 1-9
Biomass turnover time in terrestrial ecosystems halved by land use

Biomass turnover time is a key parameter in the global carbon cycle. An analysis of global land-use data reveals that biomass turnover is almost twice as fast when the land is used to enhance terrestrial ecosystem services.

Karl-Heinz Erb
Tamara Fetzel
Helmut Haberl
Research22 Aug 2016
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 9, P: 674-678
Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

Analyses of potential and actual biomass stocks indicate that trade-offs exist between conserving carbon stocks on managed land and raising the contribution of biomass to raw material and energy supply for the mitigation of climate change.

Karl-Heinz Erb
Thomas Kastner
Sebastiaan Luyssaert
Research20 Dec 2017
Nature

Volume: 553, P: 73-76
Estimation of carbon stocks in wood products for private building companies

Ryoto Matsumoto
Chihiro Kayo
Ryo Funada
ResearchOpen Access27 Oct 2022
Scientific Reports

Volume: 12, P: 1-10