BACKGROUND Many key global sustainability challenges are closely intertwined
(examples are provided in the figure). These challenges include air pollution, biodiversity …

Many countries have attached great emphasis on biofuel because it is universally
acknowledged renewable and sustainable. However, there remain doubts regarding biofuel׳ …‎

Even though much has been written about climate change and poverty as distinct and
complex problems, the link between them has received little attention. Understanding this …

Over the past three years, there has been a convergence of interest in the global farm and
food system and its contributions to feeding the world's population as well as to ensuring the …

Feeding the world's population while ensuring environmental sustainability is one of the
world's 'grand challenges'. While population and income will remain the most important …

Researchers have increasingly acknowledged the relative strength of 'hybrid'approaches to
scenario analysis for exploring the futures of coupled human-nature systems. In this paper …

Land used for agricultural production comprises a significant portion of the United States
(US) land area and is increasingly the focus of conservation efforts. These efforts include …

This study seeks to assess the future impacts of biofuel production on regional agricultural
and related sectors over the next decade with a specific focus on the vulnerable regions of …

The world's biodiversity is in crisis. Synthetic biology has the potential to transform
biodiversity conservation, both directly and indirectly, in ways that are negative and positive …

This review seeks to survey, understand, and reconcile the widely divergent estimates of
long-run global crop output, land use, and price projections in the current literature. We …